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Fight For Your City
by Jonah Carpenter
This Podcast Exists as a Tool For Christians Who Seek to Become Better Evangelists and to Raise Up New Leaders that God can Use to Heal Our Broken Communities.
Episodes
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From Viral Fame to Fighting for His Life | Cancer, Faith & Christian Hip-Hop | Don Ready
Viral Christian hip-hop and R&B artist Don Ready joins the Fight For Your City Podcast for one of his most personal, in-depth interviews yet. After years of pursuing music, Don experienced a massive breakthrough with his viral hit "2 Serious" alongside Yung Kriss, gaining hundreds of thousands of...
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Doctors Said This Baptist Pastor Would Never Walk Again: Then He Ran to Saipan | Pastor Stephen Dame
Pastor Steve Dame never expected God to call him from small-town Kentucky to serve more than 7,000 miles away in Saipan. In this episode of Fight For Your City, Steve shares his journey from pastoring churches in the United States to becoming a missionary, leading Saipan Community Church and its...
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Why Small Church Pastors Feel Like Failures & The Revival of Bivocational Ministry with Karl Vaters
For decades, pastors have been taught that healthy churches grow—and that successful ministry eventually means bigger attendance, bigger budgets, bigger buildings, and more full-time staff. Karl Vaters believes it's time to rethink that model. Karl joins Pastor Jonah Carpenter to talk about what…
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Modern Worship Has a Problem: Theology, Generic Worship Music & Who Belongs on the Worship Team with Colton Potter
Modern worship is everywhere—but why do so many churches seem to sing the same songs, use the same sounds, follow the same trends, and even dress the same? In this episode of Fight For Your City, Pastor Jonah Carpenter sits down with Colton Potter, worship leader at Family Bible Church and…
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Internet Mob Culture, Lindsay Clancy, Phillip Anthony Mitchell & Deconstruction: Is the Church Been Over Run With Out Rage? | Will Hess (The Church Split)
Will Hess is the lead pastor of Creekside Baptist Church in Evansville, Indiana, and the host of The Church Split, a podcast built around theology, apologetics, and some of the most controversial conversations happening inside Christianity today. In this episode, Will joins Pastor Jonah Carpenter...
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Why Churches Get Stuck, Deacons Holding Back Growth, and How Leaders Get in the Way with Dr. JC Campbell
Dr. JC Campbell planted Greater Hope Church with roughly 40 people during the height of COVID—and watched it grow into a congregation reaching hundreds. But according to Campbell, church growth isn't about copying the latest trends, buying better technology, or building everything around one...
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Why Most Pastor Transitions Fail (And How to Avoid It) | Ray Brown & Todd Morgan
Pastoral transitions can tear churches apart. Ego gets involved, members choose sides, longtime pastors struggle to let go, and incoming leaders often feel pressure to immediately change everything. But Pastor Ray Brown and Pastor Todd Morgan experienced something different at The Gathering…
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Should the Church Be Run Like a Business? | April Brown Harris from The Gathering Church | Fight For Your City Podcast
What happens when a church stops asking, “What will we get out of this?” and starts asking, “What does our community need?” In this episode of Fight for Your City, Jonah sits down with April from The Gathering Church to talk about a radically different approach to ministry—one built around...
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The Abortion Industry Lied to Women — And the Church Stayed Silent | Julie Wells | Right to Life
The Abortion Industry Lied to Women — And the Church Stayed Silent | Julie Wells | Right to LifeIn this episode of the Fight for Your City Podcast, Jonah Carpenter sits down with Julie Wells, Executive Director of Right to Life of Southwest Indiana, for a difficult but necessary conversation…
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The Tithing Myth: How to Fix the Tithing Problem in the Modern Church (Austin Maxheimer)
Why does tithing create so much anger, distrust, and disagreement inside the church?In this episode of the Fight For Your City Podcast, Pastor Jonah Carpenter sits down with pastor, author, and community mobilizer Austin Knackshiemer to discuss his newest book, In the Beginning, God Created the...
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STOP COPYING MEGACHURCHES: Why Small Churches Are Losing Their Greatest Advantage | Josh Slater
Why do so many small churches struggle to grow—even when they are working hard to create an excellent Sunday service?Pastor Josh Carpenter joins Pastor Jonah Carpenter on the Fight for Your City Podcast to discuss why small churches should stop trying to imitate megachurches and start embracing…
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The Danger of Putting the Wrong People in Ministry Leadership | Mark Wickersham
What happens when churches, schools, or ministries put the wrong people into leadership too quickly?In this episode of Fight For Your City, Jonah sits down with Mark “Wick” Wickersham, Director of Spiritual Formation at Evansville Christian School, to talk about building healthy ministry teams,...
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Are Private Christian Schools Actually Preparing Kids for the "Real World"? | Mike Allen
Are Private Christian Schools Actually Preparing Kids for the "Real World"? | Mike Allen Check Out His YouTube Channel: @TheParodyPrincipal Why are more parents considering Christian education, private school, and homeschool options for their children? In this episode of the Fight For Your City...
