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The Church Answers Podcast — 435 episodes · page 2 of 5
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)