Story Church founder, Sam Collier, opens up about planting a church during a pandemic, why he started with Hillsong and decided to leave, replanting his church, leading while bleeding and why big church is the new small church. Welcome to…
“How Christian Introverts Will Help Save the Church From Itself” 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.…
Duke University Professor, Chris Bail, discusses what his research revealed about the truth about algorithms, how 6% of social media users generate 73% of extreme content, the miserable social life of internet trolls, why echo chambers aren’t the problem and…
“7 Easy Ways to Attract and Engage People in 2022” is a sponsored post written by Vince Scalia, Director of Sales & Marketing at Gloo. A new kind of local outreach platform, Gloo reaches people in your community who need…
Crossroads Church founding pastor, Brian Tome, talks about what’s wrong with church online, what 74 million Americans are looking for in an online church experience, the two things pastors who disqualify themselves from ministry all have in common, and how…
By now you’ve heard the number. According to a recent Barna poll, 42% of pastors have seriously thought about quitting ministry in the last year. As you can see from the graph below, that number has risen significantly, jumping from…
Actor Terry Crews talks about his journey from a tough childhood growing up in Flint, Michigan, to breaking through in Hollywood and finding himself living a double life. He discusses what growing up in a cult did to him, finding…
NYT bestselling author, John Eldredge, returns to the podcast to talk about the collective trauma we’ve been through. He outlines the surprising signs of trauma, including memory loss, why you still feel depleted, the future of the church, the craziness…
Andy Crouch discusses the breakdown of trust across society and within the church, the problem with personalized technology and its impact on the soul, and outlines the disruptions we’ll be dealing with for the rest of our lives as leaders.…
So, you throw your heart into preparing and delivering a sermon only to see…almost no response? We’ve all been there as preachers. I’ve been there. And my guess is you’ve seen that kind of tepid response too. The ‘nice sermon’…
As you know, everything is changing, including preaching and the skills you need to be a more effective preacher. Many Western nations have become post-Christian over the last century: Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand just to name a few.…
Bestselling author Vanessa Van Edwards has studied thousands of hours of TED talks and shares what TED talk speakers whose talks go viral do versus what other non-viral TED talk speakers do. She also explains the key ingredients to being…