In this episode, Dave speaks with Léonce Crump, Senior Pastor of Renovation Church in Atlanta. Dave asks Léonce about his early years, he talks about his many interests growing up and explains how he went on to play college and professional football despite not playing in high school (~8:45). Léonce shares about his college years and how a small church planted between two bars near campus changed his life path (~17:30).
Dave and Léonce discuss the starting of Renovation Church and Léonce talks about the obstacles he and his wife Breanna faced those first few years in Atlanta (~27:15). Dave asks Léonce what is distinctive about Renovation Church and Léonce talks about the desire to be a transcultural community and the hard decisions they have had to make to uphold their values, including a move to the suburbs( ~35:45).
Léonce shares his advice to other leaders (~42:00) and what he is hopeful for (~43:30). Dave is then joined by Jim Shepard who shares some thoughts about the episode, and his friend Léonce.
To more learn more about Léonce and Renovation Church you can visit https://renovationchurch.com/
His book Renovate: Changing Who You Are by Loving Where You Are can be found wherever books are sold.
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