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2025 Church Trends UPDATE: The Gen Z Revival is Real (New Data) + The Mental Health Crisis is Shifting To A Whole New Front
Season 1 Episode 742
Major update to Carey's 2025 church trends with stunning new data. Gen Z church attendance has quadrupled (4% to 16%), with young men leading at 21%.…
8 months ago
How To Know When You've Crossed A Moral Line: Max Lucado on Church Leadership, Moral Failure, and How to Tame Your Thoughts
Season 1 Episode 741
Max Lucado talks about his new role at Gateway Church, how to carry the trauma and disappointment of a congregation after the senior pastor has breac…
8 months ago
Overpoliticized and Undermoralized: David Brooks on the American Church, Culture, Becoming a Christian and Being Pastored By Tim Keller
Season 1 Episode 740
What if our culture's biggest crisis isn't political, but spiritual and relational?
New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and Atlantic column…
8 months, 1 week ago
Young and Fighting About Money, Sex and Power: Ashley and Jaime Wooldridge on How They Radically Transformed Their Marriage and Went On To Lead One of America's Fastest Growing Churches
Season 1 Episode 739
There's nothing like honesty when it comes to hearing people's stories. CCV Lead Pastor Ashley Wooldridge returns to the podcast with his wife, Jaime…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Don't Make the Pastor the Product: Ashley Wooldridge on Building One of America's Fastest-Growing Churches Through Team Empowerment
Season 1 Episode 738
Lessons from one of America's fastest-growing and largest churches, Christ Church of the Valley (CCV). Senior Pastor Ashley Wooldridge talks about le…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Toxic Masculinity and the Church: Derwin Gray on Using Ministry to Heal Childhood Wounds, Lessons from the NFL, and The Challenge of Finding the Right Team
Season 1 Episode 737
Derwin Gray talks about toxic masculinity and how it plays out in the NFL, the culture, and the church.
Plus, insights on using ministry to heal chil…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Dying Churches Need to Give Growing Churches Their Buildings: The Argument and The Main Objections
Season 1 Episode 736
Fact: Many churches with facilities and money lack people, while churches with people often lack facilities and funds. In this episode, Carey Nieuwho…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
280% More Likely to Come Back: Jason Mitchell on How to Get Visitors To Come Back to Church, The Emotion of Succession and How Preaching Has Changed
Season 1 Episode 735
Imagine if your biggest question was, why did our church grow so fast? Jason Mitchell, Lead Pastor of LCBC, talks about what you need to do to see a …
9 months ago
Is Your Church Overstaffed? Amy Anderson on The Staffing Differences Between Growing and Declining Churches and The Legacy of Tony Morgan
Season 1 Episode 734
The Unstuck Group's Amy Anderson discusses how to know if your church is overstaffed (it probably is), the key differences between growing and declin…
9 months, 1 week ago
You Are Not Your Work: Arianna Molloy's Blueprint for Overcoming Toxic Calling and Boundary Shaming
Season 1 Episode 733
Has your calling become toxic? Biola Professor Arianna Molloy discusses the identity crisis most church leaders face: identifying with their calling …
9 months, 1 week ago