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The Church Answers Podcast — 421 episodes
When Personnel Costs Are Too High
What Percent of a Church Budget Should Personnel Costs Be?
What the Unchurched Really Think About Your Church
Why Some Churches Reach New People and Others Don't
The Great Volunteer Burnout Problem
What You Need to Know about Staffing Your Church
Four Signs Your Church Is Ready for a Turnaround
Why the Co-vocational Trend Is So Important
The Return of Evangelism: Why Outreach Is Working Again
Why Volunteer Recruitment Is Harder Than Ever
The 12 Categories of the Church Answers Awards
Why the Church Answers Awards Are So Important
Why Some Churches Plateau at 70 (and Stay There)
How to Reach People Who Work on Sundays
Five Early Warning Signs Your Church Is Aging Too Fast
The Hidden Reason Most Churches Stop Growing
Five Major Shifts in Churches Influenced By AI
Why Too Many Pastors Are Not Fully Relying on the Holy Spirit
Six Lessons Learned from Adopting a Church (A Real Case Study)
The Best Overview of Romans for Your Church's Groups
Five Reasons Pastors Should Consider Publishing a Book
Five Unusual Reasons Pastors are Let Go (and How to Avoid Them)
Five False Assumptions about Evangelism in Churches Today
How Evangelism Ministries Have Changed in Churches in 30 Years
The Invitation Gap: Why Your Members Aren’t Inviting Others
Your Church Doesn’t Have a Vision Problem—It Has a Follow-Up Problem
The Hidden Cost of Busyness in the Church
The Danger of a Big Vision
An Encouraging Word from the Word for Church Leaders
Why Evangelism Is Dying in Most American Churches
Are the Boomers Nones No More?
Are Atheists and Agnostics Really Declining in Number in the United States?
Charles Spurgeon: 8 Clear Convictions about Evangelism in the Local Church (Part 2)
Charles Spurgeon: 8 Clear Convictions about Evangelism in the Local Church (Part 1)
A Church Facilities Wish List
The Five Reasons Church Building Projects Fail – How to Lead Yours to the Finish Line
Vibrant Church: Becoming a Healthy Church in the 21st Century - An Interview with Dr. Danny Akin
Three Major Factors That Determine How Long It Will Take to Implement Change in Your Church
How to Build an Eager Coalition for Change in Your Church
Five Types of Unmovable Church Members
Why Are Free Will Baptist Church Members So Young? An Interview with Dr. Eddie Moody
The Top 10 Immovable Traditions in Many Churches (Part 3)
The Top 10 Immovable Traditions in Many Churches (Part 2)
The Top 10 Immovable Traditions in Many Churches (Part 1)
Two Denominations That Are Surprisingly Young
Denominations That Are on Red Alert for Rapid Decline
Creating a Culture of Evangelism in Your Church: An Interview with Jeff Cranston
Reaching Senior Adults for Christ: An Interview with Jeff Cranston
Planned Surgery or Emergency Amputation: Leading with Courage
The Iron Law of Church Growth: No Young Adults, No Future
When the Average Age Lies: The Demographic Tipping Point
“Gradually… Then Suddenly”: Why Church Decline Is About to Accelerate
How Pastors Are Taking Pay Cuts without Taking Pay Cuts
Four Real Stories about How Church Bookkeepers Messed Up
10 Often Overlooked Questions Churches Should Ask Before Hiring Staff - Part 2
10 Often Overlooked Questions Churches Should Ask Before Hiring Staff - Part 1
The 5 Myths of Church Building (and Why They Cost Churches Millions) - Part 2
The 5 Myths of Church Building (and Why They Cost Churches Millions) - Part 1
From Near Closure to Incredible Growth: The Story of Wesley Biblical Seminary - An Interview with Andy Miller
Finally! Seminary Training for Co-vocational Church Leaders: An Interview with Andy Miller
If Amazon Ran Your Church: What Would Change in 12 Months?
