When the burdens of life and ministry push you to your physical and mental breaking point, how can you lead yourself, let alone others? Dr Dudley's new book, Leading Through Storms: Successfully Navigating Ministry While Maintaining Your Mental Health, addresses that and more.
Dr Geoffrey V. Dudley Sr. (PhD, Regent) is the founding and senior pastor of New Life in Christ Church, one of the fastest growing churches in the Metro East area of St. Louis, Missouri (O’Fallon, Illinois). Originally from Goldsboro, North Carolina, Dudley began ministry at the age of thirteen, was ordained by the United Holy Church of America in 1986, and is a retired Air Force chaplain and lieutenant colonel. He is also the CEO of iLead Enterprises, a leadership development platform for staff and workforce development. He and his wife, Glenda, have two adult children who are both ministry leaders.
Dr Dudley on IVPress
Leading Through Storms: Successfully Navigating Ministry While Maintaining Your Mental Health
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- Putting Down the Shame of Mental Health
- Recognizing the Breaking Point When in Storms
- Practical Steps to Cultivating Self-Awareness, Emotional Resilience, and Self-Care
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Dr Geoffrey Dudley, Sr, is the founding and senior pastor of New Life in Christ Church in O’Fallon, Illinois. Originally from Goldsboro, North Carolina, Dr Dudley began ministry at the age of thirteen, is a retired Air Force chaplain and lieutenant colonel, and also the CEO of iLead Enterprises, a leadership development platform for staff and workforce development.
RELATED LINKS:
- Dr Dudley on IVPress
- Leading Through Storms: Successfully Navigating Ministry While Maintaining Your Mental Health
TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:
07:01 - What is unique in Dr Dudley's approach to leadership?
09:35 - ...how I messed up but the mission went forward with the faithfulness of God
10:31 - Putting Down the Shame of Mental Health
12:17 - ...authentic leadership
12:58 - ...level of openness for teachers is different than that of pastors
16:42 - Recognizing the Breaking Point When in Storms
17:10 - ...Know thyself
17:38 - ...leaders tend not to be reflective
18:18 - Practical Steps to Cultivating Self-Awareness, Emotional Resilience, and Self-Care
19:19 - ...what are the rhythms and seasons of your life?
20:07 - ...taking time off and keeping it
21:33 - ...check out the younger generation
22:39 - ...emotionally dry
23:25 - ...visionaries always have to have something to go after
24:19 - How can Church Leadership and the Congregation Help?
24:39 - ...demand that the leaders take time, have a coach or therapist
29:10 - A Personal Look in Leading Through the Storm
29:38 - ...before the storm
30:01 - ...in the storm
31:13 - ...after the storm
32:32 - For the Next Generation of Pastors
32:52 - ...keep the energy but reality will come around
33:53 - ...God's timing
34:20 - ...patience & trust
35:19 - The book, Leading Through Storms, is Relevant because Life Has Storms
35:46 - @BishopDudleyPhD on all platforms
36:08 - Lead Better
36:25 - Get Dr Geoffrey Dudley's book on Amazon and IVP
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