Is your congregation known as “the church that …” How could vital mergers position your church to better reach out to your community?
Podcast guests Margie Bryce and Scott Walsh address the mission, the positive signs, and “givin’ them heaven.”
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Podcast: Jim Griffith and learning from new churches
Jim Griffith, of Griffith Coaching, talks about what established churches can learn from new churches.
Podcast: Tom Bandy and cultural theology
Man stands in the middle of a busy sidewalk looking at his cell phone while crowds of people walk around on 14th Street in Manhattan, New York City with the glow of sunlight in the background.
Demographics expert, church consultant and author Tom Bandy gives us the latest scoop on Mission Impact v3.0. He also talks about the difference between strategic planning and strategic thinking. (And why strategic thinking moves us forward.)
Podcast: Beth Estock on leading and living into callings
Beth Estock, one of the “foremost futurists” in the church and a consultant with the Epicenter Group, talks candidly about leading and living into our callings in this post-Christendom society.
#churchdifferent: Episode 2
What happens when the world changes overnight? How do we do church different? Hear from: Jon Ferguson, New Thing/Chicago; Rachel Gilmore, church planter and Path1 staff; and Eric Kieb, Grace Church/Bay City, Mich.
Join us for Episode 2.
Podcast: Christian Coon on failure being a good thing
Fundraising flop? Service slump? Vocational vacillation? Christian Coon knows how you feel. We talked with him about getting beyond the pit of despair that comes after a fail.
Coon is the co-founder and lead pastor at Urban Village Church in Chicago and author of Failing Boldly: How Falling Down in Ministry Can Be the Start of Rising Up (2017).
Podcast: Wade Burnett and multi-site churches
Podcast guest multi-site church consultant Wade Burnett talks about who launches multi-site venues and how you can begin to envision that model for your church.
Podcast: A ‘Fresh Expression’ of church with Kris Beckert
Church on the Run, Church in a Fishing Boat, Church at the Burrito Joint … the list goes on. Pastor Kris Beckert, trainer and missions strategist with Fresh Expressions, is convinced church can happen wherever the people are.
Beckert shares practical suggestions and ideas about forming the relationships that help us spread the good news.
Podcast: Tim Otto and the importance of having dinner together
Pastor Tim Otto’s church doesn’t look like many others. At the Church of the Sojourners in San Francisco, everyone recreates on Sunday mornings. Worship happens most Sunday nights. No one works more than 32 hours a week; everyone shares money. The most important meeting? Dinner. What could traditional churches learn from this more intimate setting?
#churchdifferent: Episode 3
What happens when the world changes overnight? How do we do church different? Hear from: Michael Beck, Wildwood UMC, Fla./Fresh Expressions pioneer; Olu Brown, Impact Church/Atlanta; and Cathy Townley, worship coach