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A Special Three-Part Series with Church Growth Services: Churches Are Getting Less of Total Charitable Giving Every Year—What’s Going On?
Episode 21
Charitable giving is up—a near record of $485 billion in 2021, despite surging inflation. However, giving to churches has dropped even though giving …
3 years ago
A Special Three-Part Series with Church Growth Services: The Implications of Churches Holding More Debt for Longer Periods of Time
Episode 20
Interest rates are rising, and some churches are experiencing an increase in debt service payments. Mike Stadelmayer of Church Growth Services joins …
3 years ago
A Special Three-Part Series with Church Growth Services: Three Generosity Megatrends Your Church Cannot Afford to Ignore
Episode 19
How strong is the financial foundation of churches today? Mike Stadelmayer of Church Growth Services joins Sam for a special series on generosity. In…
3 years ago
God With Us: An Interview with Jeff Gissing
Episode 812
Thom and Sam welcome Jeff Gissing, Acquisitions Director for Tyndale Bibles, to discuss a unique and powerful telling of the gospel, “God With Us”. A…
3 years ago
Five Reasons a Healthy Growing Church Must Teach the Essentials of Christianity
Episode 811
One of the key reasons many churches are not growing today is that many of their church members do not know the essentials of the Christian faith. Th…
3 years ago
How to Get Your Church Members to Become Prayer Warriors
Episode 810
It seems that every church that has a renewed emphasis on prayer sees greater health in all areas of the church. Thom and Sam share how effective pra…
3 years ago
The Break-Even Dilemma: Why Your Church Has to Replace a Third of Attendance to Stay Even Each Year
Episode 809
On this week's episode, Thom and Sam discuss why the typical church must replace a third of its congregation every year to maintain the same number o…
3 years ago
A Special Three-Part Series with Brown Church Development Group: What You Really Need to Know about a Church Master Plan
Episode 18
Todd Brown is the CEO of Brown Church Development Group, a national church design/build firm. In this three-part podcast series, we will look at the …
3 years, 1 month ago
A Special Three-Part Series with Brown Church Development Group: How to Right-Size Your Church's Facilities
Episode 17
Todd Brown is the CEO of Brown Church Development Group, a national church design/build firm. In this three-part podcast series, we will look at the …
3 years, 1 month ago
A Special Three-Part Series with Brown Church Development Group: Why Any Size Church Should Have a "Path" for Guests (and Members Too)
Episode 16
Todd Brown is the CEO of Brown Church Development Group, a national church design/build firm. In this three-part podcast series, we will look at the …
3 years, 1 month ago