Most leadership development in the local church is built around one moment of the week.
Sunday morning.
The team gets coached on how to preach better, lead worship better, run children’s ministry better, greet better, follow up better. Every leadership investment points back to the 90-minute window of the worship service.
But what about the other six days?
What about the staff member who needs to learn how to have a hard conversation? The elder who needs help thinking strategically about succession? The lay leader who needs to grow in missional discernment? The team that needs to build healthy conflict and collective decision-making?
When leadership development only serves the weekend, the church gets stronger on Sunday and weaker every other day of the week. Pipelines shrink. Burnout grows. Missional capacity quietly erodes.
Beyond Sunday is the podcast for the leadership development the church is missing. Hosted by Dr. Rupert Loyd and Dr. Gia Tatone, every episode is built around the leadership work that does not happen on stage. The show equips leadership teams to develop:
- The capacity to lead through difficult conversations
- The clarity to make missional decisions under pressure
- The pipelines that produce the next generation of Kingdom leaders
When churches only invest in Sunday morning leadership, they raise leaders who can perform but cannot lead. When they invest in leadership beyond Sunday, they raise leaders who can carry mission forward for decades.
Imagine your leadership team five years from now. Healthier. Sharper. More missional. More multiplied. That is what investing in leadership beyond Sunday produces.
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Dr. Rupert Loyd Jr.
Dr. Rupert Loyd Jr. has a BA in history from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, an MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston, and a PhD in Leadership from Union University in Cincinnati. He has over 40 years of pastoral experience in both urban and suburban churches, including multiethnic, multi-congregational churches. Throughout his career, he has maintained a presence in both the church and the academy. Dr. Loyd currently teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in the College of Business and Leadership at Lourdes University, and he holds the post of lead pastor at Marketplace Community Church in Toledo, Ohio.
Dr. Gia Tatone
Dr. Gia Tatone is a leader, educator, and award-winning author who lectures at Robert Morris University, Penn State University, and Winebrenner Theological Seminary, teaching organizational leadership, communication, and conflict resolution. She has developed executive-level leadership training and previously served on the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Board of Trustees as Chair of External Relations, as well as in local government. Named one of the top 50 influential women in the U.S. in Role Call: Women’s Voices, she recently coled an international research team studying God’s calling in the workplace. Dr. Tatone presents her work nationally and internationally and lives in Western Pennsylvania with her husband.