Leadership in Context
304 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 hour ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsLeadership in Context is a conversation on leadership in the context of the local church. Keith Tucci is the apostolic team leader of the Network of Related Pastors. He loves the church and its leaders. You will be empowered and equipped to walk in fruitful ministry as you listen to Keith as he puts leadership truths in the context of the local church.
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Pro-Life, pt1
July 04, 2022 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.91 MBLife is valuable, and Jesus is life. When you diminish life by saying that not all life is valuable, you diminish the redemptive act of Jesus. If killing children is not wrong, then nothing is really wrong. If nothing is really wrong, there is no sin. If there is no sin, then we don’t need a Savior. If we don’t need a Savior, then Jesus is irrelevant. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Art of the Meeting, pt3
June 27, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.24 MBWhen the majority of your meetings are spontaneous or as needed, something else besides you is driving the vision. Many leaders make fatal errors or don’t act quickly because they are simply operating on old information. Who you are meeting with is important. Do that on purpose every time. If you stay in contact with all the different soils in your church, you will hit water every time. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Art of the Meeting, pt2
June 20, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.03 MBWhen we take the time to set the atmosphere, it tells people that they are important and have been invited to something important. Comfortable chairs and favorable lighting can make all the difference in people’s ability to receive and engage in a meeting. Preparing questions ahead of time to promote engagement and discussion is a must during preparation. And ending with clear action items helps people know what is happening next and that the time together was valuable. Show notes (posted ev...
The Art of the Meeting, pt1
June 13, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.27 MBToday we dove far back into the archives to the first series we did called The Art of the Meeting. Bible experts suggest that Jesus spent 73% of His time with small groups in strategic situations. Who are you meeting with, how often are you meeting, why do you meet, and what is your meeting culture. The answers to those questions are critical to the forward momentum of your church vision. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
What the Church Does, pt3
June 06, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 8.97 MBDiscipleship without evangelism is not discipleship; it’s just a personal growth strategy. Disciples make disciples and part of that process should be teaching and demonstrating how to share your faith with someone. Evangelism should be just as central to us as going to church, tithing, or walking in forgiveness. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
BONUS Episode: Update from Ukraine
June 01, 2022 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.8 MBToday we have a bonus episode for you. Keith Tucci and Pastor Mervin Strother recorded an episode while in Ukraine. There is a war going on for the hope of the people. They are not forgotten. We have not forgotten them. We will not forget them. We will continue, with your help, to provide resources, the hope of Jesus, and to care for the people there. You can join us in making history His-Story HERE.
What the Church Does, pt2
May 30, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.56 MBHow we act toward the Lord, obviously, is important, but a lot of people will never see that. How we act towards one another, just about everyone sees. The greatest outward problem we have today is that we have an inward problem. We are to love the body, the brothers, like Jesus loved. That is the inward standard. If we get our inward act together, there will be a radical change in the culture of our church–and the world will benefit. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Divine Compassion for Ukraine
May 23, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.78 MBThank you for standing with us as we stand with those in Ukraine. In Matthew 9, it says that Jesus was moved with compassion when He saw the multitude. God’s compassion is released in us when we see things–not just with our natural eyes, but with our spiritual eyes. I believe God stores up things in us that He can tap later for divine compassion to be released. That’s why Pastor Keith Tucci is leading the charge to make sure the Ukrainian believers stay connected. Show notes (posted every Tu...
What the Church Does, pt1
May 16, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.56 MBThe church operates in three dimensions–upward, inward, and outward. The Church should be all three. But we have to get the first thing first. Access is the foundation for the UPWARD ministry of the Church. Your growth and the fruit you bear will be determined by how you use your access more than what gifts and opportunities you have. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Ephesians Study, pt6
May 09, 2022 04:00 - 11 minutes - 8.08 MBThe picture that Paul paints here in Ephesians 6, is one of people who relate to each other–not on the basis of their social or financial status, but rather on the basis of promoting the gospel. The reason I’m friends with some of my dearest friends is because we have an agenda—we want to promote the gospel. That promotion of the gospel, that promotion of the Church, binds our hearts together in whatever we are doing and causes us to cherish those relationships beyond just the familiar benef...
