{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Pastor's Letter","title":"The Weight of the Lead Pastor's Seat","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1559,"description":"You can spend years in ministry and still discover there are things about being a lead pastor you simply couldn’t understand until you sat in the seat.\nIn Part 1 of this conversation, Pastor Brandon Cormier joins The Church Hub to talk honestly about planting Zeal Church during the uncertainty of 2020 and what he learned once he became the person carrying primary responsibility for a church.\nThe conversation moves into the weight of decision-making, the need for trusted pastoral voices, and a difficult staffing decision involving someone Brandon had known and invested in for years.\nAs Brandon puts it, “Every pastor needs a pastor.”\nIn this conversation:\n• Planting a church during COVID\n• The weight that comes with becoming a lead pastor\n• Decision fatigue and carrying responsibility for others\n• Why spiritual fathers and seasoned pastoral voices matter\n• How to receive counsel without giving away your responsibility to lead\n• Navigating a painful staffing decision when relationship and leadership collide\n• Recognizing when you may be too close to a situation to see it clearly\nIf you’re a Lead or Senior Pastor carrying decisions that don’t have obvious answers, we hope this conversation gives you some space to think about who you trust to help you see clearly.\nThe Church Hub exists to strengthen pastors who carry primary leadership responsibility so they can lead healthy churches for the long haul.\nLearn more about The Church Hub: https://thechurchhub.org\nABOUT PASTOR BRANDON CORMIER\nBrandon Cormier is the Lead Pastor of Zeal Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He and his family planted Zeal Church in 2020.\nCONTINUE THE CONVERSATION\nWatch for Part 2, where Brandon and Brian turn the conversation toward making disciples, personal formation, accountability, physical health, and what it means for a pastor to remain a disciple while helping others follow Jesus.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BBVNsWdpO0Q83dKDs15Bw8UxIEL350cT4phXY0xx1oU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYTUz/ZTlkN2E0ZGY2OTU4/ZDU2YmRkZDdjYWQy/N2M1Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}