This is the first of two episodes with Rev Dr John Roth who is a church planter and professor of leadership at Florida Gulf Coast University in SW Florida.
In this first episode with John, we learn about his history and journey of faith and service to God - and he shares with us some of the leadership lessons he has learned over a career of various ministry contexts from large established churches to new starts. He speaks about his dissertation of bringing about change and revitalization for an established congregation and the lessons learned there. He talks about courage and being willing to take risks and embrace the change. John addresses a pastor having a certain degree of credibility, years, character, trust and competency in basic pastoral duties. He addresses some of the challenges pastors wrestle with in their thinking and encourages pastors to pick up his cross - risking his reputation and welfare for the sake of the kingdom.
Stay tuned for the second part of the interview and look for John at thrive-fl.org and john@thrive-fl.org.