How Alpha Is Impacting Churches in the United States
Top Seven Traits of Pastors Who Stay at a Church for at Least 15 Years
Top Seven Reasons a Pastor Chooses to Leave a Church
Top Seven Reasons a Pastor Chooses to Go to a Church
How Satan Attempts to Hinder Churches from Being Evangelistic
The Quiet Power of the Church Introvert: Why the Most Influential People in Your Church May Be the Least Noticeable
How Churches Can Reach the Largest Unchurched Group in the United States
The Largest Unchurched Group in the U.S. (and You've Never Heard of Them)
The Rainer Scale of Unchurched Receptivity
Future Church Series – Episode 6: What Is the Size of the Typical Church in the Future?
Future Church Series – Episode 5: The Rise of Four New Co-Vocational Church Staff
Future Church Series – Episode 4: Making Evangelism Visible
Future Church Series – Episode 3: Trends in Evangelism in the Local Church
Future Church Series – Episode 2: The Economics of the Future Church
Future Church Series – Episode 1: The Microchurch
What in the World Does Church Answers Really Do? Part 2: The Local Church Partner Grows
What in the World Does Church Answers Really Do? Part 1: The Consultation Foundation
Financial Counseling for Your Church Members: An Interview with Art Rainer
Jumpstart Your Stewardship: An Interview with Art Rainer
When the Digital World Forgets You — Building Ministry That Outlasts the Algorithm
The Death of the Middle — How Polarization Is Reshaping Church Leadership
Why the New Hymnal from the Gettys Is So Important: An Interview with Keith Getty (Part 2)
Why the New Hymnal from the Gettys Is So Important: An Interview with Keith Getty (Part 1)
What Churches Can Learn from Farmers Markets
The Church Number: 46 to 50: The Missing Generation — Why Pastors Ages 46–50 Are Underrepresented
The Church Number: 73.7% — Churches That Have a Positive Outlook on the Future
Should a Church Have Debt? An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
What Happens When the Church Overlooks the Millennials
The Largest Living Generation—Why the Church Can’t Overlook the Millennials
The Church Number: 70.5% Churches That Share Their Facilities with Other Organizations
The Church Number: 34% How Much More Churches Receive Per Attender If They Have Extensive Online Giving
The Church Number: 79% The Number of Church Attenders Who Say Church Is “Very Important” to Their Lives
The Church Number: 62% The Percentage of Churchgoers Who Attend Weekly
How the Pandemic Changed Church Attendance
Why Gen Z Views Church Differently
The Smartphone Problem in Your Church
Why Conflict in the Church Is Often About Something Else
A Comprehensive Examination of Why the Top 10 Bible Translations Are Popular - Part 4: NASB, NRSV, RSV, LSB
A Comprehensive Examination of Why the Top 10 Bible Translations Are Popular - Part 3: ESV, CSB, NJKV
A Comprehensive Examination of Why the Top 10 Bible Translations Are Popular - Part 2: NIV, KJV, NLT
A Comprehensive Examination of Why the Top 10 Bible Translations Are Popular - Part 1
Autopsy of a Deceased Church in 2025 - Part 2
Autopsy of a Deceased Church in 2025 - Part 1
8 Reasons Most Churches Do Not Do Outreach - Part 2
8 Reasons Most Churches Do Not Do Outreach - Part 1
Five Ways Church Members Hold the Church as a Financial Hostage
How Churches Can Best Address Facility Costs
Thomas Edison on Leadership Part 4: The Powerful Lesson of Selected Persistence
Thomas Edison on Leadership Part 3: The Incredible Lesson of Managed Chaos
Thomas Edison on Leadership Part 2: How Failures Succeed
Thomas Edison on Leadership Part 1: Understanding the Mind of a Growth Leader
Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to Reach Gen Z
Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to Reach the Boomers
Ten Ways an Almost Deceased Church in the Florida Keys Is Being Revitalized (Part 2)
Ten Ways an Almost Deceased Church in the Florida Keys Is Being Revitalized (Part 1)
Why We Can No Longer Define Worship Styles
Four Off-the-Wall Actions That Are Highly Effective for Attendance Growth
Why has the use of the offering plate declined?
How did churches raise money before the introduction of the offertory?
What is the origin of the Sunday evening worship services?
What is the origin of the Wednesday-night meal in many churches?
