Geoff Surratt (Seacoast Church) posted a series of great comparisons and contrasts between a campus pastor (at a multi-site church) and a quartback. Here’s the 4 famous quarterbacks pulled into the huddle:
- Would Payton Manning make a great campus pastor?
- Would John Elway make a great campus pastor?
- Joe Montana: Campus Pastor?
- Should Johnny Unitas been a campus pastor?
When I first saw the series, my gut reaction was: “no way”, quarterbacks are strong leaders and run the whole ship, not a part of the ship, like a multi-site campus. Then I quickly course-corrected and realized that a quarterback has to work closely with the coach, and the quarterback only leads the offensive side of the team. There’s a whole defensive side. I guess it shows that I’m not the most avid football fan.
Spoiler warning: If you want to read the entire series, click on the titles above and look no further here.
Geoff draws out 4 leadership principles, in this list titled “Quarterback qualities of a successful campus pastor”:
