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The Church Revitalization Podcast — 303 episodes
How to Know if Your Church Has Expired Vision
Why Churches Stop Growing at Predictable Barriers
Three Signs of Low Emotional Intelligence in Pastors
Three Things Growing Churches Do With Their Facilities That Declining Churches Don't
Healthy Churches Have Healthy Pastors
Stop the Summer Slump Before It Starts
The Missing Link Between Your Sermon and Your Worship Service
3 Reasons Your Church Isn't Keeping Its Guests
Three Budget Areas Your Church is Underfunding
How to Overcome the "We've Always Done It This Way" Objection
Why Your Small Groups Aren't Actually Making Disciples
Warning Signs of Volunteer Burnout & How to Prevent Them
Building a Church That Outlasts Your Leadership
The Hidden Cost of 'Just One More Ministry'
Why Churches Struggle to Keep Young Adults (And How to Fix It)
Three Signs Your Discipleship Pathway Has Become a Maze
How to Lead When Your Church Board is Divided
Four Communication Breakdowns That Kill Church Momentum
Why Your Church's Values Don't Match Your Budget (And What to Do About It)
Church Consultants React to Social Media Christmas Clips
From Burnout to Best Fit: How to Transition Over-Committed Volunteers
5 Reasons Church Revitalization Efforts Fail
Scott & A.J. Debate the Best Christmas Set List
Three Church Membership Mistakes
Equipping Parents to Have Hard Conversations with Teens
Making the Most of Your Staff Meetings
Case Study: Growing a Small Church in a Big City
Should Your Church Do Strategic Planning Between Pastors?
How Pastors Can Balance Shepherding and Vision
How to Get Your People to USE Planning Center
How Can Healthy Churches Help Declining Churches?
Should Our Church Close?
How Churches Can Manage and Prioritize Community Partnerships
Three Elder Selection Pitfalls
Should Your Church Do a Building Project?
How Do We Create an Evangelism and Outreach Culture in Our Church?
From Doing to Leading as a Church Leader
How to Get More People into Small Groups
Building a Healthy Multisite Church Leadership Culture
Growing Younger in an Aging Church
Church Consultants Answering YOUR Church Revitalization Questions!
Three Ways to Prepare for the Fall Ministry Launch
How (& When) to Fire Church Volunteers
The Top 5 Church Constitution & Bylaw Problems
When Is the Best Time for Volunteer Recruitment?
Three MYTHS About Spiritual Gifts
Why Temperament Matters in Church Volunteer Roles
Why Unhealthy Churches Sometimes Grow
Vision That Sticks
Streamlining Discipleship Ministries: A Guide to Effective Church Engagement
How to Build a Thriving Small Groups Ministry + Build Groups Partnership (w/ Adam Erlichman)
Five Things Worship Leaders Should STOP Doing
How Big Is Your Church...Actually?
Starting Well at Your New Church: A Guide for Pastors
Preparing Your Church for A New Pastor (New Pastor Onboarding Part 1)
Three Kinds of Churches that FAIL at Revitalization
Three Pitfalls for GROWING Churches
The Five Types of Church Teams: How to Be a HIGH PERFORMANCE Team
Who is Blocking Your Ministry Vision?
Christianity in America: Is the Decline Over?
Church Revitalization Through Outreach: Becoming an Externally Focused Church
How Leadership Dysfunction Holds Back Church Growth
How to Start a Church Revitalization Process
Five Overlooked Guest Experience Questions
Top Church Volunteer Recruiting HACKS
Three Things Elders Should NEVER Do
Eliminating Ministry Silos
4 Things Your Church Consultant Doesn't Want to Hear You Say
The Great Commission vs The Comfortable Commission: Are We Playing It Too Safe?
Top Revitalization MISTAKES of 2024
Why the Early Church "Skipped" Worship Services (w/ Dr. Tom Wadsworth)
The Five Reasons People May Come to Your Church This Christmas
The 3 Types of Church Website Visitors (w/ Derek Maxson)
Three Things to Do Before the End of the Year
The Best (& Worst) Times for Strategic Planning
Innovating in Ministry without Losing Focus
How to Create a Culture of Collaboration
Healthy Churches Toolkit Overview!
