About this episode

David Ashcraft discusses the failure of traditional leadership pipelines in churches and emphasizes the importance of cultivating a strong culture for leadership development.

77% of pastors say their number one need is more leaders. But the most common strategy for solving it, the leadership pipeline, has never actually worked. David Ashcraft knows this firsthand: he grew LCBC Church from a 200-person plant in Pennsylvania to 25 locations and 28,000 weekend attendees, developing 275 of his 300 staff members from within the congregation. His secret wasn't a pipeline. It was a culture.

People in this episode

Guest: David Ashcraft

Topics covered

• leadership
• church growth
• organizational culture
• pastoral needs
• leadership development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Global Leadership Network, LCBC Church

Places: Pennsylvania

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