Why Most Church Failures Have Nothing to Do With Theology — with Tammy Dunahue

Send us Fan MailWhat actually causes pastors and churches to fall apart? After 20 years of denominational leadership and more interventions than she wants to count, Tammy Dunahue has a clear answer — and it's probably not what you'd expect.In this conversation, Tim and Gabe sit down with Tammy Dunahue, Executive Dean of Portland Seminary at George Fox University and a 40-year veteran of church planting, revitalization, and movement leadership. Tammy and her husband Gary co-planted and multiplied churches across California and Arkansas, helped shape Foursquare's national church planting infrastructure, and now invest in forming the next generation of kingdom leaders.The conversation covers a lot of ground: what it actually looks like to plant with a multiplication mindset from day one, how complementary gifting and team building fuel church health, what it means to contextualize the gospel in a new region, and why the Pacific Northwest's biggest barrier to gospel movement might be the church's own thinking.Tammy also shares a compelling vision for Portland — a candle in every neighborhood — and why she believes wherever there's enough darkness, a birthday candle will do.If you lead a church, plant churches, or care about what God is doing in the Pacific Northwest, this one is worth your full attention.