John Nuzzo Leadership Podcast | A pastor's insights on leadership for the whole church

In this month’s leadership podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo uses a recent interview with professional golfer, Scottie Scheffler, to expound on Scottie’s three immovable values in life. At 29, Scottie has not lived his life out or made mistakes, so, you might wonder what you are going to learn from this young man. The reality is that wisdom doesn’t come from age; it comes from a relationship with God.  Experience comes with age, and exper...

Is your leadership culture one that builds people or uses people for outcomes?   In this podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo delves into the culture of leadership and gives three indicators of an ineffective or unhealthy leadership culture.  He gives practical steps to evaluate your leadership culture and motives.  In addition, he shares his personal experience with the practice of overleveraging good people to get a job done rather than he...

This podcast will change the way you do ministry if you heed Gerald Brooks’ advice: “Being in the Room Matters.”  This month, Pastor John Nuzzo gives an account of how following this advice has changed the trajectory of his life and ministry.  He explains how his intentional choice to be in a room with other leaders repeatedly led from one meeting to another, and each leader held a piece of the puzzle that he had no idea they held....

In this month’s leadership podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo discusses the value of prayer and shares how prayer literally saved his and Michelle’s lives!  

Why do I need to pray?

If every prayer you are praying today gets answered, does it change YOUR world or THE world?

These questions will be answered in this podcast.  You will also learn about praying out a divine supply of the Holy Spirit of the known will of God and the unknown—a suppl...

·      What is the difference between ownership and stewardship?

·      How can the older generation be used of God to accelerate the Kingdom and not disappear?

·      What is the difference between a model and a mandate?

Discover the answers to these questions and more as Pastor John Nuzzo interviews Pastor Keith Tucci, a friend who has pastored for many years and oversees the Network of Related Pastors, giving love, encouragement, a...

In this month’s podcast, Pastor John interviews Ron Brooks, an entrepreneur and long-time business owner, and gives just a peek into their lives.  Ron and his wife Sharon have a biblical view of money that few people share.  They have a lifestyle of giving and believe it is a privilege to be able to help others.  Ron classifies their giving as being “addictive in their lives.”    

As you listen, you will hear story after story of tw...

In October of 2023, Pastor John visited a couple in Maine whom he mentors as part of our Northeast expansion initiative.  In this podcast, Pastor John details the story of what happened during this visit, which allowed the couple to purchase a building, renovate it, and have services in it within one year.   A grace came alongside and accelerated them.  

The question that was then raised to Pastor John was, “Why aren’t you doing thi...

Ask yourself these questions:

·      How do you treat people?

·      Do you get angry quickly?

·      Do you treat people above you with honor but those below you in the organization differently?

Pastor John Nuzzo unpacks a critical element to pastoring and serving people effectively in this month’s podcast.  Based on personal experiences, Pastor John explains the difference between internal and external drivers which cause us to act t...

Pastor John Nuzzo continues his teaching on God and Government.  Last month, he focused on how to steward your vote in this upcoming election as a Christian.  Please listen to the October podcast if you haven’t already.  This month, the focus is on how to navigate God and Government as a child of God and a leader. 

We are commanded in every area of our lives to lead people to the light.  The only source of preservation on this earth...

·      Should a Christian vote?

·      How should a Christian vote?

This is not a political podcast.  This podcast by Pastor John Nuzzo is about discipling God’s people and how to steward their Kingdom responsibility while living in a representative republic.  As we approach this precarious and divided time in our nation, Pastor Nuzzo challenges Christians to understand our responsibility as believers to avoid some of the greatest er...

This month, Pastor John Nuzzo interviews Pastor Rob Ketterling, Lead Pastor of River Valley Church in Minneapolis, MN.  He has coached and discipled many through an initiative called Kingdom Builders and has personally seen God grow their church from $157,000 to more than $10,000,000 above the tithe, which has helped build unified local communities, plant more churches, and has sent missionaries around the world!   

According to Pas...

Pastor John Nuzzo continues his message regarding turning the hearts of the Fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the Fathers.  When God does this, He will also be turning them away from something:  that is idols.  

Idols exist in both generations that will impede the form of the wineskin and will impede the acceleration of the emergent generation in fulfilling the purpose of God for their lives.  What are these ...

This month, Pastor John shares his heart about a new wineskin that is emerging.  God is building a new wineskin to operate through a new generation, and it is designed to affect three generations.  Whether you are an Abraham, an Isaac, or a Jacob, this podcast is for you.  

Pastor John shares examples of two leaders in his life who have followed the example in Malachi 4 that helped to accelerate his ministry: “He will turn the heart...

In this podcast episode, Pastor John Nuzzo is privileged to interview Dr. John Maxwell, who is known as the # 1 leadership authority.  A number one New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker,  John Maxwell has sold more than 24 million books in several languages. More than that, he is a devout Christian who intentionally uses his gifting and skills for a higher purpose.

• How to connect better with people.
• How ...

In this month’s podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo articulates the structure and importance of biblical leadership in the church.  Multiplication is one of the primary things God is endeavoring to do church-wide, not only in the church, but in individual believers’ lives to multiply them so they can multiply the Kingdom.  There is a lid, however, that if not overcome will stop you, as a leader, in your tracks—the lid of structure.  

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In this month’s podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo enlightens us regarding the importance of the punctuation mark we place on our lives.  Through personal experiences, he reveals the domino effect of our using the correct punctuation in life.  The domino effect is not only up to God; it depends upon our choices as well.  When we choose to place a period in our lives rather than a comma, it can be devastating—not only to our own lives, but ...

• Who is your Apollos?
• Who are your Aquila and Priscilla?

In this podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo delves into a new season he believes is coming into the Body of Christ.  He believes we are in a season to help the next generation to be prepared to build the Church and to hear God’s voice.  

In Acts 18, Aquila and Priscilla took Apollo aside and explained to him, “the way of God more accurately.”  They nurtured him, and ultimately, r...

In this month’s podcast, Pastor John speaks to leaders about multiplication in your sphere of influence.  He shares a personal experience that brought him to the realization that there are three elements necessary for multiplication.  Multiplication is available for all of us—no one is disqualified!  

In the world, people are celebrated because of what they’ve achieved; in the Kingdom of God, we’re celebrated because we’ve been rece...