Creating a Mobilization Culture in Your Organization with John Darnell

If you are mobilizing in an organization, you know the frustration that can sometimes exist when others unknowingly sabotage your mobilization efforts or at the very least, don’t quite see the importance of mobilization. Today, Dave has a frank conversation with John Darnell, CEO of Global Outreach International. John unpacks his philosophy of mobilization, how to balance hitting the recruitment numbers with discipleship, and what he did to increase the mobilization culture at Global Outreach. Here’s what Dave asked him:

1. Let's talk about when you became the CEO of Global Outreach and how you had to shift things as a leader to support mobilization.

2. How do you create healthy collaboration between departments?

3. When it comes to the philosophies of mobilization, how do you navigate the tension that sometimes exists between mobilization recruiting and mobilization discipleship?

4. Mobilizers can often feel pressure to hit the numbers and that can demotivate them. How do you encourage your mobilization staff to keep them motivated?

5. You mentioned earlier to me that you have had to “push the board.” Can you explain what you mean by that and what occurred?
6. What are you seeing change in the church and what must we do differently as we mobilize the body of Christ?