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Jimmy Mellado unpacks what the church growth movement got right and wrong from the 90s through 2010s, why concentrated power without governance breaks leaders, the ingredients that go into moral failure, and what scale costs a pastor.
Plus, he shares lessons from his time as an Olympian. This one’s for leaders who’ve mistaken growth for health.
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