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Using AI To Find Great Sermon Illustrations, with Darrell Stetler (Ep 111)
No one should use AI to write a sermon. But, research? Now we have something to talk about.

Quit Trying To Become A Great Preacher
Trying to be a great preacher can easily become about me. Preaching more effectively is always about Jesus.

10 Reasons Why You May Wish To Become Bivocational
A change of mindset on your part will be the most important ingredient here: to see this as an opportunity rather than a roadblock.

Big Cities Need Great Small Churches, Too
Alongside big churches, we need an explosion of smaller, niche churches to infiltrate neighborhoods and challenge us to think differently.

Healthy Goal-setting and Helping The Big Church Feel Small, with Luke Simmons (Ep 110)
Can churches get bigger without losing close relationships? This church staff has a goal for one-on-one meetings to keep connection strong.

Three Questions Pastors Must Ask In A Post-denominational World
Working with dozens of denominations I’ve had the chance to see the positives and negatives play out in real time.

How Volunteers Have Changed—And What Pastors Can Do About It
“Yes, volunteering has changed.
But no, that doesn’t mean your church is broken—or that you’re failing as a leader.”

10 Principles To Get The Best From Volunteer Church Leaders
Leaders will attend and volunteer at churches where they are honored as people and where their hard work and leadership skills are recognized and valued.

The Future is Bivocational, with Andrew Hamilton (Ep 109)
“In pursuing bivocational ministry, the whole church is being called to re-think who they are and how they operate.”
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
You can follow Karl on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn, or Contact Karl to inquire about speaking, writing, and consultation.
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