Category: Led First Lead Second

Leading Through the Unknown

In this episode, Joe Caruso sits down with missionary Tonya Falkenberg, who serves in Mazatlán, Mexico. Tonya shares her experiences living and working in coastal Mexico, while leading her young family through the unknown.

Rooted-The Spiritual Burden of Leading Others


Pastors Joe Caruso and Jeff Bogue talk candidly about the Rooted initiative and the sacred burden of spiritual leadership

Following God While Leading Others

In this episode of Led First Lead Second, Joe sits down with Audrey Wallace to explore what it means to lead faithfully across different areas of life.

Leaving It All Behind to Follow Jesus

In this episode, we sit down with Tonya Falkenberg who made the courageous decision to leave behind the comforts of her former life to serve and love Jesus wholeheartedly. She shares her journey of faith, the challenges of surrender, and the leadership lessons learned through radical obedience and trust in God’s calling.

Saying “Yes” to Ministry

In this week’s episode, Ryan Rodeman reflects on the pivotal moments when God intervened in his life and called him to ministry at Grace Church.

Wired to Lead

Eric Miller, Executive Director of Ministry at Momentum Ministry Partners shares how God developed his heart for ministry.

Lead with Evangelism

“I think that every single person that I talk to is uniquely gifted and wired and it’s super cool. Instead of trying to get them to fit the thing that I want, we can go way further faster if we just lean into that.” – Sunni Gressock

This week on the Led First Lead Second podcast, Pastor Joe sits down with Sunni Gressock. Sunni is the Director of Groups & Missional Strategies at the Bath Campus of Grace Church, a mother of four with one on the way, and has a huge heart to reach the lost. Listen in as Joe and Sunni discuss her journey to where she is in ministry today and how she leads and trains the leaders around her to live on mission and prioritize evangelism as they themselves lead others.

If you want to hear a deeper dive into Sunni’s story of how God has moved in her life and how she got to where she is today, check out her episode on our Grace Unscripted podcast! You can find Sunni’s episode along with dozens of other stories from the people here at Grace Church here https://open.spotify.com/show/2lLnFzhmcQsz1zZdTeQbga?si=fcb6d882550043e3.