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There's a leadership crisis that I think in the life of the church and in the life of leadership. If God did a revival and brought us a thousand new people in our church, we'd be dead. Oh, we wouldn't be ready. There's no way we'd be ready. Welcome to the Kerry Newhoff Leadership podcast. It's Carrie here, and I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership. Today, I'm sitting down with a guy I've known and followed and respected for years. His name is Dom Rousseau. And what do you do? You're in an area where it's just harder soil. Like, honestly, it's just difficult. Well, that would be Montreal, Canada, where a very tiny percentage of people go to church. There's a language barrier. He has planted

a church there. He's left megachurches to go plant a church there. Dom and I talk about a new kind

of secularism reaching unreachable people and why you may not be ready for revival. Dom is a

pastoral leader, a teacher, and an author who believes we are living in one

of the most strategic times for reimagining the Christian faith and the importance of the Bible.

He is the lead pastor at a church he planted in one of the most complex secular spaces in North America.

So, hey, before we get into the interview, just want to let you know, too.

I've spent

a lot of time in Nashville this fall. Doing a lot of interviews in person. And if you're interested

in behind the scenes footage, you want to see what's going on in my personal life, behind the

scenes on the podcast. Best place to follow me is on Instagram. That's where we post that stuff.

You can find me. I'm just at Carrie Newhoff.

I know that's so easy to spell on Instagram. And you want to follow me there if you're interested in

that kind of thing. And now my conversation with today's guest, Dom Rousseau. So Dom, so good to be

together. Welcome to the podcast. Awesome. This is great, Carrie. Great to be with you.

So, you know, you're in Montreal. You're in Quebec. A lot of my listeners would be like,

seems like some exotic land in the middle of nowhere. But you are in a very different

Christian environment, post-Christian environment. Maybe than we have even here north of Toronto or New York or L.A.

Or certainly different than the Bible Belt.

Can you just explain?

I mean, kind of feels like a death sentence.

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