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Leaning Into the Mess, Releasing Your Grip, and How to Coach Young Leaders

Leaning Into the Mess, Releasing Your Grip, and How to Coach Young Leaders

Update: 2025-07-30
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Reggie Hill, Young Adults Pastor at Journey Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shares his expertise on leadership development in youth ministry and how to avoid becoming "the lid" to your own ministry.

• Shifting from being the superhero who does everything to a coach who develops leaders
• Creating ministry tracks that help students find their leadership lane based on passions and skills
• Using tasks to develop people rather than using people to get tasks done
• Overcoming perfectionism that prevents us from releasing ministry to others
• Looking for FAT kids—Faithful, Available, Teachable—as potential leaders
• Developing adult leaders through clear expectations and consistent pastoring
• Starting small with leadership opportunities that grow over time
• Focusing on outcomes over outputs when training leaders
• Understanding that students remember their relationships with leaders more than sermons

Remember, don't just prepare a message, prepare messengers. Jesus didn't just gather followers—He developed leaders who would carry His message forward.

Connect with Reggie!

Follow him on IG @_reggiehill or check out his website https://www.reggiehill.com/epk

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Check out the FREE youth ministry resource Vitals for Youth Ministry by clicking below!

https://www.leadthegeneration.com/vitals

Connect with the hosts!

Eran Holt - Director of Lead the Generation

📸 - @eranholt

Caleb Leake - Youth Pastor at Allison Park Church

📸 - @calebmleake

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Leaning Into the Mess, Releasing Your Grip, and How to Coach Young Leaders

Leaning Into the Mess, Releasing Your Grip, and How to Coach Young Leaders

Eran Holt & Caleb Leake