Helping church leaders thrive in the second chair.
We equip ministry leaders with the coaching, events, and resources needed to embrace their calling, get it right with their pastor, and lead in an UNCOMMON way.
Serving second chair leaders through:
Resources
Teaching and conversations created and curated to supplement a church’s leadership development efforts.
Coaching
Practical tools and strategic development for Lead Pastors and Executive Leaders.
Events
High-impact events designed to minister to the heart of church teams.
Resources
Coaching
Practical tools and strategic development for Lead Pastors and Executive Leaders.
Events
High-impact events designed to minister to the heart of church teams.
We’ve helped over 20,000 second chair leaders from 1,000+ churches across the globe.
Equipping local churches everywhere to raise up UNCOMMON leaders.
In a culture that often celebrates individual achievement and being on top, Leading Second exists to raise up the kind of leaders every pastor would kill to have on the team. Leaders who are all-in, heart and soul for Jesus, His Church, and their team’s mission.
We are fiercely for the local church. We see a tribe of healthy, thriving leaders and teams across the landscape of the Church building churches that impact communities for Christ.
What it means to be Leading Second:
Leading Second is a calling.
It’s not a stepping stone or a time killer.
It’s not just a place of preparation for what’s next, a pit stop on the journey.
Most people will not spend their lives leading at the top.
99% of all leadership comes from the middle.
For many of us… It’s a calling.
Leading Second is a call to an attitude of the heart.
Leading Second is not a call to a position, title, or a box on the org chart. Anyone on the org chart can “lead second”. The calling of a Leading Second leader is a calling to step into a new way of leading. It’s a heart posture toward Jesus and His Church. An attitude of heart toward your pastor and the ministry you’ve been entrusted with.
Leading Second is a call to be UNCOMMON.
It’s a call to distinction, not superiority.
It’s a call to be the exception to the rules.
- The one who goes the distance, when it seems like so many are getting out of the race.
- The one with a pure heart toward ministry, when it seems like so many are in it for themselves.
- The one who thrives under authority when our world is getting it so wrong.
- The one who crosses the finish line of their calling.
It’s not better than. It’s different from.
Leading Second Creed
I’m a Christ follower, called to build the local church. I am a leader serving a vision bigger than myself. I champion the uncommon realm of honor, where my Pastor’s vision is my vision. I own it. My personal success is second to my church’s success. I will die to self daily to see the Church move forward. I stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before me and surrendered their lives. I will do the same. I will give every ounce of my life to this work, with no regard for credit, positions or titles. I will leverage all of my influence for the cause of Christ, to see His Kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. I am an UNCOMMON church builder. I am LEADING SECOND.
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