Leading Through Change: Why Churches Need Leadership Coaching After COVID

The COVID era revealed deep leadership vulnerabilities in many churches. In this episode of the Faith Nest Podcast, Rudy Swigart dives into the data and stories behind congregational decline, conflict, and fracturing — exploring how political tension, fear responses, and lack of adaptive leadership contributed to it.

You’ll hear:

• A brief history of coaching and how it has become central in leadership and organizational life

• Hard truths and statistics about church closures, attendance losses, and the ideological sorting accelerated by COVID

• Why pastors and elders especially need trusted Christian coaching to navigate change, conflict, and mission alignment

• How Christian men in different life stages (30s, 40s, 50s, 60s) face unique leadership and relational pressures

• Practical first steps for clergy and church leaders to begin leading through change with clarity, healing, and strategy

If your church is feeling the strain of change, or you want to avoid being among the ones who struggle in the next shift — this episode is for you.

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