Episode Details

Should church techs go to college if they’ve already got a job offer? 


If they’re halfway through college, should they drop out for a job offer to be a church tech full time? 



Ryan Loche is the academic director at the Beloningco college and a PhD student at Liberty University. He joins us to discuss education’s role in a church tech director’s life. 



In this episode you'll hear: 

• 0:40 Toby’s college years
• 4:36 We introduce Ryan Loche at the FILO conference
• 8:23 Running 1,500 light cues at once 
• 10:20 Meeting Weird AL Yankovic
• 12:20 The Belonging Co Origin Story 
• 14:10 The next generation of church tech directors 
• 22:05 Should church techs go to college? 
• 25:12 The practical side of college for church techs 
• 27:15 Post covid burnout for church techs 
• 31:00 Hard conversations course 
• 34:00 What we miss out on by dropping out of college 
• 35:30 Tech Takeaway on having fun as a team & forgiving mistakes

Plugs

• The Belonging Co college
• Ryan's Instagram 
• The Church Collective podcast

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