Ephesians Study, pt5
May 02, 2022 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.61 MBIt is His Church. None of us have a church. They are too expensive. You have to die to get one. It’s the body of Christ. We are incorporated into His body. It’s His plan, His design, His doctrine, His demonstration, His destination. The Church is not ours to make into our image as we please, but to make into His image as He has laid out in Scripture. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Ephesians Study, pt4
April 25, 2022 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.34 MBOne of the humanistic problems we are dealing with today is that we are trying to make God into our image rather than submitting to the image that God made us. I think the Church does that too. God has an image for His Church. Part of that is to bear His image. We have to be careful not to become retail-oriented and demand that the Church should be what we want it to be. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Ephesians Study, pt3
April 18, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.58 MBWhere does God want to show His glory? In the church. His bride. His family. Those members who are fellow heirs, fellow members, and fellow partakers of the stewardship and the grace of God. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
One Life at a Time
April 11, 2022 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBI want to share with you my heart about my recent trip to Ukraine and what the Network of Related Pastors is doing there. I want you to understand the vision of what is happening, why it is so critical that it happens, and why I believe— for the integrity of the gospel—that we find ourselves in the center of what God is doing. Martin Luther said, “If I proclaim the gospel with the greatest boldness, yet I do not proclaim it at precisely the place and the moment where the devil is raging the ...
Ephesians Study, pt2
April 04, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBThe first thing Paul does in chapter 1 of the book of Ephesians is talk about who we are in Christ, what our inheritance is, what He gave us. Paul gives us the prize first. Then in chapter 2, he challenges us to live worthy of that prize. Notice the description that Paul uses starting out chapter 2. This is God’s description of what He saved you from. God saves you from something and God saves you to something. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Ephesians Study, pt1
March 28, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBI struggle with reading the Bible. I find it much more enjoyable to study the Bible. When I just sit and try to read the Bible like I read another book, my mind wanders. You have to dig in. I cover less pages in my Bible study time because I take the time to study it, to really dive in. Once I understood one book of the Bible (for me, that was Galatians), really grasping what it was about, it seemed like the rest of the Bible opened up to me. I had a “velcro” that I could stick things to. I’...
Father God, not Mother Earth
March 21, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.59 MBGod has made us to rule over His creation, to subdue the earth, and to fill the earth. (Genesis 1:27-28) The earth is still vastly empty. We are only using 2% of the world’s land to feed the whole world. People are not the problem. The radical environmentalist's bottom line is population control. There is a war going on with hundreds of thousands of innocent people being slaughtered in Ukraine, and we are feeding that war machine. We are buying oil from Russia because we won’t drill our own ...
Ukraine
March 14, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBTo have a proper biblical worldview, one of the things you must understand is that man was not made for the earth; the earth was made for man. The earth is here to serve the purpose of God in subduing the earth and taming it. There is a great clash in worldviews when people suggest that the earth is greater than humanity, that the earth is a personality—i.e., Mother Earth. Today we are in a crisis regarding “Mother Earth.” There is a war going on in Europe because many of the nations of the ...
Working with Strong Personalities, pt1
March 07, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.36 MBToday we are pulling an episode out of the archives on working with strong personalities. Do you have strong people in your life that you would like to have better relationships with? Compliance is not the goal of leadership. FRUIT is the goal of leadership. We don’t want people who will just comply, but people that we can release, channel, and hold onto without dragging them down. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Three Leadership Essentials
February 28, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.44 MBToday we are pulling an episode out of the archives. Servant leadership is first and foremost about serving God, not about serving people. I am submitted to God and a servant of God. I’m inviting people, not just to serve me, but inviting them to serve the Lord WITH me. I am a servant of God TO the people, not a servant of the people. I am a servant of God to the people; therefore, I serve the people. Because I’m a servant of God, I serve people because that is what God does through us. We a...
The Essence of Leadership
February 21, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.29 MBToday we are pulling an episode out of the archives on the essence of leadership. Servant leadership is first and foremost about serving God, not about serving people. I am submitted to God and a servant of God. I’m inviting people, not just to serve me, but inviting them to serve the Lord WITH me. I am a servant of God TO the people, not a servant of the people. I am a servant of God to the people; therefore, I serve the people. Because I’m a servant of God, I serve people because that is w...
