Leadership Collective Podcast

Ted Leavenworth and Rob Salvato are joined by Brett Meador (Athey Creek) to talk through the nuances and dynamics of pastoring through seasons of heightened political climates. --- Athey Creek - atheycreek.com

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Josh Blevins (Grace Calvary Chapel) to talk through the Christian Nationalism vs. Christian stewardship in American politics. --- Grace Calvary Chapel - graceontheweb.org pastorjoshblevins.com | Article by Josh Blevins

Rob Salvato is joined by Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) and Zach Vestnys (Calvary Petaluma) to talk through building a flourishing culture of partnership and collaboration amongst our church and ministry and teams. --- Crossroads Community Church - ⁠crossroadschurch.net⁠ Calvary P...

Rob Salvato is joined by Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) and Zach Vestnys (Calvary Petaluma) to talk through building a flourishing culture of partnership and collaboration amongst our church and ministry and teams. --- Crossroads Community Church - crossroadschurch.net Calvary Pet...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth continue their conversation with Sean Morgan (Leaders in Living Rooms) and Tyler Scott (Community Presbyterian Church), talking through maintaining integrity and avoiding compromising pitfalls as a leader in ministry. We hope that this conversation will provide wisdo...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Sean Morgan (Leaders in Living Rooms) and Tyler Scott (Community Presbyterian Church) to talk through maintaining integrity and avoiding compromising pitfalls as a leader in ministry. We hope that this conversation will provide wisdom, insight, and enco...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Brady Boyd (New Life Church) to talk through enduring pain and heartache in ministry. In pastoral leadership, pain is inevitable, so we hope that this conversation will provide wisdom, insight, and encouragement as you serve faithfully. --- New Life...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Jason Duff (The Garden Fellowship) and Jim Gallagher (Calvary Chapel Vero Beach) to talk through the various forms that church momentum can look like and how to foster it and help your ministry flourish. --- The Garden Fellowship - ⁠⁠⁠ thegardenfell...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Tim Chaddick (Reality Ventura) and Andy Deane (Cornerstone Community Church) to discuss the valuable benefits of building and fostering a culture of collaboration within our churches and leadership teams. --- Cornerstone Community Church - ⁠⁠ go2cor...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Joe Tata (Calvary Chapel Pomona Valley) and Kyle Curry (The Table Fellowship) to discuss the many benefits of participating in pastoral leadership cohorts. --- Calvary Chapel Pomona Valley - ⁠ ccpomonavalley.com The Table Fellowship - thetablefell...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the importance of setting boundaries, delegating responsibilities, and maintaining healthy rhythms in the context of church leadership. This is part one in a two-part discussion on this topic with Nate Holdri...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the importance of setting boundaries, delegating responsibilities, and maintaining healthy rhythms in the context of church leadership. This is part one in a two-part discussion on this topic with Nate Holdri...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictis (Cross Connection Church) and Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) for a conversation on creating, adopting, and reforming systems and structures in our churches. ---- Cross Connection Church -- ⁠lifeinconnection.com⁠ Cros...

Pastor Mark Foreman of North Coast Calvary in Carlsbad, California joins Pastor Nick Cady of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado to discuss the topic of vision.  ---- North Coast Calvary Chapel -- ⁠northcoastcalvary.org⁠ White Fields Community Church -- ⁠whitefieldschurch.com

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by David Guzik (Enduring Word, Calvary Santa Barbara) and Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the many facets of preparing, sending out, and supporting servants to plant new churches. --- Calvary Santa Barbara - https://calvarysb.com/ Enduri...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Rod Thompson (Reliance Church) and Aaron Sabio (Calvary Vista) to discuss their experiences of learning to create and maintain robust and flourishing discipleship relationships. ---- Reliance Church — reliancechurch.org Calvary Vista — calvaryvist...

In this episode, Ted & Rob talk in detail about their respective processes in sharing the teaching ministry at their churches. This conversation will include identifying and discipling faithful servants of the body into opportunities of teaching ministry, practical training for sermon preparati...

In this bonus episode of the Leadership Collective, we are sharing a recent episode from our partners at the When She Leads podcast:  In this episode of the When She Leads podcast, Brenda Leavenworth is joined by Jen Bursch (Calvary Murrieta), Annie Harley (Calvary Fort Lauderdale), and Shir...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Benji Horning (Light Church) and Casey Kendell (Bridgetown Church) to discuss the benefits and importance of starting a new church with the support of a well-established planting network.  ---- Light Church — https://www.lightsandiego.com Bri...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Richard Cimino (Metro Calvary) to candidly talk about our experiences with healthy and unhealthy ministry workloads and the effects they could have on our family health and relationships. ---- Metro Calvary — metrocalvary.org

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nick Cady (Whitefields Community Church) and Bruce Zachary (Calvary Nexus) to discuss the new equipping resource from Calvary Global Network called Cultivate. Cultivate will help with the assessment, training, and cultivating of prospective church plant...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Clay Worell (Calvary Global Network) to discuss healthy pastoral transitions and succession. More specifically, we will talk about handling and walking through transitions pertaining to senior or lead pastors.  ---- Calvary Global Network -- ca...

