| 05/04/09 |
Rick Lawrence: Youth Trends Pastors Must Know
The executive editor of Group magazine discusses trends in youth ministry of which pastors should be aware... |
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| 04/27/09 |
John Vaughn: What We Can Learn From Megachurches
The founder of Church Growth Today shares some of the lessons from megachurches that apply well to churches of any size... |
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| 04/20/09 |
Brad Loemenick: Trends for Young Leaders
The leader of Catalyst discusses the trends that he’s seeing specifically among younger leaders in the church... |
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| 04/06/09 |
Dave Stone: The Key to Building Involvement
The senior pastor of Southeast Christian Church talks about ways to use small groups as vehicles for unleashing people into ministry... |
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| 03/31/09 |
Gary Kinnaman: Pastors in Transition
After 25 years in the pastorate, Gary recently left his church staff role. He discusses how to know when it’s time, and how to gracefully transition your church... |
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| 03/23/09 |
Brian Mavis: Moving from Me to We Ministry
The head of the Externally Focused Network talks about how pastors can move their churches from clergy-centric to church-wide involvement... |
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| 03/09/09 |
Les Parrott: Improve Your Marriage by Trading Places
The best-selling author talks about practical ways that pastors can teach marriage enhancement issues and apply them to their own lives... |
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| 03/02/09 |
Ron Henry: Ministry in the Workplace
The president of The Sterling Group talks about businesspeople discovering the value of their ministry in their workplace... |
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| 02/23/09 |
Steve Stroope: Family Life Ministry
The senior pastor of Lakepointe Church discusses a new ministry that Lakepointe has found to be transformational in the lives of their people... |
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| 02/14/09 |
David Kinnaman: unChristian
The president and strategic leader of the Barna Group talks about some of the perceptions that young people have of the church today... |
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| 02/09/09 |
Bill Easum: Reproductive Movement
The VP of Easum Bandy & Associates and 35-year pastor talks about the four major reproductive moments in American churches today... |
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| 02/02/09 |
Kim Coy: HR Issues in the Church
The director and attorney for Mountain States Employers Council talks about legal issues and specific do’s and don’ts churches need to be aware of in their employment practices... |
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| 01/26/09 |
Kevin Harney: Leading from the Inside Out
The teaching pastor and evangelism champion at Faith Church in Dire, Indiana talks about how leaders can consistently serve with joy and energy rather than living on the edge of burn-out... |
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| 01/19/09 |
Charles Arn: Assimilation
The president of Church Growth, Inc. shares practical tips on how to close the church's back door and get past self-delusion about church friendliness... |
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| 01/12/09 |
Aubrey Malphurs: Strategic Planning for Churches
A professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, author, and consultant talks about the challenges of moving your church past a plateau... |
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| 01/05/09 |
Will Mancini: Church Unique
A former pastor and founder of Auxano (church vision architect) discusses how to help your church discover and focus on its unique signature... |
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| 12/30/08 |
Bill Donahue: Adult Spiritual Development
The pastor of Leadership Development for Group Life at Willow Creek Community Church discusses trends in training and spiritual formation in adults... |
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| 12/23/08 |
Matt Casper, Jim Henderson, and Jason Evans: An Atheist Comes to Church, pt. 2
We talk again with the co-authors of Jim and Casper Go to Church and the pastor of the one church the atheist really enjoyed. How do we get outside our Christian bubbles? |
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| 12/16/08 |
Polly Lott: Building an Equipping Ministry
Director of Lifelong Education at Denver Seminary talks about how pastors can build an equipping ministry position in their churches to multiply their ministry through others... |
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| 12/08/08 |
Don Cousins: Pastors Developing Leaders
Leadership expert shows pastors how to disciple influencers even if they personally don’t have the gift of leadership... |
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| 12/02/08 |
John Lynch: Protecting Marriage In Ministry
Pastor and Leadership Catalyst member shares wise advice from his new book Bo’s Café... |
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| 11/25/08 |
Nancy Beach: Women Leading
Teaching pastor at Willow Creek discusses what it’s like to have the gift of leadership as a female in ministry. |
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| 11/18/08 |
Mitch Irion: Million Dollar Illustrations
