Creating a Culture of Authenticity around Mental Wellness with Steve Pruitt

Pick up your copy of the "Who's the Next You? Calling for 1,000 more churches to invest in Gen Z through Residency." https://a.co/d/bbeFDK9 You can learn all you need to know about how to launch a leadership residency. Sign up for Residency Masterclass Cohort HERE: https://www.leadershippathway.org/mas... Welcome to First Thursday Webinar What does it look like when a senior pastor talks openly about anxiety, depression, medication, and the long road of healing? In this conversation, Dave Miller sits down with Steve Pruitt of Riverside Church in Fort Myers, Florida, to talk about Steve’s ministry journey, his experience with depression and mental health struggles, and how honesty from the pulpit can help create healthier church cultures. Steve shares: how he came to faith as a young adult his path into ministry the family story and personal struggles that shaped him his experience with clinical depression and stepping away from ministry why he chose honesty in interviews and in leadership how Riverside Church created support for counseling and mental wellness practical advice for younger leaders serving in difficult ministry cultures This is an honest conversation about vulnerability, leadership, suffering, healing, and what it means to tell the truth in ministry. If you’re serving in church leadership, mentoring younger leaders, or trying to build a healthier ministry culture, this conversation will encourage you. #LeadershipPathway #MentalHealth #ChurchLeadership #PastoralLeadership #MinistryHealth #LeadershipDevelopment