Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
Leadership is not for the faint of heart
Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.
The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.
Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.