331: Flourishing Culture as a Foundation for One of the Fastest Growing Churches

Discover how your church can see tremendous growth with a staff that's engaged and thriving. Jeff Cranston, lead pastor of LowCountry Community Church, shares on how to develop a highly flourishing workplace culture. 

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In this episode:

• Why Jeff and his team decided to survey and what they learned from it (02:12)
• They survey provided a baseline and a foundation from which LowCountry Community could work (03:19)
• "The FLOURISH model, I think, is just genius because it's so well balanced, and it gave us a wonderful, accurate picture of where we were in key areas." (03:30)
• Practical steps that Jeff and his leadership team took to focus on retaining top talent (09:48)
• Staff feels heard and cared for (10:08)
• The importance of paying well and paying competitively (12:50)
• Provide your staff with the tools that they need to be the most effective in what they're called to do (13:19)
• Get a coach and get yourself coached up. The other side of the coin is be a coach (13:45)
• Keep it simple in terms of strategy (17:16)
• "We strengthen our strengths, and we move from strength to strength" (25:23)
• Jeff's Kitchen Table Theology Podcast: working to deepen people's understanding of God and the Bible (33:46)

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