Series: Growing Leaders Where You Are
Episode: 1 of 3, Believe It Before You See It

Welcome to the first episode of Let's Talk: Life, Leadership & Making Disciples. This podcast is designed to be a resource for pastors, church staff, elders, ministry leaders, volunteers, church planters and disciple makers. Every week, we strive to provide valuable insights to train, inform and inspire healthy leaders who will go on build healthy churches.

This is the first in a three episode series featuring Ryan Lutz about Growing Leaders Where You Are. Ryan is the senior pastor of Bethany Missionary Church in Elkhart, Indiana. He also oversees our full-time and part-time residency program here at the North Central Region of the Missionary Church. As the director of our leadership development program, Ryan is passionate about empowering leaders in churches of every size.

"You don't need a larger church, a bigger budget, or a perfect system to develop leaders. You simply need to believe God has already placed potential leaders around you and take intentional steps to invest in them. Many pastors are praying for leaders while sitting in a room full of future leaders." - Ryan

Let's Talk is brought to you by the North Central Region of the Missionary Church, were we want to empower everyday people to love like Jesus and live like missionaries. Learn more about what we do at mcncr.org.

Elevate Church Leadership Conference.
November 2, 2026
Nappanee Missionary Church in Nappanee, Indiana
Learn more and sign up at mcncr.org

Welcome to Let's Talk: Life, Leadership and Making Disciples. This podcast is designed as a resource for church planters, pastors, staff, volunteers and any Christian disciple-maker looking for leadership training. Join us for weekly inspiration and practical steps that you can take to live better, lead better and make more disciples.

New episodes drop every Tuesday morning.

Let's Talk is brought to you by the North Central Region of the Missionary Church, where we want to empower everyday people to love like Jesus and live like missionaries. To find out more about our events and ministries, go to mcncr.org.

If you have any questions, topics you want us to discuss, or a story you want to share, email us at info@mcncr.org.