Preaching a funeral sermon for the first time? Let me guess. No seminary class prepared you to step into the reality of a grieving family that’s lost a loved one. Nothing prepared you to be the person everyone is looking…
“Five Real Reasons Young People Are Deconstructing Christianity” is written by Joe Terrell, content manager at CareyNieuwhof.com. Joe’s writings for Medium, Relevant, Carey Nieuwhof, and his personal blog, Instrument of Mercy, have been read by over three million people. If…
One of the most perplexing questions a Christian and, to be sure, a Christian leader will face when it comes to risk is this: “Am I trusting in God, or am I simply being foolish?”“What does trusting in God look…
As a leader, one of the toughest challenges you face is raising money. It’s easy to feel like things are harder than ever, but church-giving statistics might prove otherwise. Let’s start here. Did you know that charitable giving approached the…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Business leader and serial entrepreneur Lee Domingue talks about what business leaders need from church leaders to create exponential growth in giving, takes us inside the mind of entrepreneurs to let leaders see…
So, you’ve hit a growth wall in your church: Your attendance is stuck. Every church leader I know wants to reach more people, and almost nobody in leadership (even church leadership) gets into leadership to watch things decline. But it…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: In this episode, you’ll learn the top reasons leaders who want to grow their church or business fail to do so. And you’ll figure out how to break through the walls of growth…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Seth Godin returns to the podcast and unpacks his creative process, discusses how not to listen to trolls, shares lessons from learning magic tricks and his hobby as a stereophile, and shares insights…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Nona Jones talks about the impact childhood abuse and trauma can have on leaders, offers her top lessons from her time in senior leadership at Facebook and Meta, and discusses how to examine…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: New York Times Bestselling Author Malcolm Gladwell returns to the podcast and deconstructs his writing process and habits, talks about how to reach people in a crowded world, and explains why he revisited…
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times Bestselling author, returns to the podcast and talks about the red flags that show you can’t trust someone, how to recover from betrayal, what to do when…
Are pastors and churches imitating or innovating today? It’s a critical question, especially given that most churches aren’t growing and the ones that are experiencing a lot of transfer growth. It’s estimated that only 3-5% of US churches are growing…