Leadership Unplugged

Do you want to be a better parent to your kids? Listen to Pastor Michael Rodriguez share about how you can take one step forward as a parent. You'll learn how to think about parenting and what you can do this week.

Do you wonder what your purpose in life is? Listen to Paul Sohn share about how you can take one step forward in finding your calling this week. Paul Sohn is a best selling author (Quarter Life Calling), blogger and speaker. He unpacks what is calling and how you can help find it from the Caller, God. https://www.samuelyoon.com/?p=1672

How do you live out God's call to purity? Listen to Timothy Attek, Executive Director of Breakaway Ministries in Texas share about how you can take one step forward against pornography. He shares a profound way to tackle against these desires. Timothy leads one of the largest college ministries at Texas A&M.

Listen to Chip Dean, pastor at Liberty Live Church in Virgina, share how you can take one step forward in maximizing your mornings. He shares practical ways to have a purpose driven morning. You don't want to miss this.

Listen and watch Pastor AC, Campus Pastor at Saddleback Church in Los Angeles, share how we can love our neighbors especially our African American brothers and sisters. He shares practical tips and ways to take one step forward in loving others. Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qirM4EMsAk&feature=youtu.be https://www.samuelyoon.com/one-step-forward-in-loving-your-neighbor-with-ac/

Listen to Pastor Eric Saunders, Campus Pastor for the Arlington Campus at McLean Bible Church in Washington D.C., share how to take one step forward in racial unity. Our country is divided and needs unity, healing, justice and reconciliation. Pastor Eric shares some practical steps on what you can do today.

Wondering how you can improve your online small group experience? Listen to Kevin Lee, Online Small Group Pastor at Saddleback Church, share some suggestions and things to help you during this crisis. He'll give some insights and things to think through for your online small group experience.

Listen to Jay, Online Pastor at Saddleback Church, share tips, strategies and ways to help your online platform. He also shares current trends and patterns today as well as the future. This will help your church be better equipped during this crisis.

A conversation with Pastor Rob Jacobs on how you can grow closer with God during this crisis. In this conversation, you'll learn how to find your identity in Christ. He also provides practical tips on what it looks like to talk and listen to God. You'll be encouraged to connect with God and be in God's word. Show Notes: https://www.samuelyoon.com/?p=1557

Listen to Pastor Dave Gibbons share about his book, "Small Cloud Rising." He also shares about his church planting experience and how he develops leaders. Learn how you can grow and develop yourself. samuelyoon.com

Have you ever thought of church planting in New York? Listen to Drew Hyun share about his church planting experience as well as his heart to plant multiple churches in New York. Listen to his creative approach to impact all of New York. Learn more about Hope Church at hopemidtown.org samuelyoon.com

Do you have an intentional spiritual leadership plan? Listen to Rob Jacobs (Spiritual Maturity Pastor at Saddleback Church) share his thoughts and philosophy on leadership. He shares his foundational concepts of leadership as well as tips on how to improve your spiritual leadership today. Rob has extensive leadership experience not only in the church world but also in teaching world and in the marine corp. www.samuelyoon.com

How do you build healthy marriages especially when you are in ministry? Listen to Julie Chung (Work Small Groups Minister at Saddleback Church) share about how you can have a thriving marriage. She offers tips and ideas on the little things you can do today to have a better marriage. She shares lessons she's learned from her own marriage as well as the work she's done in building stronger marriages. www.samuelyoon.com

Feel like you don't have enough hours in the day to do everything for your youth ministry? Josh Griffin (Co-Founder with Doug Fields of Download Youth Ministry) shares how Download Youth Ministry (DYM) can save youth pastors time and energy. DYM offers great games, graphics, sermons, curriculums and other resources that will help make your youth ministry more fun and focused. Josh's heart is to help all youth pastors have more time for students and relationships. Check them out for your youth ministry.

Want to plant a church in Orange County, California? Have an organization and supporter to help you? Listen to Chris Lagerlof, Executive Catalyst of Mission Orange County, share about how Mission OC prepares pastors and leaders for church planting. They do a thorough assessment into you and your leadership, emotional health and relationship with spouse. This is so that you can be best prepared for what God has for you in store. Chris has tremendous amount of experience and a desire to help church planters.

DANNY KIM (AUTHOR, SPEAKER AND COACH) SHARES THE INSIGHTS AND LESSONS HE'S LEARNED DURING HIS TIME OF TRANSITION. HE'S LEARNED TO EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE THE TIME OF TRANSITION. HE SHARES HIS THOUGHTS FROM HIS BOOK INFLUX. HE MAKES THE ARGUMENT THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND THEIR PURPOSE IN THEIR TRANSITION. THIS BOOK AND PODCAST WILL HELP YOU DURING THIS IN BETWEEN STATE.