Good AI vs. Bad AI: Ethical Ways for Churches to Use Artificial Intelligence
The Benefits of Sermon Based Groups
Revitalizing Your Aging Congregation: 3 High-Impact Strategies in 90 Days
Battling Biblical Illiteracy: 4 Game-Changing Techniques for Modern Churches
3 Overlooked Growth Strategies for Mid-Sized Churches
The Five Habits of a Healthy Church
Preaching with Purpose: Crafting Sermons that Resonate in a Distracted Age
The Silent Exodus: Understanding Why Men Are Leaving the Church
Maintaining Excellence: 3 Key Questions to Improve Your Sunday Worship Services
Why Strategies Fail: Overcoming Three Key Mistakes
Nostalgia vs. Vision: Which direction is your church looking?
Church Consultant Pop Quiz: Real-World Solutions for Made-Up Churches
Love Thy Political Neighbor: A Faith-Based Approach to Healthy Discourse
Big Hospitality in Small Spaces: How to Have a Great Guest Experience with a Small Lobby
Five Barriers to Effective Decision-Making in the Church
Improving Church Health through Annual Check-Ups
Summer Break: Why Rest is Critical for Healthy Pastors
Overcoming Obstacles in Pipeline Implementation
The 3-Step Development Process: Assessing, Training, and Launching Leaders
The Critical Role of Core Competencies for Leadership
Laying the Foundation for a Leadership Pipeline: Defining Leadership Levels
Why Every Church Needs a Leadership Pipeline
Five Misconceptions About Revitalization
Communicating God's Word in an Election Year
Why God Uses Small Ministries to Make a Big Impact
Building Your Strategic Planning Dream Team
Developing a Discipleship Pathway for Kids & Students
The Importance of Succession Planning in the Church
The Senior Pastor Demographic Cliff: Why Churches are in Danger & How to Fix It
The Common Failure Point in Church Revitalization: Key Insights for Implementation Success
Building a High-Impact Groups Ministry
What to Know Before Hiring a Church Consultant
How to Create Vision-Focused Goals & Measures in the Church
Good News or Bad News? Reacting to the Latest Data on Baptisms
Three Reasons to Become a Church Consultant (And One Reason Not to)
Where Are We Going? Answering the Vision Question
Building a Disciple-Centric Church: The Role of Primary and Secondary Ministries
Disciple-SHIFT: What is (and isn't) a Discipleship Pathway?
Understanding the Four Types of Core Values
How to Evaluate Your Church's Mission Statement
Five Painful Problems SOLVED By a Leadership Pipeline
Eliminating Knowledge Biases
The Uncomfortable Truth About Church Decline
Why Church Giving is UP But Pastors Are STILL Quitting
How You Can Make a Global Impact
Embracing Gratitude: A Key to Church Revitalization
2024 Vision: Planning for GROWTH in the New Year
Coffee in the Sanctuary!? Scott & A.J. DEBATE John Piper's Tweet
Rethinking Leadership: How Broken Leadership Methods Are Holding Your Church Back
Overcoming Evil: Staying Focused on the Great Commission
Unleashing Potential: Empower Co-Shepherds in Your Church
Congregational Paralysis: Driving Discipleship with Clear Communication
Breaking Growth Barriers: Escaping the Small Church Syndrome
Toxic Leadership: Controlling and Manipulative Pastors Wreaking Havoc in the Church
How to Answer the Biggest Questions Seekers Have About Faith
Church Death Spiral: How Once-Thriving Churches Hit Rock Bottom
Wounded and Dying: Can Your Church Recover From Scandal?
An Epidemic of Apathetic Families: Curing "Sunday-Only" Faith
How to Grow Your Church Without Compromising Your Values
From Fixed to Growth: Developing a Revitalization Mindset
What Your Church Can Learn from Grocery Stores: Why Culture Matters
Post-Christian America: What's Going Wrong In Our Churches?