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He Went to Rehab 15 Times… Then Jesus Changed Everything | Brent Davidson
Brent Davidson knows what it is like to battle addiction, hit rock bottom, and wonder if freedom is actually possible. After years of struggling with opioids, alcohol, jail, overdoses, and more than 15 completed rehab stays, Brent encountered Jesus in a way that completely changed the direction…
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The Real Reason Kids Don't Trust Youth Ministry Anymore | James Helm
The Real Reason Kids Don't Trust Youth Ministry Anymore | James HelmGen Z and Gen Alpha are growing up in a world of nonstop screens, short attention spans, digital addiction, AI content, social media pressure, and constant noise. But is the real problem the next generation, or is the church...
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The Real Reason Churches Split (It’s Not Theology) | Will Hess
Pastor Will Hess @TheChurchSplit shares from firsthand experience as a pastor who walked through a painful church split and later began helping churches, pastors, elder boards, and church members think through conflict in a healthier way. This conversation covers church government, congregational...
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Lori DeVillez w/ Trotter's House | Fight For Your City
What happens after babies are saved? That’s the question we tackle in this episode of the Fight for Your City Podcast. Pastor Jonah Carpenter sits down with Lori Devilles, who leads Trotter House, a nonprofit serving families in Evansville and across the nation. Trotter House goes far beyond…
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Behind the Music - The Pain of Worship Ministry | Fight for Your City Podcast w/ Caleb Morgan
Check Out Caleb on Social Media and Send Him a Message If You Are Looking for A Fantastic Musician with a Servant's Heart!https://www.facebook.com/caleb.morgan.92351Welcome back to the Fight for Your City Podcast. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Caleb Morgan, a worship leader in...
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Ministry, Foster Care, and Filling the Gaps in the Church | Nyles Head
In this episode of the Fight for Your City Podcast, Pastor Jonah Carpenter sits down with Nyles Head, ordained minister and case manager for the Department of Child Services (DCS) in Vanderburgh County. Together they explore the urgent intersection of foster care, ministry, and the role of the...
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Emma Carpenter | The Call of Teaching, the State of Public Education, and the Church’s Mission
What does it really mean to be called to teach in today’s public school system? In this episode of Fight for Your City, Pastor Jonah Carpenter sits down with 1st grade teacher Emma Carpenter for a heartfelt and eye-opening conversation about faith, education, and the next generation. Emma opens…
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Why Most Churches Miss Their Community's Real Needs
Churches everywhere are struggling to reach new people—but what if the real problem isn’t resources… it’s vision? In this episode, Jonah Carpenter breaks down why so many small churches hit a wall with evangelism, and how to break through by discovering the overlooked needs right in your own...
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Your Attention Is Being Hunted, Manipulated, and Sold
We don’t think about it much, but your attention—what you look at, click on, listen to, pause for, and scroll past—isn’t just part of your daily routine anymore. It’s the product. It’s the currency. It’s what’s being hunted, manipulated, and sold by companies you’ve probably never heard of. In…
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The New Slavery (How Debt Consumes Our Lives)
In this eye-opening episode, Jonah Carpenter tackles one of the most silent yet powerful forms of modern bondage: debt. From student loans and credit cards to car payments and rising rent, we unpack how financial chains have slowly replaced physical ones—shaping our choices, stealing our peace…
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The Blessing and Curse that is Social Media (Pt. 2)
Welcome to the Fight for Your City Podcast Presented by Dover Chapel. On this week's episode, Pastor Jonah talks about the positive opportunities we have to reach a culture focused on social media. The Fight For Your City Podcast exists to give Christians the tools to become better evangelists…
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The Blessing and Curse that is Social Media (Pt.1)
Welcome to the Fight for Your City Podcast Presented by Dover Chapel. On this week's episode, Pastor Jonah talks about the negative results of a culture focused on social media. The Fight For Your City Podcast exists to give Christians the tools to become better evangelists and create new leaders...
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Our Unique Opportunities
Welcome to the Fight for Your City Podcast Presented by Dover Chapel. On this week's episode, Pastor Jonah talks about the unique opportunities God has given us to reach others for Him. The Fight For Your City Podcast exists to give Christians the tools to become better evangelists and create new...
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An Addition to Your New Years Resolutions
Welcome to the Fight for Your City Podcast Presented by Dover Chapel. On this week's episode, Pastor Jonah talks about the importance of reading the Bible and encourages you to use your time this year to develop a deep relationship with the Word of God. The Fight For Your City Podcast exists to...
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Procrastinate the Debate
Welcome to the Fight for Your City Podcast Presented by Dover Chapel. On this week's episode, Pastor Jonah talks about the struggle of knowing when to bring up disagreements about God and the Bible with the ones that we are trying to evangelize to. The Fight For Your City Podcast exists to give...
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Be Authentic
Welcome to the Fight for Your City Podcast Presented by Dover Chapel. On this week's episode, Pastor Jonah discusses the importance of authenticity in the church and in the lives of individual Christians. It is important for the church to be open and honest with all of its dealings and for...
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This Podcast Exists as a Tool For Christians Who Seek to Become Better Evangelists and to Raise Up New Leaders that God can Use to Heal Our Broken Communities.
HOSTED BY
Jonah Carpenter
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This Podcast Exists as a Tool For Christians Who Seek to Become Better Evangelists and to Raise Up New Leaders that God can Use to Heal Our Broken Communities.
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