Who's The Next You?: A Call for 1,000 More Churches to Invest in Gen Z Through Residency

Who's the Next You?Why the future of your church or ministry depends on the leaders you’re building right now.In a world desperate for steady hands and shepherd hearts, too many seasoned leaders are burning out, aging out, or checking out—with no clear successor in sight.Who's the Next You? is a practical and compelling guide for pastors, ministry leaders, and nonprofit teams who are frustrated with a hit or miss hiring process, and are trying to find out how find and keep young leaders.Drawing on decades of experience coaching churches and mentoring young leaders, Dave Miller, Kristin Miller, and the Leadership Pathway team show you how to find emerging leaders, develop them through developmental conversations, and walk with them toward meaningful responsibility and calling.There must be a better way to find and keep young leaders. This book is a proven and tested plan to achieve just that.Inside, you’ll learn:Why so many leadership pipelines stall—and how to jumpstart yoursThe top five things every next-generation leader needs from a mentorHow to provide what young leaders are looking for in an opportunityWhat to do when you don’t know who to invest in (yet)Why your most important legacy might not be what you build, but who you buildThis team understands the burden of finding and developing talent, and we've helped hundreds of churches to kick-start a process to help meet this need head-on.Who's the Next You? is more than just a question. It's a calling for your organization to get intentional about your future staffing plans beyond posting jobs on job boards and praying for the best. This book is equal parts inspiration and education how-to.For 2,000 years, leaders have sought to answer the question “Who’s the Next You?” As the Church was just getting started, Apostle Paul said to Timothy, Luke, Odesimus, and a few others “Do it like this.” Today’s leader is still pleading with the rookies as they send frantic texts or a Slack message.Gone is the golden era of Bible Colleges and Seminary in the 1900’s when every bed was full in the dorm and the graduating class could handle all the open positions in churches.There’s a shift occurring, as disappointed churches now take this challenge on themselves – providing education, coaching, and the field experience required to navigate today’s challenging threshold. But it’s not nearly enough to match the pace of need for today, let alone tomorrow.Dave, Kristin, the Leadership Pathway team, and a few friends will affirm what you’ve been thinking, and will give you a roadmap to follow as you figure out how to bridge the gap between you, and the next you.Perhaps yours will be one of the 1,000 churches to answer the call to invest in Gen Z through residency.Contributors: Andy Dykhouse, Anthony Alvino, Barak Frederickson,Brittany Crimmel, Curtis Zehner, Dezmond Jones, Dillon Smith, Gabrielle Christie, Grace Ann Miller, Hayden Gregory, Lindsay Hadenfeldt, Mandi Smith, Paige Peltier, Phil Eubank, Rich Birch, Sean Badeer, Stefanie Rowe, Tirza Hortensius, Warren East Read more