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Pivot Podcast — 177 episodes
The Early Church Was Figuring It Out Too
God Doesn't Say Follow Your Bliss
What to Say (and Not to Say) to People Who Are Suffering
A Crowd Is Not a Community
The Two Things That Have Always Renewed the Church
The Easter Word That Doesn't Expire feat. Jennifer Vija Pietz
The Roots of the Crisis of Community in the West
When Fear Became Normal, the Church Got Real
Most Americans Still Believe in God. So Why Aren't They in Your Church?
When Did Politics Become More Powerful Than Faith?
Setting the Table: When Dinner Church Filled Rooms with the Unchurched
What If Lent Wasn't About Giving Up, But Showing Up?
The Problem With Trying to Make God Show Up
What If You Stopped Doing Everything? A Q&A on Lay-Led Ministry
The Church Planters Hiding in Your Congregation
Why Stay Protestant?
What Happens When Familiarity Wears Off the Edge
Two Pastors, One Vision, and a Merger That Changed Everything
Pastoral Care for Pastors: What That Stable Teaches Us
What Does AI Mean for the Church? A Conversation with Dr. Paul Hoffman
The Pain You Don't Name, You Transmit to Others
What Blessing Actually Means (And Why It Matters This Thanksgiving)
Church Planting Without a Template: The Starter's Way
Why Young Adults Aren't Necessarily Leaving Faith (And What They're Actually Looking For)
When Mental Health Ministry Becomes Everyone's Work
A Regional Church System Cultivates Faithful Innovation
The Gap Between Sunday Sermons and Monday Struggles
The Sacred Listening Revolution in Youth Ministry
What Happens When Church Leaders Stop Trying to Be Perfect
Why You Were Never Meant to Lead Alone
Why Smaller Churches Have a Secret Advantage Right Now
Why 70% of Church Change Efforts Fail (And How to Beat Those Odds)
Why Your Church's Best Days Are Ahead (Even If Attendance Is Down)
Why Authentic Christian Leadership Has Nothing to Do With Perfect Methods
The Lost Art That Formed Deep Disciples for 300 Years (And Why Churches Are Rediscovering It)
The Question that Left Stewardship Leaders Speechless
What If Your Church's Problems Aren't Meant to Be Fixed?
What if Your "Empty" Church Building is Actually Your Greatest Ministry Asset?
Why We're "The Ancients Again" (And What That Means for Your Church)
What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do (with Dr. Angela Gorrell)
Why This Church Traded Their Biggest Event for a Coffee Shop (And What Happened Next)
How Fresh Expressions Saved This Pastor's Ministry (And Her Sanity)
Has Religion Become Obsolete? with Christian Smith (Part 2)
Has Religion Become Obsolete? A Conversation with Christian Smith
Reframing Evangelism: Following Jesus into Sorrow with Andy Root Part 2
Reframing Evangelism: Following Jesus into Sorrow with Andy Root (Part 1)
Being Church During Community Crisis
One Vine, Many Branches: Why Your Church Needs Multiple Models to Thrive
What Do Jazz and Biblical Preaching Have in Common? Finding Your Improvisational Voice
From Harbor to Breakwater: How This Church Turned $150K into $6 Million in Community Impact
What Today's College Students Are Really Seeking in Spiritual Communities
The Radical Relief of Grace: Where Churches Find Freedom Beyond Achievement
Setting the Sails to God's Spirit: A Father and Son's Journey in Church Leadership
Holy Week: Slowing Down the Journey
Stop Fixing Everything: Rediscover Your Church's Purpose
You Don't Have to Do Youth Ministry Alone: The Freedom of Church Collaboration
Tending the Garden of Faith: Christian Mysticism for a Disenchanted Age
Planting in Jesus’s Way: Leading as Apprentices
“God Is Running the Universe, Not Me”: A Lenten Reality Check
How Coffee and Laundry Transformed a Congregation
Is Your Church Too Tame? Embracing the Wild Spirit
The $0 Ministry Experiment that Reached Hundreds of New People
Wait, Who’s Actually Growing Churches in the West?
Is Your Preaching Actually Reaching People?
Beyond Church-Centric Ministry: Anchor Church's mission to make a great city
MLK's Beloved Community: Your Church's Guide Through Divided Times
What If Sermon Prep Could Transform Your Spiritual Life?
Ministry Education in Crisis? Why Seminary Leaders Are Actually Hopeful
Advent Hope: A Gift We Receive with Rolf Jacobson
When Church Change Feels Hard: Your Questions Answered
Episode 106: Beer Church and Beyond Creating Spiritual Community in Breweries, Parks, and Public Spaces with promo
Episode 105: Reclaiming Advent - Simple Church Activities for Sacred Presence
Episode 104: Can the West Be Converted?
Episode 103: Church Community Building: How a Café Created a Church
Episode 102: Political Theology Reimagined: Dr. Joel Lawrence on “Sabbath Politics” in a Polarized World
Episode 101: Reformation Day Wisdom for the 21st Century Church
Episode 100: Church Planting Reimagined: Nick Warnes on Discernment, Adaptability, and Inclusive Leadership
Episode 99: The Future of Church Planting: Innovating for God's Mission with Len Tang
Episode 98: Reimagining Contemplative Practices for Modern Life: From Wall Street to Renewal
Episode 97: Innovative Church Fundraising Ideas: Transforming Spaces into Sustainable Income
Episode 96: Missional Leadership Reimagined: JR Woodward’s Four Spaces of Belonging
Episode 95: Fresh Expressions of Church and the Mixed Ecology
Episode 94: Fresh Expressions of Church: Exploring Churros, Chocolate, and Christ
Episode 93: Beyond Church Growth Strategies: Is Innovation a Helpful Category for the Church? Part 2
Episode 92: Innovation: Hype or Hope (1 of 2)
Episode 91: Fruit of Evangelism
Episode 90: Faith and Justice: Lessons from Ferguson with Rev. F. Willis Johnson
Episode 89: Faith and Politics: How to Lead with Wisdom
Episode 88: Preventing Pastoral Burnout: Insights and Strategies from Rev. Nicole Bullock
Episode 87: Unleashing Lay Leadership: Vicki Elfers’ Lay Leadership Success Story
Episode 86: The Practical Discipleship Revolution: Mark Scandrette and the “Jesus Dojo”
Episode 85: Is Your Church Ready for Lay-Led Ministry?
