Lesson 6: Always Let Young Leaders Get a Shot to Make the Team

If you don’t do lessons 1–5, you cannot hope to see young leaders make the team. Many churches and organizations wonder why they cannot attract young leaders like others do. The answer is simple: it’s a cultural problem, and the GM has done a terrible job. In a church, this means it must be possible for someone to walk in as a non-Christian and some day become a senior-level leader if they do well in the Minor Leagues and they earn a position on the team. One of my great joys at Mars Hill is that a large percentage of our staff elders and deacons were saved at Mars Hill, including Jamie Munson, who is our Lead Pastor. To be continued.