Lack of Focus on Clean and Well-Supplied Restrooms: The Unforced Error Series
Lack of Guest-Friendly Signage and Markers: The Unforced Error Series
Failure to Have a Secret Guest: The Unforced Error Series
Failure to Remind People About Digital Giving: The Unforced Error Series
Zero Invitations: The Unforced Error Series
The Holy Huddle: The Unforced Error Series
Grow Your Congregation in the Grace of Giving: An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
Reconnect Your Congregation to the Vision through Generosity: An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
Failure to Have a Parking Lot Greeter: The Unforced Error Series
The Time of Worship Services on the Website Is Not Correct: The Unforced Error Series
Church Facility Growth Strategy: How to Build with Purpose with Brown Church Development Group
5 Ways “Simple Church” Can Apply to Your Church Facility with Brown Church Development Group
Where Have All the Atheists and Agnostics Gone?
The Nones Are Rising No More: 5 Things Church Leaders Need to Know
How Pastors Can Affair-Proof Their Marriages (Part 2)
How Pastors Can Affair-Proof Their Marriages (Part 1)
The Amazing Growth of Sports Ministries to Reach Communities with the Gospel: An Interview with Kevin Drake
A Church That Is Really Reaching Its Community with Sports: An Interview with Chris “Tiny” Seely
Part 4: Abject Failures of American Protestantism in the 21st Century
Part 3: Key Strengths of American Protestantism in the 21st Century
Part 2: Abject Failures of American Protestantism in the 21st Century
Part 1: Key Strengths of American Protestantism in the 21st Century
The 15 Most Common Names of Churches in the United States
Six Reasons You Should Change the Name of Your Church
23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 4
23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 3
23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 2
23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 1
Five of the Greatest Pain Points of Pastors
Seven Ways You Can Develop Thicker Skin in Ministry
Someone puked loudly while I was preaching. How should I handle unexpected interruptions? and other listener questions
Should I lead the elders to fire our pastor, who is also my brother-in-law? and other listener questions
Growing an Evangelistic Church in a Town of 5,602 People
Evangelistic Growth in a Non-Denominational Church
The Four Most Common Acts of Stupidity That Get Pastors Fired
Seven Personality Traits Guests Like in a Pastor
From Chaos to Clarity: Simplifying Church Finances for Growing Ministries
Breaking the Stigma: Why Church Finances Shouldn't Be a Mystery (Multisite Churches Must Listen to This)
New Research: Where Are Church Attendance Trends Headed Through 2030?
Beyond the Fiction: What Are the Real Church Attendance Trends in America?
Ten Tips for Becoming a Productive Pastor
When It's Not Time to Quit
2025 Updates for AI and the Church
15 Traps to Avoid If You Lease a Part of Your Church Facility
How to Develop a Church Outreach Plan from Your Demographic and Psychographic Report
God's Miraculous Work Providing Funding for Building at a Church
God's Miraculous Work Providing Funding for Debt Reduction at a Church
God's Miraculous Work Providing Funding for Deferred Maintenance at a Church
The Most Common Barriers to Growth in Churches Today
How Does a Church Grow When All or Most of Its Members Are Old? A Return to an Often-Asked Question
How Do Pastors Recover When Something Unexpected, Funny, or Even Tragic Happens During a Worship Service?
How Several Church Leaders Became Their Own Church Consultant with Great Success
Seven Characteristics of Excellent Worship Leaders That Are Often Forgotten: An Interview with Mike Harland
Why and How You Should Create Your Own Church Curriculum
Seven Important Trends in New Member Classes
If Your Church Is a Neighborhood Church, Act Like It
How to Assimilate People Who Come to Events at Your Church
Don’t Fight Sports Leagues - Join Them
The Quiet Denomination: Why You Need to Know More about Free Will Baptists
Ten Ways a Pastor's Ministry Has Changed Dramatically in 25 Years
11 Surprising Lessons from a Church Consultant
An Actual Autopsy of a Real (But Now Closed) Church
Why Are the Pianist and Organist Paid Positions in Many Churches?
Different Pastors Are Wired Differently (Part 2)
Different Pastors Are Wired Differently (Part 1)
Can We Predict Future Church Attendance by Race, Age, Gender, Education, and Income?
Church Members Who Do This One Thing Will Be Your Most Committed Members
Do Conservative Christians REALLY Attend Church More Frequently?
