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Episode 741: How to Know When You’ve Crossed a Moral Line: Max Lucado on Church Leadership, Moral Failure, and How to Tame Your Thoughts
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Max Lucado talks about his new role at Gateway Church, how to carry the trauma and disappointment of a congregation after the senior pastor has breached trust, how to know if and when…
Episode 740: Overpoliticized and Undermoralized: David Brooks on the American Church, Becoming a Christian, and Being Pastored By Tim Keller
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: New York Times columnist, bestselling author and Atlantic columnist David Brooks talks about how American culture has changed in our lifetime, why he thinks it’s overpoliticized and undermoralized, on how he became a…
Episode 739: Young and Fighting About Money, Sex, and Power. Ashley and Jaime Woolridge on How They Radically Transformed Their Marriage and Went on to Lead One of America’s Fastest Growing Churches
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: There’s nothing like honesty when it comes to hearing people’s stories. CCV Lead Pastor Ashley Wooldridge returns to the podcast with his wife, Jaime. In a raw conversation, they open up about their…
Episode 738: Don’t Make the Pastor the Product: Ashley Wooldridge on Building One of America’s Fastest-Growing Churches Through Team Empowerment
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Lessons from one of America’s fastest-growing and largest churches, Christ Church of the Valley (CCV). Senior Pastor Ashley Wooldridge talks about lessons he learned from a decade at Intel before working at a…
Episode 737: Toxic Masculinity and the Church: Derwin Gray on Using Ministry to Heal Childhood Wounds, Lessons from the NFL, and the Challenge of Finding the Right Team
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Derwin Gray talks about toxic masculinity and how it plays out in the NFL, the culture, and the church. Plus insights on using ministry to heal childhood wounds, and the challenge of finding…
Episode 736: Why Dying Churches Need to Give Growing Churches Their Buildings: The Argument and the Main Objections
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Fact: Many churches with facilities and money lack people, while churches with people often lack facilities and funds. In this episode, Carey Nieuwhof argues why dying churches should transfer their buildings to growing…
Episode 735: 280% More Likely to Come Back: Jason Mitchell on How to Get Visitors to Come Back to Church, the Emotion of Succession, and How Preaching Has Changed
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Jason Mitchell, Lead Pastor of LCBC, talks about what you need to do to see a 280% greater spike in first-time visitors returning to your church, what’s changing in preaching, and the emotion…
Episode 734: Is Your Church Overstaffed? Amy Anderson on the Pivotal Differences Between Growing and Declining Churches, and the Legacy of Tony Morgan
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: The Unstuck Group’s Amy Anderson on how to know if your church is overstaffed (it probably is), the key differences between growing and declining churches, and leading a company after its founder dies.…
Episode 733: You Are Not Your Work: Dr. Arianna Molloy’s Blueprint for Overcoming Toxic Calling and Boundary Shaming
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Biola Professor Arianna Molloy talks about the identity crisis most church leaders find themselves in: identifying with their calling so much that it becomes toxic. She also discusses burnout, how to get healthy…
Episode 732: When You Want to Punch a Hole in the Wall: Kyle Idleman on Vulnerability, Insecurity and the Spiritual Gift of Disappointing People
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Kyle Idleman talks about why it’s easier to admit to a fault on stage than it is to a friend in real life, the times you feel like you want to punch a…
Episode 731: Leading with an Inferiority Complex: Chris Hodges Opens Up About Being Bullied, Insecurity, and How to Foster a Successful Succession
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Chris Hodges opens up for the first time about being bullied as a kid, having an inferiority complex and how that’s impacted his leadership, and how to multiply leaders to craft a successful…
Episode 730: Are There Limits to Church Growth? Plus, Being Micromanaged and How to Know Who to Fire
Listen, subscribe, and leave a review on: Carey answers your questions about whether there are limits to church growth, what to do if your elders try to micromanage you, and how to know who to fire and how to do…