The founder of WingClips talks about how pastors can easily and inexpensively tap into major motion picture films... |
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| 11/14/08 |
Dale Burke: Preaching to the Head and Heart
The pastor who followed Chuck Swindoll provides key ideas for communicating to the whole parishioner... |
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| 11/12/08 |
Stan Toler: Raising Money in Tight Times
Pastor and bestselling author talks to pastors about practical ideas for increasing offerings during a difficult economy... |
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| 10/28/08 |
Phil Stevenson: Churches Planting Churches
Director of Evangelism and Church Growth for the Wesleyan denomination discusses national trends in church starts... |
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| 10/21/08 |
David T. Olson: American Church in Crisis
An expert researcher looks at church attendance trends and what’s ahead for pastors striving to reach people... |
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| 10/14/08 |
Tammy Kelley: Smart and Healthy Church Practices
One of the nation’s leading volunteer directors talks about what works with people and church policies... |
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| 10/07/08 |
Patty Smith: Teaching for Retention
A learning specialists talks to pastors about active learning and how to significantly increase message impact... |
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| 09/30/08 |
Dave Thornton: Keys for Effective Volunteer Development
Church Volunteer Central’s director shares practical ways of getting more involved in ministry... |
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| 09/24/08 |
Dave Gallagher: Reaching The New Retirees
Boomers won’t retire; they’ll just retread. Here’s how to better understand the “new old” and reach them... |
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| 09/16/08 |
Jon Vaughan: Marketing Principles for Pastors
The former marketing guru for Focus on the Family and now Group, gives ideas on reaching people... |
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| 09/09/08 |
Bruce Bugbee: Update On Gifting Ministry
The President of Network Ministries International informs us on new trends in helping people discover their gifts... |
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| 09/03/08 |
Barry Spencer: Mentoring Young Leaders
The VP for Leaders Legacy shoots straight with pastors on how to come along side young influencers as mentors... |
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| 08/26/08 |
Craig Williford: Changes In Ministerial Prep
The former President of Denver Seminary checks in on some new strategies that seminaries are taking... |
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| 08/19/08 |
Alan Kraft: Good News For Those Trying Harder
Pastor of Christ Community Church, Greeley, Colorado talks about addressing the rat race of ministry... |
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| 08/12/08 |
Don Moen: Trends in Worship Music
One of America’s leading worship leaders, composers and producers, talks about what he sees happening in churches... |
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| 07/21/08 |
Jason Evans & Matt Casper: Understanding Atheists
Jason and Matt talk to us about Matt's atheism and what he likes and dislikes about churches. Jason's house church was one he liked. Why?... |
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| 07/07/08 |
Rick Lawrence: Youth Culture
Rick, editor of Group Magazine for 18 years, tells pastors about what they need to know about youth trends and culture... |
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| 06/30/08 |
Neil Cole: Organic Churches
Neil, author of Organic Church and Search & Rescue, shares his experiences as a leader in the organic church movement... |
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| 06/23/08 |
Lee & Kathryn Sparks: Foster Parenting
Lee and Kathryn on developing a heart and ministry for foster parents in your church and community... |
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| 06/16/08 |
Steve Arterburn: Male Pastors at Midlife
Steve names the symptoms and solutions at midlife, and how we can avoid a crisis, especially as pastors... |
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| 06/09/08 |
Brian Mavis on Sermon Preparation
Brian, founder of SermonCentral.com, shares what he’s learned on message preparation from reading 30,000 sermons... |
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| 02/01/07 |
interview with Aubrey Malphurs
Aubrey Malphurs, senior professor of pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary, and author of several books including Leading Leaders, talks about the struggles pastors face with the boards of their churches and how to deal with them. |
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| 02/01/07 |
interview with Nancy Ortberg |
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| 02/01/07 |
interview with Dale Burke |
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| 02/01/07 |
interview with Jane Creswell |
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| 02/01/07 |
interview with Jim Tomberlin |
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| 02/01/07 |
interview with Joe Jurkowski |
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| 02/01/07 |
interview with Mark Mittleberg |
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