Why "The Anxious Generation" May Be One of the Most Important Ministry Books Written - Part 3: Do Churches Stand a Chance of Reaching Gen Z?
Why "The Anxious Generation" May Be One of the Most Important Ministry Books Written - Part 2: The Smartphone is the New Cigarette
Why "The Anxious Generation" May Be One of the Most Important Ministry Books Written - Part 1: The Agonizing Pain of a Generation
Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 3: Refusal to Accept Responsibility
Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 2: The Failure to Deal with Toxins
Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 1: Dealing with Denial
Seven Powerful Guidelines for Pastors Who Have to Let a Staff Member Go
How Pastors Deal with Burnout When Their Churches Are Not Supportive
Changing a Sermon at the Last Minute
How Churches Can Reach Gen Z
Why Gen Z Is Called “The Anxious Generation”
Understanding Gen Z Compared to Other Generations
Three Significant Challenges Pastors Experience Every Week, Part 3: The Challenge of Dealing with Regular Interruptions
Three Significant Challenges Pastors Experience Every Week, Part 2: The Challenge of Leading Volunteers
Three Significant Challenges Pastors Experience Every Week, Part 1: The Challenge of Regular Sermon Preparation
“The Day the Church Died" The Pains and Pleasures of Writing a Fictional Book - An Interview with Kevin Mills
“The Day the Church Died" How Moral Failure Affects the Future of Churches - An Interview with Kevin Mills
"The Day the Church Died" A Fiction Book Based on a Lot of Facts - An Interview with Kevin Mills
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 9 of 9: The Purpose of Prayer
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 8 of 9: The Purpose of Worship
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 7 of 9: The Purpose of Fellowship
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 6 of 9: The Purpose of Ministry
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 5 of 9: The Purpose of Discipleship
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 4 of 9: The Purpose of Evangelism
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 3 of 9: The Practical Benefits of Understanding
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 2 of 9: How We Landed on Six Purposes
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 1 of 9: Why We Talk about the Purposes of the Church
Why the 2024 Election Won't Be As Volatile as the 2020 Election
Four Indications That the COVID Reset Is Over
Is the Bible Belt Disappearing?
Why We Must Rethink the Smaller Church, Part 3: The New Opportunity
Why We Must Rethink the Smaller Church, Part 2: The New Structure
Why We Must Rethink the Smaller Church, Part 1: The New Norm
Why Are Conversions Down So Much in Churches? Part 2: The Priority Challenge
Why Are Conversions Down So Much in Churches? Part 1: The Demographic Challenge
Is Church Membership Biblical?
Comfortable Ways to Talk about Giving in the Church
The Power of Redundancy to Communicate the Church's Vision
How to Grow a Church through a Pastor's Class
Three Powerful Relational Connections for Churches
Turning Community Sports Leagues into Positives for Your Church
Three Unconventional (But Highly Effective) Ways to Get Your Community to Come to Your Church
Churches That Own Schools, Part 2: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Churches That Own Schools, Part 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Why the Conversion Growth Metric Is the Most Important Health Metric for Churches
The Curse of Transfer Growth, Part 3: The Plight of Smaller Churches
The Curse of Transfer Growth, Part 2: The Loss of Evangelistic Urgency
The Curse of Transfer Growth, Part 1: You Must Understand Different Types of Growth
How the Boomers Killed Many American Churches, Part 3: Rewarding Transfer Growth
How the Boomers Killed Many American Churches, Part 2: Here Comes the Megachurch
How the Boomers Killed Many American Churches, Part 1: A Brief History of Boomerism in the Church
Dealing with a Well-Meaning But Not-So-Competent Financial Secretary in Your Church: An Interview with Steve Chaney
Not All Accountants Know Church and Ministry Accounting: An Interview with Steve Chaney
The Dangers of Your Church Doing Your Bookkeeping and Accounting Internally: An Interview with Steve Chaney
So You Want to Write and Publish a Book? Part 3: Four Things No One Tells Aspiring Authors. Jess Rainer
So You Want to Write and Publish a Book? Part 2: Should You Self-Publish Your Book or Seek a Commercial Publisher? Jess Rainer
So You Want to Write and Publish a Book? Part 1: Just How Do You Write a Book? Jess Rainer
When Your Church Facility Is Too Large for the Actual Attendance: Four Solutions
The Latest Updates on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
What Introverted Pastors Need to Know
A Look at "I Am a Church Member" 11 Years Later
A Look at "Autopsy of a Deceased Church" 12 Years Later
A Look at "Simple Church" 18 Years Later
#168 The Future of the CHRINOs (Christians in Name Only): Two Views
#167 Getting the Gospel to the CHRINOs (Christians in Name Only) Before They Join the Church
#166 How Can the Church Reach the CHRINOs (Christians in Name Only)?
