The Five Gifts Podcast

The Five Gifts Podcast exists for Christian Leaders and Christ-followers to rediscover Christ's presence and activity in their lives and their churches.

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Charles Russell has served in Pastoral Ministry for 26 years. He is also a Coach and Consultant with Church Life Resources and Nationally Appointed US Missionary serving local churches as a Consultant, Coach, Trainer, and Speaker. He has a Masters in Organizational Leadership. Find out more at charlesrusselltraining.com.

Bruce Ritter Bruce Ritter has been a lead Pastor for 27 years and a Spiritual Life and Leadership Coach since 2005. He is also a consultant with Church Life Resources. He has a Masters in Pastoral Ministry and a Doctorate in Evangelism and Discipleship. Check out more at his website Coaching Cardia.

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Leadership That Connects

2024-11-11

Connection is an essential part of the process of mentoring others. It is critical if you want to influence people in a positive way. Making connections happen will require great effort and a lot of work.

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 35 MB - Duration: 41:08m (115 kbps 48000 Hz)

Leadership That Understands

2024-11-04

Leadership requires us to be decisive and clear on our objectives, vision, and values. So, often as leaders we tend to focus on our own story, motivations and ambitions, but how well do you understand people?

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 41 MB - Duration: 47:50m (115 kbps 48000 Hz)

Mentoring: The Art of Navigation

2024-10-28

Are you able to see what others cannot see? Can you help people identify their destination? Are you skilled at helping people find a pathway forward? Becoming people of influence means we must develop into better navigators.

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 30 MB - Duration: 35:40m (115 kbps 48000 Hz)

Mentoring: Enlarging the Capacity of Others

2024-10-21

How can we overcome and inspire staff and team members to reach the next level in their potential? And what’s required of you to enlarge the capacity of your organization?

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 36 MB - Duration: 42:52m (114 kbps 48000 Hz)

Spiritual Formation: Encountering Christ

2024-10-14

What is Spiritual Formation and why is it so important? How do we practice Spiritual Formation? What are the components of a practical, yet effective model for Spiritual Formation? We'll answer these questions and more on today's podcast episode.

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 48 MB - Duration: 55:20m (115 kbps 48000 Hz)

The Five Gifts Podcast: Influence through Listening

2024-10-07

How can we become better listening leaders, who communicate respect and increase our influence?

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 33 MB - Duration: 38:56m (114 kbps 48000 Hz)

The Five Gifts Podcast: Influencing with Faith

2024-09-30

No one rises to low expectations so how can we overcome mediocre effort and productivity? You show the people that you lead that you believe in them because if you do, they will go the extra mile to live up to your expectations.

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 32 MB - Duration: 38:41m (113 kbps 48000 Hz)

The Five Gifts Podcast: Nurturing is Influence

2024-09-23

If you look around, you will discover that there are people in your life who want to receive encouragement, recognition, security, and hope. If you desire to become an influencer in others’ lives, start by nurturing them.

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 44 MB - Duration: 52:05m (114 kbps 48000 Hz)

The Five Gifts Podcast: Leading with Integrity

2024-09-16

What if the health of your church or your staff had less to do with organizational systems and hard work and more to do your health as a spiritual leader? We never lead anything or anyone apart from the kind of people we are at our core.

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 44 MB - Duration: 52:44m (111 kbps 48000 Hz)

The Five Gifts Podcast: Church Public Relations

2024-09-09

A practical theology of "be separate from the world" has made public relations a most difficult function to embrace. For some, a church public relations system just feels worldly, and self-promoting. Can public relations serves a vital part of the church?

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Filetype: M4A - Size: 37 MB - Duration: 46:39m (108 kbps 48000 Hz)