Criticism in Leadership, pt2
February 14, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.76 MBIf something is dead or dying, there probably have been no corrections or adjustments made. If you see a church that is dying, there is a good chance they haven’t made needed corrections.If there is no correction, there is no growth. Correction is part of growing. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Criticism in Leadership, pt1
February 07, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.81 MBThere are many people out there who have a desire to do something for God, but they don’t want to put themselves in the line of fire for the criticism and the judgment they have seen other people suffer. I think there are some things we can do about that. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Core of a Leader
January 31, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 8 MBThe core of leaders is that they are burden bearers. It isn’t complicated. It just isn’t easy. Ultimately, when a leader encounters a problem, in their heart and attitude they take the posture of being the most responsible person in the room. Not the person with the title. Not the person with the tools or gifting or the most prepared. They see themselves as a Christ-bearer who takes on that responsibility. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Laws of Leadership, pt5
January 24, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.05 MBThe law of inspiration empowers people to take risks and to develop their own faith biography and their own testimony of faith. The law of inspiration is that father spirit that is not afraid of a risk. The law of inspiration doesn’t put someone down because they tried and failed. Nothing is wasted. An inspirational leader is redemptive in motivating people to do great things for God. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Laws of Leadership, pt4
January 17, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.44 MBIf you are leading and no one is following, you are just going for a walk. Position/title is the lowest form of influence. Great leaders are men and women who take their title or position and turn it into influence instead of trading for influence. Using influence isn’t for self-promotion, but for promoting the Kingdom and God’s reign on this earth. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Laws of Leadership, pt3
January 10, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.53 MBThe reason that Jesus’ ministry was so incredible to the minds of that day was that He was not a philosopher; He was a doer. He didn’t talk about healing broken hearts; He went out and healed broken hearts. He didn’t talk about feeding hungry people; He went out and fed hungry people. He didn’t talk about making disciples; He made disciples. He didn’t talk about being a servant; He became a servant. One of the great laws of leadership is being a doer, an example. Show notes (posted every Tue...
Laws of Leadership, pt2
January 03, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.57 MBThe law of faith within a leader is the ability to latch onto and see God’s desired outcome greater than the problem or circumstance that is trying to interfere. Start looking at problems for what they are—opportunities dressed up as distractions to get our mind, our vision, and our heart off the prize that God has called us to. The destination does not change. We might have to pause and change a flat tire, but where we are going doesn’t change. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found...
Laws of Leadership, pt1
December 27, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9 MBWhen you look at world class athletes, they look at food as fuel—how are they going to fuel their body? Most of us look at food as fill—what am I going to do to fill my body up? For those who look at food as fuel, their body will perform better than those who look at food as fill. As a Christian leader who wants to influence people, the Law of Self-Investment—feeding yourself, fueling yourself, putting spiritual nutrition in yourself—has to be at the top of the list. Show notes (posted every...
Embracing the Supernatural, pt4
December 20, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.74 MBGod wants to show Himself alive. God wants to remind people who He is. The first thing we do to start that happening is to testify about Who God is, show what He’s done in our lives, and believe God for a miracle when praying and ministering to people. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Embracing the Supernatural, pt3
December 13, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.47 MBWith every miracle, there is an agenda. With every miracle, there is a platform. When God does something supernatural, He wants his people to step up, own it, and declare that God did it. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Embracing the Supernatural, pt2
December 06, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.36 MBYou will never flow in the supernatural until you are in a vulnerable situation—a situation where you are in such a radically dependent place that it is God who has to come through. That is why when there are supernatural things happening, humility is found in the individual, as they know it isn’t them doing the supernatural. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Embracing the Supernatural, pt1
November 29, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 9.71 MBWhen you see miracles in the Scripture, historic miracles, or legitimate miracles in your own life, they are almost always connected to another event that will happen. Very seldom are miracles stand-alone events. God has a divine agenda in His miraculous manifestations. When we give God praise and honor for things He is doing in our life--blessings (God’s favor) or miracles (the supernatural)--there is still something greater He wants to do. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HER...
