Carey Nieuwhof
My name is Carey Nieuwhof. I'm a former lawyer and founding pastor of Connexus Church. I'm married to Toni and we have two grown sons.
I'm incredibly passionate about helping people thrive in life and leadership. That's why I write blogs and books, like my latest best-seller Didn’t See It Coming: Overcoming the Seven Greatest Challenges That No One Expects But Everyone Experiences, host a weekly leadership podcast, speak to leaders all over the world and produce courses like the The High Impact Leader.
Latest article
Don’t Build a Mini Me: How to Develop Leaders Who Can Lead without You...
One of the greatest responsibilities we have as leaders is preparing people to lead without us.
That doesn’t apply only to a senior pastor preparing...
Top 10 “basic” Relationship Skills
Getting along with people can be more complicated than it appears. If it were easy, everybody would be good at it!
How you treat people,...
Beyond the Resume: What 4,100+ Client Engagements Say About Pastor Tenure
Search committees all want the same outcome: a lead pastor who preaches well, shepherds faithfully, and stays put. Lifeway Research’s 2025 study of 1,516...