#165 Why Do We Even Have CHRINOs (Christians in Name Only)?
#164 The Three Major Groups of the CHRINOs (Christians in Name Only)
#163 Who Are the CHRINOs (Christians in Name Only)?
#162 How the Work-from-Anywhere Movement Has Impacted Churches: Part 3, Opportunities for Significant Cost Saving
#161 How the Work-from-Anywhere Movement Has Impacted Churches: Part 2, The Accountability Issue
#160 How the Work-from-Anywhere Movement Has Impacted Churches: Part 1, Non-Ministry Staff
#159 Rejoicing about Evangelistic Churches
#158 What Happened When the Public Invitation Died in Many Churches
#157 The Epidemic of Denial in Many Churches
#156 What the Revitalization Movement Is Missing: Leadership Assessment
#155 What the Revitalization Movement Is Missing: Accountability for Evangelism
#154 What the Revitalization Movement Is Missing: Culture Shift
#153 Why Your Pastor Search Process Is Not Working
#152 Where Have All the Student Ministers Gone?
#151 How to Get Stuck Church Members to Be Willing to Change
#150 Why Some Church Members Hold on to Traditions and Refuse to Change
#149 What Churches in the 1990s Got Right
#148 When I Visited a Church and Was Asked to Stand and Greet People
#147 Why Is There Gender Imbalance in Church Participation? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#146 Why Are There So Many Different Bible Translations? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#145 How Is the Bible Used in Churches? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#144 How Do Churches Fund Their Activities? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#143 Why Do Pastors Always Talk about Money? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#142 What Happens During a Typical Church Service? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#141 What Is the View of Women in Leadership in the Church? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#140 Can Anyone Attend a Church Service? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#139 Why Are There Denominations? Questions From Those Who Do Not Attend Church
#138 Practical Ways Churches Can Use a ‘First Aid Kit’ to Help Others: An Interview with Eddie Moody
#137 Get Your Church to Love the Community by Helping the Community: An Interview with Eddie Moody
#136 A ‘First Aid Kit’ for Churches: Why Churches Must Be Concerned about the Hurting. An Interview with Eddie Moody
#135 What We Learned from Deceased Churches in 2023
#134 Why Bi-vocational Pastor Training Should Be a Priority for Denominations
#133 Is Your Church Giving Raises in 2024?
#132 Is the Worship Service for Believers or Non-Believers? Why This Is the Wrong Question
#131 Why Eroding Doctrinal Beliefs Are Such a Big Factor in Church Decline
#130 Dealing with the Discomfort of Leading Change in Your Church
#129 The 8 Money Milestones and Healthy Marriages: An Interview with Art Rainer
#128 The 8 Money Milestones and Generosity: An Interview with Art Rainer
#127 The 8 Money Milestones and the Local Church: An Interview with Art Rainer
#126 When You Feeled Called to Stay, But Your Spouse Wants You Out of Ministry
#125 When Is It Time to Address Deteriorating Facilities? An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
#124 Yes, You Can Increase Giving in Your Church: An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
#123 How Do We Communicate Our Church's Doctrinal Beliefs to Guests?
#122 How Do We Communicate Our Church's Doctrinal Beliefs to Church Members?
#121 What Do You Do If a Lay Leader Refuses to Step Down from a Leadership Role Where He or She Has Been Ineffective for Years?
#120 Turning Your New Members' Class into a Great Commission Class (Part 2)
#119 Turning Your New Members' Class into a Great Commission Class (Part 1)
#118 How to Respond to That Church Member Who Always Wants to Talk to You after You Preach
#117 Inactive Church Member?