Ever wonder what the difference between coaching and mentoring? Listen to Sabastian Huynh, former pastor at Newsong and former gang member, share about his new book: Rich Coach, Poor Coach: How to be a 6 Figure Coach AND have time to travel, enjoy your family and love your life. Sabastian shares the principles he's learned on coaching and how it's made a difference both in his life and for those that he coaches. You'll learn how you can better coach and help others as well as what not to do.

Would you ever consider an internship where it stretches you and allows you to experience a different church culture? Listen to Kevin JaeHwan Lee (intern at Saddleback Church Newport Mesa) take that bold step. He shares about his journey of taking a non-paid internship to learn and grow in a way he never imagined. www.samuelyoon.com

Angela Yee, Director of Mission and Ministry at Saddleback Church Irvine South, shares how to help you plan events from her book, Christian Conference & Event Planner. She has so much experience planning events and conferences for all types of audiences ranging from hundreds of people to 13,000 people. She unpacks the principles of planning events. Also, she offers ways to think through event planning and tips on how your next event can run well and effectively.

Daniel Im, Director of Church Mulitplication for New Churches and LifeWay Christian Resources, shares the heart and story behind his book (Planting Missional Churches) that he co-wrote with Ed Stetzer. Listen and learn how your church can be missional and reach more people in your community. Daniel also gives his thoughts on leadership development and spiritual leadership in the Asian American church.

Alice Atkins (Associate Director of Asian American at InterVarsity), Kathy Moua (IV Campus Staffer) and La Thao (IV Campus Staffer) share their story of leadership from a woman's perspective. They give insights on how to engage and support women in leadership especially in a ministry setting. They also have a huge heart for the Hmong People. You'll learn more about this people group and how to better engage and love them.

Steve Choi, Pastor at Crossway Church, shares the story and vision of Crossway Church. Crossway Church is a church for all people that is reaching all different people groups. Listen and learn how to take an immigrant church to embrace all different cultures.

Ben Shin, Professor at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, has mentored hundreds of pastors, students and leaders. He is passionate about mentoring this generation. He offers insight and tips on how to find a mentor and be a great mentor. www.samuelyoon.com

Ray Chang, church planter and pastor at Ambassador Church in Brea, CA, shares the bumps and bruises of planting two multi-ethnic churches in the East coast and West Coast. Ray reflects on the lessons he's learned and how it's really shaped his leadership and church. Ray also offers advice for those thinking about church planting. He has a heart to really help church planters to thrive. There are some great thoughts to help you get started in this process. www.samuelyoon.com

Jay Kranda, Online Campus Pastor at Saddleback Church, shares the vision and strategy for doing ministry in the online world. Churches are starting to better utilize technology to reach people around the world. Saddleback Church is embracing the digital age by creating a new role, Online Campus Pastor. The focus is on creating small group online. Listen to Jay give tips on how your church can do ministry through in this digital world. Jay also shares insight of his typical week of an online campus pastor. www.samuelyoon.com

How to take Sabbath? Kelly Dlux (the DJ Pastor) and Michelle Kim (actress and photographer), share how they approach their weekly Sabbaths. Pastors and Christians have a difficult time resting and enjoying a day off work because of a variety of reasons. Listen to Kelly and Michelle share some of those fears as well as their journey of seeing the benefit and power of a regular Sabbath. Kelly and Michelle also give some suggestions and tips to help you take Sabbaths better. www.samuelyoon.com

Tom Kang, Men's Pastor at Saddleback Church, shares the vision and strategy of doing Men's Ministry at Saddleback Church. He presents a different paradigm of doing men's ministry. Listen and learn how you can think differently and more strategically in developing the growth and maturity of the men at your church. Tom also gives some good wisdom for both men and women. shownotes at www.samuelyoon.com

How can your church think about local outreach strategically? Gerardo Magana, Local Engagement Pastor at Mariners Church, shares the biblical foundation and vision of doing outreach in the Orange County community. G gives a glimpse of Mariner's outreach strategy and focus on how to build relationship with the community. Listen to some helpful practical tips on how your church can love and assist the poor and marginalized. Also get a taste of G's story and call to ministry. www.samuelyoon.com

Andy Kim, Intervarsity Staff and worship leader, shares his learnings while doing ministry at the IV chapter at Northwestern University for seven years. Andy currently helps and assists over the IV chapters in 600 colleges and universities. His heart is helping college students become more aware of how culture and Christ intermix. Listen to the challenges that he's experiencing on the college campuses as well as ways that IV is reaching and engaging diverse groups of students through various strategies.

