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Get Past Broke Thinking In Your Church: The Lean Startup's Eric Reis on When To Take A Risk and Why Harder is Easier
Season 1 Episode 809
New York Times bestselling author Eric Ries applies his startup philosophy to churches. Carey and Eric cover how to know when to take a risk, how to …
6 hours ago
Why Leadership Is Designed to Kill You: Nicole Martin on Leading Christianity Today in a Divided, Rapidly Changing World
Season 1 Episode 808
Nicole Martin made history as Christianity Today's first Black female CEO — and took the hits that come with it.
In this conversation: the backlash, …
1 week ago
How to Make Your Life Burnout-Proof: Burnout 20 Years Later, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 807
Twenty years after burnout almost took him out, Carey is back with Part 2—the recovery playbook.
You don't need to get back to normal. Normal is what…
1 week, 5 days ago
I Was Almost Ministry Road Kill: Burn Out 20 Years Later, Part 1
Season 1 Episode 806
Twenty years ago this month, Carey almost became ministry road kill. After 11 years of 30%+ annual growth, he burned out, hard.
In Part 1 of this so…
2 weeks ago
Breaking Mental Strongholds: A Conversation with Louie Giglio, Jennie Allen, and Craig Groeschel
There's a battle happening in our minds: one that shapes how we see ourselves, our circumstances, and even God. In this episode, Carey moderates a …
2 weeks, 5 days ago
The Reason Your Church Isn't Multiplying and Fresh Trends in Church Planting With Dave Ferguson
Season 1 Episode 805
The vast majority of churches are plateaued or declining, and Exponential CEO Dave Ferguson explains why most churches never grow, let alone multiply…
3 weeks ago
How to De-escalate an Angry Church and Leading a Ministry You Didn't Start with Rich Villodas
Season 1 Episode 804
Carey caught up with Rich Villodas backstage at Exponential to talk about the learnable skills that keep leaders and congregations non-anxious in an …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
CNLP 803 | Mass-Marketed Sin, Political Warfare, and Why Your Best Staff Keep Leaving with Joel Muddamalle
Season 1 Episode 803
Joel Muddamalle is a theologian who thinks harder about spiritual warfare than almost anyone in the church today. In this conversation: how sin got a…
4 weeks ago
How the Modern Church Was Shaped: Church Growth, Seeker Sensitive, Attractional, Missional with Todd Wilson
Season 1 Episode 802
Most church leaders are leading inside a model they never chose and rarely understand.
In this episode, Todd Wilson, founder of Exponential, walks th…
1 month ago
When the Ministry Playbook Doesn't Work Anymore: Robby Gallaty and Vick Green on the Keys to Discipleship and Revival
Season 1 Episode 801
What do you do when you run a playbook on discipleship that's worked for years, and it stops working? That led Robby Gallaty to a place of despair, a…
1 month, 1 week ago