About The Lead Pastor
Equipping pastors to lead faithfully and cultivate thriving churches through shared wisdom, practical tools, and a trusted peer community.
The Lead Pastor is a community-led platform equipping pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders to lead faithfully and cultivate thriving churches. We exist to support those carrying the responsibility of leading people, shaping culture, and stewarding healthy churches that last.
We serve pastors leading from the front—preaching, teaching, and caring for their congregations—while also balancing the day to day realities of organizing teams, resources, and ministry. If you’re seeking practical ways to lead faithfully, cultivate health, and build a church that grows with purpose and endurance, you’re one of us.
We’re not about shortcuts or borrowed business formulas. We’re about wisdom, practice, and tools that serve the mission. Through shared insights, practical resources, and a trusted peer community, The Lead Pastor helps pastors navigate the challenges of leadership. Together, we’re building churches that build people, revive communities, restore hope, and transform the world for the Kingdom of God.
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Leadership
- Church planting
- Church management
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Resources to Sharpen Your Church Management Tools
Hi there! I’m Joshua Gordon, community editor here at The Lead Pastor. I’ve been in church leadership for for 20+ years, and currently serve as a pastor at New Life Fellowship in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
Whether you’re already leading a church as a lead pastor, spearheading a church plant, or preparing for church leadership, this is a place to connect with other pastors who understand life in the trenches of church ministry. I pray that here, you’ll be inspired, equipped and to connect with those who are shaping the future of church.
Equipping Pastors to Cultivate Thriving Churches
And that’s why we’re here: To see the great commission fulfilled. We are an independent church leadership blog that offers practical and authentic insights in the world of church and leadership. We will be your go-to for church done well: featuring best practices, tips, strategies and lessons learned for building churches that build, revive, restore and transform the world for the Kingdom of God.
The Lead Pastor was founded in 2020, by Ben Aston founder of Black & White Zebra.
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