Pastor vs. Professor? Insights on how to make that decision Ben Shin, Professor at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, has lived in both worlds as a pastor and a professor. Listen to Ben share his call and journey into ministry as well as how God nudged him into the academia. He gives great insight and wisdom on how to determine what will be a better fit: a pastor or a professor. Be encouraged by these gold nuggets as you try to discern your passion, gifting and God's call. www.samuelyoon.com

How do you use social media for your church more strategically? Jay Kranda, Online Campus Pastor at Saddleback Church, discusses how to use social media more effectively and strategically to create more engagement and outreach in the community. He shares principles from his book, Social Media Made Easy, to help churches understand not only the importance of social media but how to utilize it more wisely with posts and timing of those posts. Jay Kranda has a lot of experience in the social media world and you'll be able to use his practical tips immediately to help your church today. www.samuelyoon.com

How do you build healthy small groups? Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, shares his passion and journey of creating healthy small groups since 1998. Listen to how Steve helps roughly 8,000 groups at Saddleback to become healthy and growing. He describes the principles from his book to create small groups with purpose. Learn how you can build health and growing small groups in your ministry and church. www.samuelyoon.com

How can you thrive in an interracial marriage? Kelly Dlux (the DJ Pastor) and Michelle Kim (actress and photographer), share their painful journey of dating and getting married twice together. Listen to them openly talk about their struggle and conflict with their family and how they navigated that tension. You will be inspired and encouraged by their faith and love for each other that is rooted in Christ. Check the notes at: www.samuelyoon.com

How do you integrate the arts (creativity) and the church? Tony Kim, Communications director at Mariners Church, helps to understand how creativity and the arts can be embraced in the church. He shares 15 years of how he got to explore the role of arts in the church to create a meaningful worship experience. Tony also gives his leadership thoughts on how to lead a team and how to create fun meetings. Hear Tony's experience with working at Comic-Con International as well as his journey of adoption.

How do you find your calling in your twenties? Paul Sohn, leadership consultant and author, shares his personal journey of quitting his high profile job to find his calling. He wrote a book called, "Quarter Life Calling: How To Find Your Sweet Spot in your Twenties" to help other millennials find their purpose. Paul gives his wisdom and strategies on how to find your sweet spot in life. Visit: www.samuelyoon.com for shownotes.

What does Eugene Cho think about multi-ethnic church, social justice and family? Eugene Cho, pastor, author and social entrepreneur, shares his journey of planting a multi-ethnic church in Seattle. He also gives insights about his new book, Overrated, to help people understand the importance of social justice and generosity. Eugene also shares how he balances his family life with work and business life. Eugene gets very real and unplugged about some of his issues and struggles. Listen and be encouraged. View the show notes on www.samuelyoon.com

What's worship going to look like in this diverse world? Sandra Van Opstal, worship pastor, shares her thoughts on how worship will be changing in a more diverse and multi-ethnic country. She provides insights on the difference in worship styles based on culture and ethnic background. Her newly released book, Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, gives more insights on multi-ethnic worship and the need for the community to embrace this more. Get more on the links and show notes at www.samuelyoon.com

Lamont Hartman, Senior Pastor of a church plant in Santa Ana called Emmaus Church, has been in both worlds as a church planter and campus pastor. Listen to his unique journey of being the lead pastor of a mega church campus as well as a church planter of that same campus. Find out if you should plant a church or be a campus pastor through Lamont's story. Check more at www.samuelyoon.com

How do you recognize God's voice and obey? "DK" Daniel Kim, worship pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, shares his story of listening to God's voice to quit his dream job to be missionary with his family to Mexico. Listen to his journey of living by faith and how you can also hear God's voice. DK also shares his strategy on how he leads as a worship pastor and how to create a worship culture in a church. Get more info at www.samuelyoon.com

What are two pressing issues for the Asian American community? Church and Mental Health. DJ Chuang is a consultant, social media giant and faith entrepreneur. He has observed the Asian American church for the past 20 years and he shares his insights on where the Asian American church has been and where it's going. He shares his hopes and needs for the church as well as the needs for Asian Americans to embrace mental health. Mental health is perhaps one of the biggest issues not discussed enough in the Asian American community. Check out show notes at www.samuelyoon.com

How do you transition into a new church as the lead pastor and grow it? Kevin Nguyen came to Saddleback Irvine three years ago as the Campus Pastor and took the campus to the next level. Listen to his leadership journey and how he made the transition. He'll also share how to find talented people as well as give insight on the cultural differences between Asian American and Anglo American.