Top Five of the First 200 Episodes
Financial Stewardship: Cultivating Generosity in Your Church
Balancing Ministry and Family: Maintaining Healthy Relationships Amidst Busy Schedules
Burning Revitalization Questions: Provocative Insights for Church Revitalization
Is Pastoral Care the Primary Role of the Pastor?
Breaking Down Rick Warren and The SBC
Who Has the Power in the Church?
Building Consensus for Change
Five Ways to Disciple Men
Anatomy of a Bad Sermon
Five Volunteer Recruitment Tactics
Empowering the Global Church: How You Can Make a Difference
Breaking Free From Sunday Morning Apathy
Moving to One Service: 5 Things You Need to Know
Bridging the Generational Gap: Strategies for Reaching Millennials & Gen Z
Spiritual Revitalization: The Key to True Church Renewal and Growth
The Leader as Spiritual Mentor
The Dark Side of Leadership: 5 Emotional Disorders
What Kind of Evangelical Are You?
Five Things You Need to Know About Moving to Two Services
Five Sermon Series Ideas for Revitalizing Churches
The Difference Between Leading and Directing in Church Leadership
What's Happening at Asbury University?
Get Things Done: How to Design an Action Plan That Works
How Good Is an A.I. Sermon?
Five Lies Churches Tell Themselves
How to Use Systems Thinking to Reach Your Vision
Top 5 of 2022
A Special Announcement!
Expecting Revitalization: Showing Love
Expecting Revitalization: Creating a Culture of Joy
Advent: Peace
Expecting Revitalization: Reason for Hope
Why We're Thankful
New Data: Religious Trends in America
Dealing With People Who Resist Change
Four Common Barriers to Strategy Implementation
How Pastors Can Leverage Their Public Trust
Four Skills You Didn't Learn in Seminary
Six Biblical Signs of a Revitalized Church
How to Start a Church Podcast
How to Hire Good Church Staff
Sunday School vs Small Groups
Five Dysfunctional Habits of Unhealthy Church Boards
Are Pastors Paid Fairly? Evaluating Compensation and Raises for Church Staff
The Problem of Too Many Ministries
Three Common Reasons Churches Contact a Consultant
What Every Pastor Should Know Every Week
Why Millennials are Leaving Their Faith & How to Fix It
10 Ways to Maximize Fall Church Attendance
How to Break Free from the Status Quo
How to Improve Your Worship Music
Building A Healthy Leadership Development Process
5 Warning Signs Your Church Needs Revitalization
Overturning Roe: Three Responses the Church Must Take
Top 7 Reasons Pastors Consider Quitting
Ministering as a Couple
Top 5 Worship Service Mistakes
How to Increase Biblical Literacy in Your Church
What the SBC Sex Abuse Scandal Means for Your Church
3 Tips for Onboarding a New Pastor
Managing as a Conscientious-Type Leader: Deep on DiSC Part 4
Leading as a Steady-Type Leader: Deep on DiSC Part 3
Leading as an Influence-Type Leader: Deep on DiSC Part 2
Thriving as a Dominant-Type Leader: Deep on DiSC Part 1
How to Communicate Vision | 3 Questions to Improve Vision Communication
3 Threats to Your Core Values | The Church Revitalization Podcast
Equipping Equippers to Build the Global Church
How to Be a Great Small Group Leader: 5 Keys to Leading a Successful Small Group
Evangelism Lessons from St. Patrick: Three Kinds of Third-Places 🍀
Maximizing Church Volunteer Effectiveness: Divine Design
How Healthy Is Your Church? 6 Ways to Measure Church Health
Easter Outreach Ideas | Reach More People at Your Church
How to Plan a Church Newcomer Event | Church Guest Assimilation
How to Attract Younger People to Your Church | Reaching the Next Generation
How to Write Volunteer Job Descriptions | FREE Editable Job Description Template
Three Keys to Transformational Worship Services
5 Reasons Why You Have an Apathetic Church Congregation (and What to do About it)
Do Church Mergers Work?