#116 How a Bookkeeper Can Help Pastors with Financial Decisions: An Interview with Brooke Cecil
#115 Does My Church Need a Bookkeeper? An Interview with Brooke Cecil
#114 Should Pastors Ask for Prayer Intercessors in Their Church for Themselves?
#113 When Is a Worship Capacity "Full"? Five Perspectives
#112 Creating a Culture of Inviting in Your Church: Four Key Issues
#111 How Many Guests Does a Church Need to Have Each Week to Grow?
#110 Five Updates on Streaming Services
#109 Five Insights from the New Resident Mailers
#108 72 Pastors Tell Us What Happened to Their CHURCH MEMBERS When They Renewed Their Evangelistic Commitment
#107 72 Pastors Tell Us What Happened to Their CALENDARS When They Renewed Their Evangelistic Commitment
#106 72 Pastors Tell Us What Happened to Their HEARTS When They Renewed Their Evangelistic Commitment
#105 The Mechanics of Starting a New Site or New Church: An Interview with Jess Rainer
#104 The Rewards of Starting a New Site or New Church: An Interview with Jess Rainer
#103 The Challenges of Starting a New Site or New Church: An Interview with Jess Rainer
#102 The One Person Who Can Transform the Financial Health of Your Church: An Interview with Art Rainer
#101 Why Your Church Should Be Taught the Money Challenge: An Interview with Art Rainer
#100 Looking at Money in the Light of Eternity: An Interview with Art Rainer
#099 How a Church Is Reaching People with the Gospel in the Middle of Nowhere: An Interview with Pat Nemmers
#098 When a Pastor Loses His Wife: An Interview with Pat Nemmers
#097 What Happens When a Pastor Does Something Stupid: An Interview with Pat Nemmers
#096 A Case Study in Successful Pastoral Succession
#095 Updates on AI in the Church
#094 Why Pastors Need a Keen Understanding of Their Least Favorite Ministry Activities
#093 Why Most Critics of the Church Growth Movement Are Wrong
#092 Explaining Saturation Evangelism and Why It’s So Effective in Many Churches
#091 Why Some Churches Refuse to Increase the Pastor’s Compensation
#090 How Long Are Sermons Today?
#089 Why Some Members Who Did Not Return after COVID Are Now Returning
#088 Two Key Ways to Make Your Church Younger
#087 What Is a Healthy Interim Pastor Tenure?
#086 How Do You React When Someone Tells You They Are Leaving the Church?
#085 Why Has the Emphasis on Spiritual Gifts Waned in Most Churches?
#084 Should You Stay at Your Church After You Retire? Point/Counterpoint
#083 What Are the Top Four Sources of Income for Retired Pastors?
#082 What Is a Normal Workweek (in Hours) for a Pastor?
#081 Four Questions Every Pastor Should Ask about Church Finances at Least Once a Quarter
#080 Challenges of Being an Extroverted Pastor
#079 Challenges of Being an Introverted Pastor
#078 How to Respond to a Church Member Who Tries to Monopolize Your Time
#077 When I Got the Person's Name Wrong in a Public Service
#076 Why Pastoral Tenure Is Increasing Since the Pandemic
#075 Four Key Challenges after You Move from a Full-time Pastorate to a Bi-vocational or Co-vocational Pastorate
#074 What Are the Transition Steps to Move from a Full-time Pastor to Bi-vocational or Co-vocational Pastor?
#073 When Should I Move from a Full-time Pastor to Bi-vocational or Co-vocational Pastor?
#072 The Three Biggest Keys to Becoming an Evangelistic Church. Key #3: The Consistency Factor
#071 The Three Biggest Keys to Becoming an Evangelistic Church. Key #2: The Prayerful Jump Start
#070 The Three Biggest Keys to Becoming an Evangelistic Church. Key #1: The Pastor Champion
#069 Two Areas of Ministry in the Church Where the Pastor Needs to Be the Champion
#068 Why Do Members of Small Groups Give More to the Church?
#067 When a Church Discovered That One-fourth of the Members Gave over 90% of the Budget
#066 How Churches Are Offering Ministry Training for Those Called from the Congregation
#065 How Do You Do a Graveside Service?
