CNLP 508: Sam Collier on How to Build Momentum in Church Plants, Leaving Hillsong, and the People Who Start with You Will Leave

Story Church founder, Sam Collier, opens up about planting a church during a pandemic, why he started with Hillsong and decided to leave, replanting his church, leading while bleeding and why big church is the new small church.

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Quotes from Episode 508

The more intimate the community is, the more you can get into it and learn how to do life with somebody that doesn't look like you. @SamCollier Share on XPastors are not perfect. @SamCollier Share on XWe owe it to the people that we lead to do the work. @SamCollier Share on XI want to fix the things that I don't even know are working in the background before they have an opportunity to fully take me out. @SamCollier Share on X

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