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The Church Answers Podcast — 435 episodes · page 3 of 5
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