Lessons Learned, pt7
November 22, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MBYou have to feed your convictions. If you believe strongly about something in the Scripture, it’s important to feed it because the enemy will attack that very point. We see so many people deconstructing their faith. I guarantee you that those people did not feed their convictions. They were running on yesterday’s fuel. A conviction can turn into a preference if you don’t have something to support it. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Lessons Learned, pt6
November 15, 2021 05:00 - 11 minutes - 7.95 MBYou can cherish people in your heart and mind and not do a good job of walking it out. It is healthy to think about people who aren’t a part of what you are doing right now, who are really great people that you need to spend time with that are healthy relationships. Don’t live a life where people just pass through. Learn to live outside your circle. Learn to open your heart and cherish people. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Lessons Learned, pt5
November 08, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.85 MBOne of the marks of a submissive person is they understand that God is molding them into something bigger than themselves, and He is going to have to fit them into place. The Bible says that God has placed, fitted, grooved, notched every member in the Body as it pleases Him. That means that God has some filing and sanding to do on us. He is going to use the pieces around us to make that happen. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Lessons Learned, pt4
November 01, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBWe need to have the heart of a giver. Giving is one of those spiritual growth things that is continual. As you go through life, giving should be a sport. It should be an engagement. Giving should be something you are looking to improve. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Lessons Learned, pt3
October 25, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.71 MBListening is really important. Some of my greatest victories were because I listened. Some of my greatest failures were because I didn’t listen (even though sometimes when I didn’t listen, I thought I was listening). Since I’ve become a better listener, I ask better questions. Learn to be a good listener. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Lessons Learned, pt2
October 18, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.95 MBIf you are not taking a break, not enjoying the fruit of your labor, always pressing, you are going to see the glass half-empty. When you are not taking a break, you are not operating in faith. When you are not taking a break, you are not taking time to be thankful and show gratitude for what you have accomplished. When you are always being driven, you are training your heart to not be thankful. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
Lessons Learned, pt1
October 11, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.71 MBAnger is the manifestation of selfishness. Anger is just a big boy pouting because he didn’t get his own way. When you show anger to people you love, people who are close to you, and you are using intimidating language or posture, what you are doing is being a two-year old who has overgrown your britches. We each have a capacity for love and anger. If you are not loving the right thing, you are going to love the wrong thing. If you aren’t being angry at the right thing, you are going to be a...
The Leadership of Moses, pt10
October 04, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.01 MBEveryone is called. Everyone has a place and position on the wall in the body of Christ. Everyone has a voice to the world. We might have different gifts, but we have the same Lord. We might have a difference of administration but the same spirit. You don’t have to be an apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, or teacher to know that you are called. There is a place and a people that you should be connected to. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt9
September 27, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.36 MBGod hates sin. He hates what destroys us. He hates the consequences of sin. God loves to forgive sin. But sin still has consequences. And as a leader, you have to not just teach about the consequences of sin, but also point it out. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt8
September 20, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.49 MBAll great leaders move in faith. All great leaders have vision. All great leaders understand that they have to operate over their heads. You will never be able to call people to do extraordinary things if you only operate ordinarily. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt7
September 13, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.91 MBCircumstances from hell are designed to cause you to lose traction, cause you to stop moving forward. When you are having circumstances stirred up by hell, you have to put those circumstances in a box. The facts might be accurate, but the Truth is that you will arrive at your destination. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt6
September 06, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.87 MBMoses blew two trumpets to call together all of the tribes and one trumpet to call together his leaders. When he blew the trumpet, those who had ears to hear, those who knew the tune of his heart, would show up. This is a good picture of pastoral ministry--clear leadership and clear communication. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt5
August 30, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.79 MBGreat leaders learn to navigate the tension in hearing God and listening to people. Develop your listening. Don’t feel like you have to give an instant answer. Learn to bring the two together. At the end of the day, give God the credit. This is a tension you will always have, so you might as well get good at balancing it out. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt4
August 23, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.7 MBMoses was a wave offering. He left everything behind and was constantly giving it all. You are a wave offering. Having a wave offering mentality is saying, “Everything I am belongs to you, Lord. It’s all Yours.” That needs to be the attitude of every leader. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt3
August 16, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.68 MBGiving is a foundation of leadership. As leaders, we should model giving--giving our time, our treasure, and our talent. We teach people to give their life to God by modeling it in our lives. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt2
August 09, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.16 MBAll through Moses’ life, we see a passionate, justice-oriented person. Moses has a great plumb line of right and wrong. Sometimes he did really well--he had passion under control, and sometimes he didn’t do as well--he had passion out of control. When he exploded with legitimate passion, it got him into trouble and he made mistakes. There are 3 D’s that lead to leadership mistakes--Demeanor, Discipline, and Destination. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.
The Leadership of Moses, pt1
August 02, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.85 MBWhat people have done, what people are doing now, what you think they might do in the future is not a barometer for what God wants you to do. As a leader, you have to ask WHAT God wants you to do and HOW you will do it. HOW you do it may change in light of things, but WHAT God is going to do will not change. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.