#064 Christmas Eve Is on a Sunday in 2023. What should my church do?
#063 The Future of Denominations, Part 2
#062 The Future of Denominations, Part 1
#061 The Explosive Growth of The Hope Initiative: An Update
#060 The Future of Work in Churches: Ten Realities, Part 2
#059 The Future of Work in Churches: Ten Realities, Part 1
#058 Addressing Bloated Membership Rolls
#057 Three Ways to Keep Accurate Worship Attendance
#056 Why Tracking Worship Attendance Is Vital
#055 Retirement for Pastors and Church Staff: Sources of Income
#054 How Should Church Leaders Decide What Activities the Church Needs to Eliminate?
#053 The Greatest Challenges of Interim Pastors
#052 What Will Be the Typical Raise for a Pastor in 2023?
#051 Why Pastoral Competition Is Decreasing
#050 Understanding Why the "Know Your Community" Report Is So Popular
#049 A Great Source of Information for Religious Data by County
#048 Understanding the Decline of the Southern Baptist Convention (Part 2)
#047 Understanding the Decline of the Southern Baptist Convention (Part 1)
#046 Three Questions You Should Ask If You Are Having Trouble Getting Volunteers
#045 The Implications of Having More People in Their 80s and 90s in the Church
#044 When the Spouse of a Pastor or Staff Person Does Not Attend Church
#043 What Does a Full Time Workweek Look Like for a Church Staff Member?
#042 The Spiritual Immaturity of a Church Member Protesting by Not Giving Financially
#041 Four Reasons Why Many Church Members Are More Change Resistant Than Ever
#040 How Many Weeks Should a Pastor Preach Each Year?
#039 Four Ways a Pastor Can Have a Real Vacation
#038 Why Vacations Are Such a Problem for Many Pastors
#037 How to Triple the Number of Guests in Your Church Each Week
#036 Why Some Pastors Do Not Put Their Sermons on a Screen
#035 A Personal Note: Raising My Three Sons
#034 How Frequent Should Church Business Meetings Be?
#033 The Deferred Maintenance Crisis
#032 Addressing Bloated Membership Rolls
#031 Two Reasons Why Firing Someone Is Especially Difficult in a Church
#030 The Two Factors That Precede Evangelistic Growth in Many Churches
#029 From the Bottom of the Organization Chart to CEO: An Interview with Tricia Sciortino
#028 How To Get Your Time Back To Focus On Your Ministry: An Interview with Tricia Sciortino
#027 The Church Member Who Knows Exactly When Jesus Will Return
#026 Why Church Leaders Should Not Choose Between Evangelism and Discipleship
#025 Three Funny Things That Happened in Our Church Consultations
#024 Just What Is The Hope Initiative?
#023 The Primary Characteristic of Churches Whose Attendance Is Growing 10%+ a Year
#022 Why Very Few Churches Do Evangelism
#021 Artificial Intelligence (AI): The Negatives for the Church
#020 Artificial Intelligence (AI): The Positives for the Church
#019 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Church
#018 Why Many (Most?) Search Committees Are Ineffective?
#017 How Do You Lead Members Who Won't Change?
#016 How Many People Should Our Church Be Reaching for Christ Each Year?
#015 How Do We Find Churches That Want to Be Adopted?
#014 Should Someone Who Is Not a Church Member Lead a Ministry in the Church?
#013 How to Apologize
#012 Why Online Attendance Is Declining in Most Churches
#011 Should I Focus on Hiring Bi-vocational or Co-vocational Staff?
#010 Why Should I Become Bi-vocational or Co-vocational at My Church?
#009 The Case for Thursday Night Worship Services
#008 Before You Hire Your Friend to Work with You
#007 Why You Need to Know a Man Very Few Church Leaders Know
#006 What I Did When My Pants Split When I Was Preaching
#005 Two Huge Lessons I Learned from My Visits with Billy Graham
#004 The Most Effective Way to Have Time to Prepare Sermons
#003 What We Are Learning from Churches That Are Reaching People with the Gospel
#002 You May Kiss the Deceased
#001 Why Stopping Traditional Outreach at My Church Was Stupid