Episode 84: Building Beloved Community in Challenging Times with Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers
Episode 83: Discipling the Disillusioned: Christian Authenticity with Yolanda Solomon
Episode 82: Biblical Justice: Bridging the Gap Between Scripture and the Streets
Episode 81: Changing Church Culture Through Spiritual Practices
Episode 80: The Future is Lay-Led: How Lay Ministry Training is Transforming Churches
Episode 79: Bonhoeffer’s Secret to Faithful Discipleship with Tripp Fuller
Episode 78: Church Leadership Q&A: Insights and Strategies for Pastoring Today
Episode 77: The Displacement of Enchantment
Episode 76: Coaching Training for Church Leaders
Episode 75: How to have Spiritual Conversations with Your Neighbors: Let’s Talk about the Difference Jesus Makes
Episode 74: Fresh Expressions: How to Start New Christian Communities
Episode 73: Even Divisive Congregations Can Change
Episode 72: How to Invite Others to Engage in Spiritual Practices
Episode 71: Renewing a Congregation’s Identity
Episode 70: Easter Is Coming: Resurrection Hope for Church Leaders
Episode 69: Exploring Pastoral Leadership Models: Mega Church
Episode 68: Exploring Pastoral Leadership Models: Collaborative Leadership
Episode 67: Exploring Pastoral Leadership Models: Rural Church
Episode 66: Exploring Pastoral Leadership Models: Part-Time is Plenty
Episode 65: Exploring Pastoral Leadership Models: Micro Church
Episode 64: Pivot Podcast Q&A Response Session
Episode 63: Lent: The Gift of Journeying in the Wilderness for Church Leaders
Episode 62: Funding Forward: New Business Models for Ministry
Episode 61: Fostering Faith in Everyday Life
Episode 60: How to Start a New Ministry
Episode 59: Empowering Lay Leaders
Episode 58: How to Help Your Church Change through Design Thinking
Episode 57: What to do when you find yourself saying: “I wasn’t trained for this”
Episode 56: What does the birth of Jesus mean to you?
Episode 55: The Harvest is Plentiful but the Laborers Are Few
Episode 54: How to Listen to Your Neighbors' Spiritual Stories
Episode 53: Word of Encouragement for Church Leaders
Episode 52: Centering Discipleship
Episode 51: Q&A Response Session #1
Episode 50: Burned Out and Overwhelmed?
Episode 49: Learning to Ask 'God Questions': Transforming an Inherited Church
Episode 48: Meeting Neighbors Where They Are
Episode 47: Why Are So Many Churches Struggling Today?
Episode 46: Four Key Pivots for Today's Church
Episode 45: Cultivating Leaders for the Mixed Ecology
Episode 44: How to Cultivate the Mixed Ecology in a Regional Church System with Calla Gilson
Episode 43: How to Get Started in the Mixed Ecology in a Local Church with Roz Picardo
Episode 42: Rural Fresh Expression with Kerri Meyer
Episode 41: The Role of Church Planting in the Mixed Ecology with Wole Agbaje
Episode 40: Introducing Dinner Church with JD Larson
Episode 39: How the Inherited and Innovative Church Work Together with Jorge Acevedo
Episode 38: Practicing Fresh Expressions with Jonny Baker
Episode 37: The Mixed Ecology in Christian History with Jennie Wojciechowksi
Episode 36: The Mixed Ecology in the US with Michael Beck
Episode 35: Where Did Fresh Expressions Come From? Learning from the UK with Michael Moynagh
Episode 34: Introducing the Mixed Ecology and Why It Matters
Episode 33: What difference does Faithful Innovation make?
Episode 32: Iterating and Integrating Faithful Innovation
Episode 30: Telling Stories
Episode 31: Reflecting on Learning
Episode 29: Experimenting
Episode 28: The Art of Not Knowing
Episode 27: Discerning the Challenge
Episode 26: Listening
Episode 25: Why Innovate in the Church?
Episode 24: Why is Faithful Innovation a Faith Practice
Episode 23: What is Faithful Innovation?
Episode 22: Themes and Personal Reflections
Episode 21: Mustard Seed and Hope that Moves Mountains
Episode 20: Slow and Patient
Episode 19: Setting the Table
Episode 18: Why Not?: Hope and Light
Episode 17: Sharing the Weight
Episode 16: Living Faith
Episode 15: Lessons from a Military Chaplain
Episode 14: Leading in Liminal Space
Episode 13: Embracing What's New
Episode 12: Reflections and Learning
Episode 11: Promising Innovation
Episode 10: Creating Conditions
Episode 9: Permanent Whitewater
Episode 8: Our New Home
Episode 7: Exhausted in the Wilderness
Episode 6: Love Your Neighbor Part 2
Episode 5: Love Your Neighbor Part 1
Episode 4: Community
Episode 3: Lament
Episode 2a: Loss and George Floyd
Episode 2: Loss
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