You were never called to lead alone.
But somewhere between the staff meetings, the difficult decisions, and the late-night calls, leadership in the local church can feel like the loneliest work in the world.
The default model of pastoral leadership puts everything on one set of shoulders. The vision. The crisis. The succession question. The missional decision. The team carries pieces of it, but the weight rests on one person at the top.
That model is wearing leaders out. And it is producing churches that depend on the gifts of one person rather than on the calling of a team.
Beyond Sunday was built around a different conviction: Missional leadership is a team sport. Hosted by Dr. Rupert Loyd and Dr. Gia Tatone, the podcast was designed from day one to be listened to and discussed by leadership teams.
Try this rhythm with your team:
- Subscribe to Beyond Sunday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.
- Bring one episode into your next staff meeting, board gathering, or leadership huddle.
- Ask one question together: What does this mean for us?
That is it. One episode. One question. One meeting. The conversations that follow will surprise you. Many leadership teams discover they have been carrying private versions of the same questions, waiting for someone to open them up together.
When leadership stays siloed, mission suffers. When leadership teams develop together, churches gain the capacity to advance the Great Commission in ways no single leader could achieve.
Subscribe to Beyond Sunday today, then forward this post to one leader on your team. The local church needs more than solo leaders. It needs leadership teams ready to lead what comes next.
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.