In this bonus episode, Ted & Rob talk in more detail about their respective board and church leadership structures. This conversation is a continuation of a previous episode with Wayne Cordeiro about the nuanced process of structuring and organizing a healthy church board, identifying toxic boa...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictus (Cross Connection Church) to discuss how current societal trends and economic forecasts help form our vision-shaping process. More specifically, we will talk through forming vision for our churches as move past the COVID-19 pandemic i...

Ted Leavenworth is joined by Ryan Sharp (lead pastor) and Jeff Johnson (missions and outreach pastor) of Impact Church in Menifee, CA to discuss some of the challenges and outcomes of successfully navigating a church merger. We discuss the different environments in which merging can become viable, ...

Brian Bell (pastor of Calvary Murrieta) has a conversation with Larry Hansen (missions pastor at Calvary Murrieta) and Matthew Ellison (founder and president of 1615) about ministering to unreached people groups. ---- Brian Bell & Larry Hansen -- Calvary Murrieta Matthew Ellison -- 1615.o...

Rob Salvato is joined by Mark Foreman (North Coast Calvary Chapel), Phil Metzger (Calvary San Diego), and Brenen Beeler (Regenerate Church) for a two-part conversation about the current division in the Church. In our cultural moment, division amongst the church seems to be at a volatile level. We d...

Rob Salvato is joined by Mark Foreman (North Coast Calvary Chapel), Phil Metzger (Calvary San Diego), and Brenen Beeler (Regenerate Church) for a two-part conversation about the current division in the Church. In our cultural moment, division amongst the church seems to be at a volatile level. We d...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Rob Verdeyen (Calvary Corvallis) for a conversation on navigating the hiring process. There are important benchmarks to be aware of as our churches grow. We discuss our experiences with hiring staff members and filling needed positions. Hiring capabilit...

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictis (Cross Connection Church) and Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) for a conversation on creating, adopting, and reforming systems and structures in our churches. ---- Cross Connection Church -- lifeinconnection.com Crossr...

In this episode, Ted & Rob are joined in-studio by Brian Bell and Jason Duff as they talk through all things Christmas, special services, and more! Episode Transcript ---- Calvary Murrieta -- calvarymurrieta.com The Garden Fellowship -- thegardenfellowship.com

In this episode, Ted & Rob talk candidly with Wayne Cordeiro about the nuanced process of structuring and organizing a healthy church board, identifying toxic board behavior, and prayerfully selecting board members. Episode Transcript References:  Alliance Defending Freedom - adflega...

Pastor Tony Clark of Calvary Chapel Newport News joins Rob & Ted for an honest conversation on navigating through church conflicts and splits. Episode Transcript ---- Calvary Chapel Newport News -- https://www.calvarynn.church/

In this episode, Ted & Rob have a candid conversation with Wayne Cordeiro and Wesley Towne concerning, stress, burnout and a leader's mental health.  If you need to contact Pastor Wayne or Wesley, you can reach them at waynecordeiro@newhope.edu & hello@wesleytowne.com ---- Baysid...

Pastor Lance Cook of Calvary La Habra, and Pastor David Zamora of Living Way Christian Fellowship, join Rob & Ted for a conversation on how to meet the needs of your community through outreach.  ---- Calvary La Habra -- calvarylh.org Living Way Christian Fellowship -- livingwayfontan...

Pastor Zac Elliot of Fusion Christian Church shares his story on church planting for this bonus episode.  ---- Fusion Christian Church -- fusionchristianchurch.com

Jim Gallagher, founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel Vero Beach, has a conversation with Rob & Ted about church planting. The three of them share different stories and insightful lessons learned from years of leading and planting churches.  ---- Calvary Chapel Vero Beach -- ccvb.net

Pastor Mark Foreman of North Coast Calvary in Carlsbad, California joins Pastor Nick Cady of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado to discuss the topic of vision.  ---- North Coast Calvary Chapel -- northcoastcalvary.org White Fields Community Church -- whitefieldschurch.co...

Pastors Ed Taylor and Nate Holdridge join Ted Leavenworth & Rob Salvato in a conversation on casting vision.  ---- Calvary Church Aurora -- calvaryco.church Calvary Monterey -- calvary.com

The Leadership Collective podcast is a roundtable discussion with seasoned pastors, focusing on the nuts and bolts issues of ministry. Each month, we tackle the common challenges that leaders face and discover the practical lessons they've learned along the way. This podcast is hosted by Ted Leaven...