All Episodes

171. The Pandemic Church - Six Years Later

170. 5 Warning Signs the USA/Canada Region Needs Church Revitalization

169. Developing A Mini-Capital Campaign

168. Launching A Capital Campaign

167. Look at the Fish: The Church

166. Pastoring into the Promise

165. Church Branding

164. Finish An Assignment Well

163. Fourth Quarter Planning

162. Valuing the Community

161. New Power Opportunities: Leaning Forward

160. Jesus Measurement: Part II

159. Jesus Measurement: Part I

158. Underutilized Space on the Church Campus

157. Fighting Complacency in the Church

156. Overcoming Being Stuck

155. Revitalization Reset: Back to Basics

154. Gradually then Suddenly

153. Crossover Episode with Karl Vaters: The Church Lobby Podcasts

152. Embracing Disruption within the Church

151. Canceling Church Announcements

150. Combating Number Fatigue

149. 4 Patterns of Restoration in a Dying Church

148. Stagnation to Life through small steps

147. The Church – Community Connection

146. Rebrand to Reconnect

145. 5 Ways to Lead in Revitalization

144. Mobile Ministry

143. Quitting Day

142. 5 Ways to Move Forward in 2025

141. Looking Forward to 2025

140. Average is the New Normal

139. Closing Out 2024 Strong

138. Enjoying the Christmas Season While Leading A Church

137. 20 Community Outreach Ideas

136. 3 Ways To Learn From Failure

135. 3 Warning Signs of Church Decline

134. 5 Ways to See Potential in Church Decline

133. When A Ministry Closes

132. 3 Ways to Disagree and Commit inside the Local Church

131. Rising From the Ashes of Death

130. Recreating A Healthy Church Culture

129. When Projects Take Precedent In Ministry

128. Does a church have to die?

127. Tapping Into God's Power

126. The Momentous Maintenance Challenge

125. 4 Ways to Overcome Isolation in Church Revitalization

124. Overcoming Summer Stagnation

Ep.123 Surrendering the Ego for God

122. (Part 2) Do the Work Today for Success Tomorrow

121. (Part 1) Do the Work Today for Success Tomorrow

120. 3 Steps to Reach the Community

119. 5 Steps to Leading the Kaizen Way

118. Renewing the Small Church with the Kintsugi Model

117. 5 Leadership Traits Found in the Church

116. Everyday Evangelism

115. Renovate by Innovating

114. 5 Ways To Use Technology

113. Honoring God in Church Hurt

112. Dying To Live

111. A Five Year Cycle to Church Revitalization

110. 3 Lessons from Sharing Jesus in Unstructured Ways

109. Future-Forward Budgeting

108. Embrace the Paradigm as a Change Agent

107. 4 Ways to Tackle Deferred Maintenance in the Church

106. Chasing the Past

105. 3 Ways to Focus Your Ministry in the New Year

104. Exploring Loss in the Church

103. Dreaming through the difficulty

102. Forward Momentum Through Microsteps

101. Capturing Vision

Ep. 100 Developing Guests Into Future Leaders

Ep. 99 Flourishing with a Small Church Mindset

Ep. 98 Embracing An Aging Congregation

Ep. 97 Building A Compassionate Community

Ep. 96 Be Jesus in the Face of Trouble

Ep. 95 Becoming A House of Prayer

Ep. 94 Preparing to Go Share Jesus

Ep. 93 Won't You Be My Neighbor

Ep. 92 Growing Relationships Rather Than Numbers

Ep. 91 Overcoming the Small Church Mindset

Ep. 90 Using Prayer To Focus The Church

Ep. 89 Coming Back From Decline

Ep. 88 5 Ways To Deal With Rebellious People

Ep. 87 Leading with an eye toward the goal

Ep. 86 Becoming a Connector Church

Ep. 85 Redeeming the Church for Christ

Ep. 84 Rebuilding After Decline

Ep. 83 How fast should you change things in your church?

Ep. 82 Worship Through a Transition Season

Ep. 81 4 Ways to Lead Through Adversity

Ep. 80 7 Ways to Gather Visitor Information

Ep. 79 4 Reasons to become a Church Revitalizer

Ep. 78 Creating A Positive Guest Experience

Ep. 77 Finding Hope as a Church Revitalizer

Ep. 76 The Idolatry of Longevity

Ep. 75 Embracing Technology in the Church

Ep. 74 5 Options to Recreate the Church Property

Ep. 73 Rethinking the Church Footprint

Ep. 72 10 Ways to Spark Revitalization Revival

Ep. 71 The Era of the Big Church is Over!

