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Pastor John Nuzzo announces the release of his first book, The Acceleration Mandate:  God’s Blueprint for Generational Impact, and summarizes the content of the book in this month’s podcast.  The Acceleration Mandate is available starting January 6 along with a workbook and videos for small group use.  The Acceleration Mandate is not a message; it is a mandate and move of the Spirit of God.  God is always dealing with three generations at one time.  God is endeavoring to bring His people to a place where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob do not divide again so that the church can accelerate and the Kingdom of God can expand.  God must turn our hearts toward one another.   The content of the book is an action plan based on Malachi 4:6 – God is going to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers or else the land will be destroyed. God is wanting the emerging generation to be accelerated by the previous generation.  The Abrahams can accelerate with their aged wine. The biblical template of this is Aquila and Priscilla’s interaction with Apollos, which accelerated the call of God on Apollos’s life.   The Acceleration Mandate provides a step-by-step approach to accelerating the next generation in your church and provides a way to avoid pitfalls that others have had to navigate.   The Acceleration Mandate can be found at major book retailers and online stores. You can also find it Here.

The continuation of a remarkable conversation with Dr. Kevin Myers, founding pastor of 12Stone Church and Pastor John Nuzzo, reveals profound truths that will set you on the path to success.    If you have not yet listened to Part 1, it would be most beneficial before listening to Part 2.     With a unique leadership gifting, Dr. Kevin discovered the art of leadership early on in his ministry: the value of pointing to others and replacing yourself as a leader.  In his experience, you are solving your future lids by pouring into an emerging leader today. “If you are not willing to make changes in your own leadership and your leadership team that are necessary to break the lid, you choose to let the lid be the lid.” ·      Are you pouring into an emerging leader? ·      Do you value replacing yourself?  ·      Have you reached a lid? Learn from 36 years of experience and the insight of being a lead pastor.  

In Part 1 of two leadership podcasts, Pastor John Nuzzo interviews Dr. Kevin Myers, Founding Pastor of 12Stone Church, which is one of the largest churches in the United States.  Dr. Kevin grew the church from 0 to 17,000+ in 30 years and successfully transitioned it to the next generation.  How did he do that?    Learn the beliefs and practices that Dr. Kevin put in place to bring God’s vision for the church into reality.   Pastor Kevin’s profound wisdom and complete honesty will help you push through any lid that you have reached in your ministry.  Will you push through, or just stay under the lid you’ve reached?  You get to choose!   

-     How do the government and church address the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk according to Scripture?  -     How do you process a defining moment for the emerging generation?  -     What is the purpose of government?  -     What about the separation of Church and state? -     How should you respond personally? In this podcast by Pastor John Nuzzo, you will learn the answer to all these questions as well as how to respond God’s way when evil occurs.  Every generation experiences a defining moment.  For the emerging generation, it was Charlie Kirk’s assassination.  An assassin’s bullet is always designed to silence the voice of a person, generation, or movement, yet the opposite has happened.  This generation is rising, and God is going to use them to go behind the impenetrable walls of our culture.  It’s time for people to unite the generations as one.   If this message was helpful to you, please share it with others so it will help people process this horrific event instead of living in rage and anger.

As leaders, we fall into one of these categories: Relational Leader or Structural Leader. We each need both categories developed in our leadership. Pastor John Nuzzo defines these categories of leadership using both personal and biblical examples. Using practical examples, he summarizes the deficits of each category and explains how to balance each style. In a healthy, growing organization, both categories work, but they need to be balanced. Jesus, our example, was both structural and relational. § Do you see people first or purpose first? § Do you see rules first or relationship first? In this podcast, you will discover your type of leadership, become aware of your deficits, and learn how to build the other side of your leadership style intentionally. If you find this helpful, please share it and leave a review.

In this month’s leadership podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo uses a recent interview with professional golfer, Scottie Scheffler, to expound on Scottie’s three immovable values in life. At 29, Scottie has not lived his life out or made mistakes, so, you might wonder what you are going to learn from this young man. The reality is that wisdom doesn’t come from age; it comes from a relationship with God.  Experience comes with age, and experience that’s mixed with age is incredible.   Personal values determine the outcome of your life; more importantly, they determine your day-to-day choices. It is staggering that Scottie has the perspective he has at such a young age. As you listen to this podcast, you will learn these values that Scottie has put into practice. The success God wants you to have transcends this temporary life on earth. He desires for every leader to have an eternal impact no matter the vocation. Your impact on people is the only eternal thing your life will produce.   §  Learn the difference between “I” and “We.” §  Learn how to have an eternal mindset.  §  Solidify your personal values to determine the outcome of your life.   If you find these podcasts to be helpful, please forward or leave a review.   If you are local to the Pittsburgh, PA area, please join us in attending the Gerald Brooks Roundtable at Bridge City Church on August 26, 2025.  Gerald Brooks Roundtable Registration

Is your leadership culture one that builds people or uses people for outcomes?   In this podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo delves into the culture of leadership and gives three indicators of an ineffective or unhealthy leadership culture.  He gives practical steps to evaluate your leadership culture and motives.  In addition, he shares his personal experience with the practice of overleveraging good people to get a job done rather than helping people to discover the grace put on their lives to serve. It takes a greater level of leadership in nonprofit organizations to motivate people who volunteer. This podcast will help you and your staff become better leaders and gain credibility with the people who serve.   

