A lot of elder boards and deacon boards will not give that kind of empowerment to a senior leader.

A senior leader needs to have gone through it, and be engaged in this kind of community on an ongoing basis.

Many of those not gifted to be the senior leader or primary teaching pastor would still make ideal campus pastors.

I don't go around just talking about this with anyone and everyone, but it's completely appropriate to talk through the concern with another pastor or senior leader.

Then, this week, a friend in politics told me that my name had been mentioned as a potential senior leader in a new third party.