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How Your Building Shapes Your Ministry: The Baptist T – When Building Design Limits Ministry
Episode 41
Sam is joined by Todd Brown and Isaac Brown of Brown Church Development Group, who are “The Church Facility Experts.” The design of your church might…
11 months ago
The Burge Report: Do Churchgoers Want More or Less Politics in the Pulpit?
Episode 953
Studies on the content of sermons exist, and most indicate that pastors include some political topics in their sermons. But which topics? Ryan, Thom,…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Loneliness Epidemic Among Pastors
Episode 952
Research from Barna reveals the top two reasons pastors consider quitting are stress and loneliness. This same study demonstrated an increase in past…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Non-Legalist Reasons for Weekly Church Attendance
Episode 951
Too many church leaders shy away from encouraging weekly worship. They don’t want to sound legalistic. But that hesitation is a big mistake. In just …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Who in the Church Should Hold Pastors Accountable?
Episode 950
Scripture gives clear qualifications for the characteristics of pastors. But who in the church should hold pastors accountable to these qualification…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Weekly Church Attendance Patterns by Generation: 2016 to 2024
Episode 949
In this episode, Sam and Matt McCraw unpack weekly church attendance trends from 2016 to 2024 across four generations. While Boomers slightly increas…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Johnson Amendment Reversal: Endorsing Political Candidates from the Pulpit
Episode 948
On this episode, Sam and Josh unpack a landmark development for churches: the Internal Revenue Service’s shift on the 1954 Johnson Amendment. In a jo…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Why the NLT Might Be the Best Bible You’ve Never Considered
Episode 947
Sam welcomes Dan Block to the Rainer on Leadership podcast. Dan is a Senior Translator for the New Living Translation. They discuss why the New Livin…
1 year ago
Sermon Illustrations that Connect to the Bible Text (And Your Church!)
Episode 946
In this episode, Josh and Sam explore a fresh way to approach sermon illustrations. Instead of building a massive database with search tools and tags…
1 year ago
The Easiest (and Most Incredible) Way to Get Information from Your Guests!
Episode 40
Churches have long embraced technology to enhance their ministries, but the most successful churches are shifting beyond simply broadcasting informat…
1 year ago