How do you support leadership decisions you don’t agree with — especially when those decisions affect you personally?
In this episode of Regarding Leadership, Ryan D.B. Kimmel addresses one of the hardest realities of team life: sometimes you must support decisions you would not have made yourself. Drawing from years of experience serving in multiple leadership roles, Ryan explores what it looks like to respond with humility instead of frustration.
Supporting decisions you don’t agree with is not about blind compliance. It’s about understanding leadership responsibility, honoring authority, and protecting unity within a church or organization. This episode walks through the biblical framework for submission, accountability, and unity while also clarifying when dissent is appropriate.
You’ll learn:
- Why humility is the foundation of healthy team culture
- How defending leadership protects systems from gossip and grumbling
- Why honor matters in workplace and ministry environments
- How supporting difficult decisions strengthens unity
- When it is right to refuse immoral, illegal, or heretical directives
- How cultural mismatch or philosophical misalignment may signal deeper issues
Ryan D.B. Kimmel grounds this conversation in Hebrews 13 and Jesus’ prayer for unity in John 17, reminding leaders and team members alike that unity is not built on preferences but on shared mission.
If you serve on a church staff, ministry team, nonprofit, or leadership structure, this episode will challenge you to respond to disagreement with maturity and courage. Supporting decisions you don’t agree with may be costly, but it strengthens trust, builds credibility, and deepens the unity Jesus prayed for.
