Dave and Ann Wilson are co-founders of Kensington Community Church, a national, multi-campus church that hosts more than 14,000 attendees every weekend. For the past twenty-five years, they have been featured speakers at Family Life’s Weekend to Remember®, and have also hosted their own marriage conferences across the country. Today on the podcast, we talk about setting our priorities straight when it comes to relationships. If your vertical relationship with God isn’t working, your horizontal relationships with others won’t either. Welcome to episode 45 of the Young Church Leaders ..read more

Have you ever wondered about how to keep the main thing the main thing in your marriage and consistently come back to that? I know I have. Joel and Nina Schmidgall certainly have and it’s one of the reasons they wrote the book, Praying Circles Around Your Marriage. On today’s episode, we talk about getting prayerful in our marriages. It’s a practical conversation about learning to be intentional about prayer in marriages. If you’re married, if you know someone who is married, today’s episode is for you. Welcome to episode 44 of the Young Church Leaders Podcast with Grant Visse ..read more

Kels Johnson is a Houston native who has spent his entire life within the confines of a church service (LOL). He is the husband to Hali Trish Johnson. He is the Youth Pastor of RMN+ (REMNANT) YOUTH at Higher Dimension church. Kels brings a fresh approach to the supernatural things of God to create the marriage of the church and pop culture. His philosophy is “You can’t impact something you are disconnected from.”   In this episode, we talk about waiting on God, aligning our hearts with God’s plan for our lives, pop culture, social media and more. Welcome to episode 43 of the Y ..read more

2018 is almost over and 2019 is fast approaching! Today on the podcast we’re reviewing over a year and a half of podcasting, bringing you back to conversations that were challenging and encouraging. As you prepare for Christmas and the new year, we hope that this will be a good reminder of how we all need to continue to develop our hearts as leaders. When we focus on becoming the person God created us to be, we will inevitably do some right things along the way. Let’s grow our leadership, our churches, and our organizations by first growing our hearts.     Show Notes Gue ..read more

Hey Everyone and welcome to a brand new episode of the Young Church Leaders Podcast. Today we’re so excited to bring you a special update and announcement from our host, Grant Vissers. Sneak Peak: Here’s what’s coming at you in January 2019 from the Young Church Leaders Podcast! Show Notes Guest Links Follow Grant on Instagram. Follow YoungChurchLeaders on Instagram. Find YoungChurchLeaders on Facebook Takeaways from the Episode Hey Everyone and welcome to a brand new episode of the Young Church Leaders Podcast. Today’s episode is going to be short. The first thing I ..read more

So you feel discontent? You’re not alone. Whether you’re single, married, in a career or trying to find one… contentment is something everyone is trying to secure. But everyone’s situation is different. Maybe you’re out of college and still unsure what you want to do with your life. Degree in hand, but unsettled in your heart. Or you have a job that pays well but feels void of purpose. You may have an amazing spouse, children, job, but still feel like there is more you’re supposed to do. I don’t know your story. I just know that discontentment is something we all deal with. I’d like to say th ..read more

In October we had the privilege of attending Catalyst in Atlanta, Georgia. Since we at YoungChurchLeaders.org work remotely, it was the first time we were all in the same room! Hard to imagine. It was also so timely. Tyler Reagin opened the conference by saying, “I don’t think I’ve ever needed Catalyst more than I do this year.” It was a sentiment all three of us would resonate with.   Have you ever thought to yourself, I need community, encouragement, worship and time with Jesus? That’s what we found at Catalyst. In this episode, we process some of our thoughts from Catalyst ..read more

Today on the podcast we welcome Dan Levy. Dan is a pastor in the San Fransico Bay area. He is married to Joy and together, they are expecting their first child. Dan and Joy have the awesome privilege of serving together as pastors at New Life Church and directing the New Life Leadership Insititute where they are passionate about developing leaders for a life of ministry in both the church and marketplace. In this episode, we talk about transitioning into ministry, developing habits of prayer, and learning to live a life of ministry in the church and workplace Welcome to episode&nbs ..read more

Tyler Hannel is the Sales Director for Catalyst Leader and also serves as a pastor at his local church. He has a heart for connecting with and caring for leaders in the local church. Catalyst exists to equip and empower leaders who love the Church. John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” On today’s episode of the podcast, we talk about being and becoming fully alive in Jesus.     Welcome to episode 38 of the Young Church Leaders Podcast with Grant Vissers!   Show ..read more

Leadership is tough stuff. Especially when you’re new to it. Leading when you’re young, has never been easier AND more difficult than it is today. The resources, opportunities and the need for it are in abundance. However, the complexity of issues, the increasing number of voices telling you what to do, and the temptations young church leaders face have never been stronger. Being a young church leader myself, I’ve often looked to seasoned leaders (local and distant) for guidance and direction. More than wisdom on what to do, I’ve wanted to find a person worth emulating. You can probably relat ..read more