Navigating a Moral Failure & Leading Tech Through Crisis [Gateway Church's Will Martin]

About this episode

Will Martin discusses the challenges of leading a church tech team through a significant crisis.

In this heavy but incredibly important episode, we are joined by Will Martin of Gateway Church. Will shares the raw reality of navigating one of the most publicized church crises in recent history. We discuss the immediate emotional toll on the production team, how to lead volunteers through the shock, and the harsh realities of staff turnover and attendance drops following a major scandal. In this episode you'll hear: 0:00 Intro: False Miracles 6:14 Will Martin (Gateway Church) Joins 10:...

People in this episode

Host: Toby Walters

Guest: Will Martin

Topics covered

• moral failure
• church crisis
• leadership
• volunteer management
• emotional toll
• staff turnover
• attendance drops

Keywords

• moral failure
• church crisis
• leadership
• volunteers
• staff turnover
• attendance
• scandal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gateway Church

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