Ep. 70 No Turning Back

Ep.69 Developing the Infrastructure for the Future

Ep.68 To Stay or Go? That is the Question

Ep. 67 Winning the 'New' & 'Old' Front Door

Ep. 66 Familiarity is Hurting the Church when Guests Arrive

Ep. 65 Finishing Strong In An Ending Season

Ep. 64 3 Ways to Help the Church Navigate Change

Ep. 63 A Cup of Joe for Jesus

Ep. 62 Connecting Missions to the Community

Ep. 61 Connecting Across Generations to Reach the Community

Ep. 60 The Stories You Tell Yourself As A Leader

Ep. 59 Determined to Stay, to See God's Blessings: Rewrite Your Story

Ep. 58 S.T.O.P. and get rooted where you serve

Ep. 57 Unity in the Season

Ep. 56 Redeeming the space for Guests

Ep. 55 Panning for God: Finding Spiritual Gold by staying put

Ep. 54: Leading through a season of discouragement

Ep.53: Reaching the lost through a conversation

Ep. 52: Evangelizing Your Neighbors

Ep. 51: Gathering with sinners at the Table

Episode 50: Part II - Overcoming the Pit to Prosper in Ministry

Episode 49: Overcoming the pit to prosper in ministry

Episode 48: 3 Ways to Prepare to Reconnect with the Community

Episode 47: 3 Steps to Win the Lost

Episode 46: Reaching Outsiders to Become Church Insiders

Episode 45: Dr. Paul Hobbs, A Conversation with a Church Revitalizer

Episode 44: Using the Summer Slump to Win Guests

Episode 43: Leading with a team and not YOU out front

Episode 42: Part 2 - 12 Ways to know if you are called into Church Revitalization

Episode 41: 12 Ways to know if you are called into Church Revitalization (Part 1)

Episode 40: 3 Signs the church would rather die than thrive

Episode 39: Interview by Martha Manikas-Foster, Host of Inside Out, on the Family Life Radio Network

Episode 38: 3 steps to heal from ministry hurt

Episode 37: Stay put in a challenging season

Episode 36: Developing faithful Christians that tithe

Bonus Episode: Announcement

Episode 35: Radical Rest (Finding rest away from ministry demands)

Episode 34: Telling the Missional Story of Revitalization

Episode 33: Unlocking the God door

Episode 32: Seeding Future Growth: Strategic Mapping

Episode 31: 3 Steps to Future Ministry Success

Episode 30: 3 Seismic Generational Shifts coming to the Church Culture

Episode 29: Win the day;Prepare for Guests

Episode 28: Serving in the gutter

Episode 27: Ready, Set, Go!

Episode 26: Great Commission People

Episode 25: Reshaping your missional vision

Episode 24: Rebuilding from the rubble of the past

Episode 23: Developing an Edison Laboratory: Think, Tinker, and Transform

Episode 22: Developing A Leadership Pipeline

Episode 21: Teacup Evangelism

Episode 20: 3 Ways To Rebound In The New Year

Episode 19: When Change Comes Knocking At The Church Door

Episode 18: Shifting The Power Dynamics In The Church

Episode 17: Overcoming Frustration in Ministry

Episode 16: Gratitude In Church Revitalization

Episode 15: Three Characteristics of overcoming a Barabbas spirit

Episode 14: Overcoming landmines in ministry

Episode 13: What drives you to help the church: data-driven decision making

Episode 12: Living in a spirit of service

Episode 11: Three Ways To Grind It Out For God

Episode 10: Failing Forward in Church Revitalization

Episode 9: Staying faithful in the "why not."

Episode 8: Building success through the multiplication effect.

Episode 7: Transformational Community Connections

Episode 6: Quick steps lead to future victories.

Episode 5: Four things I have learned from dethroning a fiefdom in the church.

Episode 4: Three ways to envision what your church can be in the future.

Episode 3: Unpacking the God potential in the church

Episode 2: What do you do when everything changes?

Episode 1: Five Steps to Local Church Renewal