You’re either in a crisis or heading towards one.
Suicide, a school shooting, and moral failures are all things I didn’t learn how to prepare for in seminary. In my over 20+ years in church leadership, I’ve witnessed some things I pray you never have to encounter. However, the reality is that you will have to deal with a crisis sooner or later. In this course, we take an honest look at the crisis we’ve faced, what we did right, wrong, and what we would do differently if we had to do it again.
Course Features
On-Demand Videos
Resources + Bonus Content
Opportunities to Connect
Course Content
Video 1: You’re either in a crisis or headed towards one
Video 2: Managing the crisis in me
Video 3: Avoiding crisis on staff
Video 4: When staff members collide
Video 5: Moral failures
Video 6: Dealing with a financial crisis
Video 7: Kobe Bryant
Video 8: Racial and political tension
Video 9: Dealing with Suicide
Video 10: Helping a community heal after a school shooting
Video 11: Handling the press
Video 12: When people leave your church
About Rusty
Rusty George is the Lead Pastor at Real Life Church in Southern California, a multi-site church with campuses in Canyon Country, Lancaster, Simi Valley, Valencia, and a large online community. Under Rusty’s lead, Real Life has grown into a vibrant community dedicated to helping people find and follow Jesus.
Beyond leading Real Life Church, Rusty is a global speaker, leader and teacher focusing on making real-life simple. Rusty has also written several books and can be heard weekly on his podcast, Leading Simple with Rusty George.
Aside from being a loyal Chiefs, Royals, and Lakers fan, Rusty is first and foremost committed to his family. Rusty has been married to his wife, Lorrie, for over twenty-five years, and they have two daughters, Lindsey and Sidney. As a family, they enjoy walking the dogs, playing board games together, and watching HGTV while Rusty watches ESPN on his iPad.
Shane Philip
Senior Pastor - The Crossing Church
If you’re in ministry, you will have to lead through crisis at some point. Unfortunately, we didn’t learn what to do in seminary and we’ve seen really bad examples of what not to do from others. Rusty has been on the front lines of responding to and leading his church through crisis for many years. His wisdom and experience will equip you and your team be better prepared for when, not if, crisis comes next.
Rob McDowell
Lead Pastor - North Metro Church
If the past few years have shown us anything, it has revealed our inexperience and ignorance regarding how we lead our staff and organization through a crisis. Rusty George’s course, Leading Through Crisis, is fresh, helpful, and incredibly transparent. If you are fatigued from having to “learn from your own mistakes” then I highly recommend you learn from a leader and a team who made mistakes and celebrated victories. If you are looking for something or someone to help your elders, your lead team and/or your staff to navigate these kinds of waters, you would be hard pressed to find better content than this course. Rusty’s course has caused our team to ask bigger and different questions than we’ve ever asked before. We simply will be more prepared next time. As Rusty says…if you’re not currently in a crisis…your next one is right around the corner.
Brian Dodd
briandoddonleadership.com
Every once in a while, a resource comes across which can transform pastors and how they do ministry. The “Leading through Crisis Digital Course” is such a resource. Because of what God has taken Pastor Rusty and his church through, he is now able to help countless leaders navigate the challenges which come from unexpected crises. An invaluable course!!! A gift for the Body of Christ!!!
Joseph Barkley
Growmentum
This isn’t abstract. This is hard-won wisdom that will serve you in your next crisis. This is not optional content OR content you get when you hit a crisis (though it can help if you’re in the middle of it right now). Instead, this is a “break the glass” resource that gives you big ideas, philosophies, case studies, and copy-and-paste examples for what you say, what you email, who you call, when to say “no”, when to slow down, when to speed up, and how to create deeper trust and momentum out of any awkward situation, confusing opportunity, to tragic surprise.