All episodes
Eight Essential Qualities of Pastors Who Love Their Jobs
The Burge Report: America’s Largest Churches: What’s Happened the Last Decade?
An Honest Perspective on Celebrating Halloween as Christians
How Churches Can Better Support Moms in the Unseen Midnight Moments of Motherhood
Hitting Home Runs with Church Marketing
Church Worship Attendance Is… Up! (For the First Time in Years)
The Pastoral Burden of Never Having “Off Hours”
Why Preachers Should Pick One Translation (And Which One Is Best)
Should Pastors Encourage Burial Over Cremation?
The Burge Report: Why Gen Z Might Be the Least Mobile Generation in American History
How to Prevent Your Discipleship Model from Aging Out with the Older Generations
My Hope for Lifeway: An Interview with Dr. Ryan Blackwell, President and CEO of Lifeway
What Has Changed the Most in Preaching the Last 20 Years?
The Problem of Ageism and Church Staff Near Retirement
Armed Church Security Teams: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Five Relatively Recent Theological Controversies That Have Faded
Why Don’t Churches Sing Old-School Hymns Anymore?
An Interview with Chris Brauns on “The Way of Repentance”
Should a Church Accept a Tithe from a Lottery Winner?
The Burge Report: Why Immigration Won’t Reverse America’s Secular Drift
The Top Preaching Distractions (What Stops Pastors Mid-Sentence in the Pulpit)
Why the Pastorate Is One of the Highest Security Jobs in an AI World
What Should a Pastor Do When One or Two Key Donors Keep the Church Doors Open
The Four Domains of Successful Outreach to Families with Children
Why We Still Believe in Short-Term Mission Trips for Churches
Unique Church Leadership Lessons from the Book of Ezra You Haven’t Heard
The Back-to-School Checklist for Pastors (Prepping Your Church for Ministry to Parents and School-Age Children)
The Burge Report: Why the 1990s Were the Most Consequential in Modern U.S. Religious History
What Successful Evangelistic Churches Actually Do for Outreach
Dodging Detours: Five Ways a Feasibility Study Protects Your Campaign from Pitfalls
Should Pastors Engage in Online Fights?
The Future of Church Hiring When Pastors Are in Short Supply
Amiable Autocrats: Why Some of the Nicest Pastors Make the Worst Bosses
Why Churches Are Struggling More and More to Find Staff
Why Can’t Pastors Talk About Politics?
The Burge Report: Are Non-Denominational Churches Just Southern Baptists in Disguise?
The Ongoing Shortage of Student Pastors (Where Did They Go?)
The Church Summer Slump: What Every Pastor Should Know
The Top Ten Most Common Low Attendance Days in Churches
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Bible Translation Committee (What Really Happens)
The Reality of Church Hoppers: A Pastor’s Honest Perspective
Why Members Leave Their Church and Never Come Back
Why Some Pastors Stay for Decades (and Thrive in Their Churches)
The Hyper-Traditionalist Movement in Church Architecture (Is Anyone Really Building Churches This Way?)
The Church “Fault Lines” That Could Become Ministry Tsunamis
The Burge Report: Boomers Can’t Save Us Forever: The Hard Truth About Church Demographics
What Churches Should Do About Inactive Members
Are Sunday Morning Service Times Changing? What the Data Says About the Future of Church Worship Schedules
What to Say (and Not Say) Immediately After a Church Crisis
Crucial Commitments: 5 Simple Decisions That Members of Healthy and Growing Churches Make
How to Become Your Pastor’s Favorite Church Member
The Best Board and Trustee Structure for Churches
Seven Things Pastors Do You Probably Don’t Know About
The Burge Report: Gen Z and the Church: Lonely, Cautious, Skeptical, But… Open
How to Discard a Worn-Out Bible Properly
Should Full-Time Pastors Have a Side Hustle?
The Critical Functions of a Pastor Rarely Found in a Church Job Description
After 25 Years of Consistent Recreation Ministry, This Church Discovered Something…
What We’re Doing as Pastors to Keep Our Marriages Healthy
Six Reasons Pastors Must Be More Courageous Today
The Top Ways to Annoy Your Pastor
The Burge Report: The Latest Data on Transgender Young Adults and the Church
Tithing Or Not: Should Lead Pastors Know What Church Staff Give?
What Growing Churches Actually Do to Reach and Keep People
Churches Are Targets for Predators (Here’s Why)
Marriage Discipleship Is the Missing Piece in Family Ministry
Why Churches Are MUCH Older Now…
Why Guests Don’t Come Back to Church After a Big Ministry Event
America’s Gambling Problem and the Church
Why Small Churches Matter More Than Ever
When Church Members Become Online Trolls: What Pastors Should Do
The Burge Report: The Assemblies of God: Why This Denomination Is Defying Gravity
How Long Should a Pastor Pray Each Day?
Before You Enroll: What You Need to Know About Seminary
Should the Pastor Know How Much People Give to the Church?
The Silent Exodus of Senior Adults (What’s Happening in Churches?)
Should Churches Acknowledge Super Bowl Sunday?
The Church Number: 60% The Power of a Personal Invitation
The Best Ways to Encourage a Discouraged Church (Your Next Three Steps)
Revisiting Simple Church: What Worked, What Didn’t
How Do You Fire a Church Employee?
The Burge Report: The Democrats Have a Religion Problem (Does It Matter?)
When Should a Church Hire an Executive Pastor?
Digital Worship Fatigue: Why Online Church Can’t Replace the In-Person Gathering
Church Conflict: Five Common Ways Small Fights Turn into Big Problems
Does Counting Church Worship Attendance Still Make Sense?
Five Pastoral New Year’s Resolutions that Aren’t About You
The Burge Report: Who’s Really Watching Online Church?
After the Christmas Chaos: The Lightest Work Week of the Year for Pastors
Religious People Are Happier (And the Data Proves It)
Unbelievable: 72% of Churches Have No Marriage Ministry!
NEW Research: What Really Matters in Theological Education?
Non-Churchy Looking Churches: The Advantages of Big-Box Church Architecture
Should Churches Look Churchy? The Advantages of Traditional Architecture
How to Handle Losing Your Church’s Biggest Financial Supporter
Small-Church Breakout Growth: The Incredible Story of First Baptist Caldwell, NJ
Why You Should Leave Your Church (A Pastor’s Perspective)
The Burge Report: How Do Pastors Actually End Up in Ministry?
The Top Reasons Why It’s Painful for Pastors to Lose Church Members
An Entrepreneurial-Minded Pastor in an Established Church: The Unique Story of a Baltimore Congregation