This podcast will change the way you do ministry if you heed Gerald Brooks’ advice: “Being in the Room Matters.”  This month, Pastor John Nuzzo gives an account of how following this advice has changed the trajectory of his life and ministry.  He explains how his intentional choice to be in a room with other leaders repeatedly led from one meeting to another, and each leader held a piece of the puzzle that he had no idea they held.  Amazing things happen when you are “in the room.”    It was never convenient; he did not have time; but he was intentional about connecting with leaders who were ahead of him in their season of life and ministry.  The outcome was incredible.  Put yourself in the room with people and take people with you who could not get into the room themselves.  When you do this, you will accelerate the next generation.  When you are absent from the room, part of God’s voice is absent from your life.    Have you been in the rooms you needed to be in?      Encounter Conference is a 3-day annual youth conference designed to create environments for believers to have an encounter with God so that our region is transformed for the Kingdom. June 18 – 20, get your students, youth group, and children to Victory Family Church.  It will transform their lives, and they will have a blast doing it!  Only $49 per person.  Register here today!

In this month’s leadership podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo discusses the value of prayer and shares how prayer literally saved his and Michelle’s lives!   Why do I need to pray? If every prayer you are praying today gets answered, does it change YOUR world or THE world? These questions will be answered in this podcast.  You will also learn about praying out a divine supply of the Holy Spirit of the known will of God and the unknown—a supply that will give you glimpses into the future.   One thing you’ll never have as a leader is all the answers.  The hope is that listening to this will cause you to hunger to create an environment of prayer with a consistent group of people, and that it will change your tomorrow.   Encounter Conference is a 3-day annual youth conference designed to create environments for believers to have an encounter with God so that our region is transformed for the Kingdom. June 18 -20, get your students, youth group, and children here.  It will transform their lives, and they will have a blast doing it!  Only $49 per person.  Register Here today!  

Join Pastor John in a Q&A session with Chris Hodges, Founder and Senior Pastor of Church of the Highlands, as they discuss how to experience explosive growth in your church.

·      What is the difference between ownership and stewardship? ·      How can the older generation be used of God to accelerate the Kingdom and not disappear? ·      What is the difference between a model and a mandate? Discover the answers to these questions and more as Pastor John Nuzzo interviews Pastor Keith Tucci, a friend who has pastored for many years and oversees the Network of Related Pastors, giving love, encouragement, and teaching to younger pastors.  According to Pastor Keith, “Every pastor needs a pastor.”  Pastors John and Keith offer valuable lessons to pastors as the two discuss Malachi 4, referring to the last days where God would turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.   God identifies Himself as the God of three generations: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—all dwelling together. Currently, there is a transition  in the Body of Christ—a great exchange where Malachi 4 is coming to pass.  We all have a part to play.  What is your part?      Also, make sure to check out our Encounter Conference coming up in June.

In this month’s podcast, Pastor John interviews Ron Brooks, an entrepreneur and long-time business owner, and gives just a peek into their lives.  Ron and his wife Sharon have a biblical view of money that few people share.  They have a lifestyle of giving and believe it is a privilege to be able to help others.  Ron classifies their giving as being “addictive in their lives.”     As you listen, you will hear story after story of two people who love God and have the heart of God where money is concerned.  Our prayer is that God would make this lifestyle real to you and that you step into another realm of understanding the heart of God where finances are concerned.  

In October of 2023, Pastor John visited a couple in Maine whom he mentors as part of our Northeast expansion initiative.  In this podcast, Pastor John details the story of what happened during this visit, which allowed the couple to purchase a building, renovate it, and have services in it within one year.   A grace came alongside and accelerated them.   The question that was then raised to Pastor John was, “Why aren’t you doing this here?”  We have two campuses that need buildings, and although one is purchased already, things seem to be on hold.  It was then that Pastor John realized that although he has amazingly gifted people around him, it is Pastor John who has the calling and grace to build.   Grace opens doors.   All believers have received a very specific grace deposit from God to do their part in the Body of Christ (Ephesians 4:7). Yet as leaders, we are tempted to live apart from that grace.  We have to discover our grace and then live by it.   What has God graced you to do?  Are you doing things you are not graced to do?  Have you asked others to do things they are not graced to do?  As you listen, you will discover the answers to these questions and have a better understanding of divine enablement to do your part in the Body of Christ.  

Ask yourself these questions: ·      How do you treat people? ·      Do you get angry quickly? ·      Do you treat people above you with honor but those below you in the organization differently? Pastor John Nuzzo unpacks a critical element to pastoring and serving people effectively in this month’s podcast.  Based on personal experiences, Pastor John explains the difference between internal and external drivers which cause us to act the way we do.  How we treat people comes from one of these two drivers—that’s what influences us.  Most of the things we do, we do unintentionally.  As leaders, we must be both self-aware and others aware.  We must treat people the way Jesus treated them.  If we don’t value people, we will not be able to treat them well.   When you discover what drives you, it will give you an understanding and compassion for broken people. If there is one thing that has caused us to be fruitful in our marriage and relationship with people and in pastoring and shepherding people, it is to love people where they are and just as they are and to understand that there’s always a why we cannot see.  

Pastor John Nuzzo continues his teaching on God and Government.  Last month, he focused on how to steward your vote in this upcoming election as a Christian.  Please listen to the October podcast if you haven’t already.  This month, the focus is on how to navigate God and Government as a child of God and a leader.  We are commanded in every area of our lives to lead people to the light.  The only source of preservation on this earth is the salt and light of the Church and the Body of Christ.   If your primary source of hope for the world is either lost or found by the outcome of this election, consider this:   you have already made government your god and your source of hope.  The moment government becomes your source of hope for freedom is the moment it becomes your god.   We don’t have enemies; we only have a mission field.  Vote for the person whose policies and platform most closely align with biblical principles. Jesus in you is the salt and light of the earth and the light in this world.   Please register for the Gerald Brooks Pittsburgh Roundtable on Tuesday, December 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bridge City Church in Pittsburgh.  The cost is $50.  Register at geraldbrooksministries.com. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to lead from a biblical perspective.