Five Habits of High Impact Leaders | Become a Better Leader
Top 5 Church Revitalization Topics of 2021
Reasons to be Hopeful About 2022
Essentials of Assimilating Newcomers Into Your Church: Guest Assimilation Tips
How to Increase Your Team's Incompetence 🤔👎
Three Communication Tips to Retain Volunteers 💬
Thanksgiving Bonus Episode 🍗🥧 + Limited Time Offer
5 Sustainable Strategies for Healthy Church Growth 🌱📈
How to Manage Church Politics
Moving People From Your Church to the Kingdom ⛪
Creative Christmas Church Outreach Ideas 🎄🎅
Using Technology to Become More Relational
How to Run a Men's Ministry at Your Church
Why People Don't Volunteer at Your Church
10 Deadly Church Planting Mistakes
The Secret Power That Can Build Up or Tear Down Your Church
Is Church Marketing Biblical? With Ryan Wakefield
Secrets of a Church Consultant: 5 Realities About Church Consulting
How to Increase Church Giving (and Stop Leaving Money on the Table)
Three Budget Hacks to Grow Your Church
Why Your Outreach Strategy Isn't Working: 5 Ways to Fix It
The Importance of Strategic Planning
Dr. Aubrey Malphurs: 5 Competencies of High Impact Leaders
Small Group Killers: 5 Problems That Plague Small Group Ministries
Breaking News: Three Key Insights from Newly Released Church Research
10 Freedoms Pastors Have in the Church
Three Tips for Better Staff Meetings
5 Roadblocks to a Healthy Church Board
7 Vision Failures Holding Churches Back
How Do I Know If My Church Is Revitalized?
How to Leverage the Summer for Growth
A Pre-Revitalization Checklist
Keeping Your Church From a Slow Death
Church Leaders are the Problem
Results-Based Discipleship
What Difference Does Emotional Intelligence Make?
Challenging the Status Quo
Church Strategic Planning
Nine Obstacles to Effective Communication in the Church
5 Warning Signs of Narcissistic Leadership
Cultivate Individual Evangelism
Reaching a Post-Christian World
Ministry Goals
11 Church Hospitality Tips to Serve Guests
The Church's Competitive Advantage Around the Multi-Ethnic Conversation
The Power & Pitfalls of Metrics
3 Strategies for Improving Team Performance
Four Challenges Hispanic Churches Face
Revitalizing The Remnant
5 Myths About Leadership Accountability
Make Church Fun Again
10 Church Consulting Essentials To Know Before Hiring a Consultant
Episode 70: Getting Ready for 2021
Episode 69: The Best Presence
Episode 68: Clarity Drives Ministry
Episode 67: Is Your Church Healthy?
Episode 66: Building Your Schedule to Build Your Church
Episode 66: Building Your Schedule to Build Your Church
Episode 65: 3 Creative Christmas Outreach Ideas
Episode 64: Why Your Church Isn't Developing Leaders
Episode 63: Future-Proof Church Metrics
Episode 62: There Is Only One Winning Campaign
Episode 61: Bailing on Bad Polity - Part 2
Episode 60: Bailing on Bad Polity - Part 1
Episode 59: To Hire or Not to Hire
Episode 58: Building a Better Budget
Episode 57: Foundations of First Impressions (w/ Greg Atkinson)
Episode 56: Overcoming Stalled Leadership
Episode 55: Growing Your Small Groups Ministry Despite the Pandemic
Episode 54: How to Plan for 2021
Episode 53: A Time for Choosing
Episode 52: How to Win the Fight Against Frustration, Exhaustion, and Overwhelm
Episode 51: Five Ways to Boost Online Engagement
Episode 50: De-Cluttering Your Ministry Garage
Episode 49: Inspecting Your Church's Foundations Post-Covid
Episode 48: How Covid Exposed the Church
Episode 47: How to Raise Your Leadership Ceiling
Episode 46: Maximizing Your Leadership Team
Episode 45: Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence
Episode 44: Managing Ministry in the Messy Middle
Episode 43: Balancing Physical & Digital Ministry
Episode 42: Leading Your Church Through Racial Tension
Episode 41: Three Church Insights from COVID-19 Studies
Episode 40: How to Work the Wait (w/ Jason Burns)