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The Aging Pastorate: Sam Rainer on the Looming Pastoral Retirement Crunch (Ep 128)
“If you are intentional on the front end and create a process for your church, then you’re leading them.”
Pastoral Transition: Setting Your Church Up For Ministry Success After You’re Gone
An equipped church is healthy enough to weather the challenges that come with a pastoral transition.
What I See on Tuesday Nights That Most Pastors Never Get to See
“What actually happens when eight people sit in a living room, open the Bible, and start talking about their real lives.”
Big Church Assumptions that Unintentionally Hurt Small Churches
Some small church pastors have stopped looking for help from their big church counterparts because they’re tired of being hurt. It doesn’t have to be like this.
Effective Small-Church Prayer Strategies, with Chris Paavola (Ep 127)
“Just get together with two or three people—your Peter, James, and John—and just start praying.”
For Every Minister Who Struggles With Your Prayer Life
Real prayer is about relationship. And relationships are hard. Even (especially?) with God.
The Essential First Steps to a Healthy Small Church
The biggest problem with small churches is not that they’re small. It’s that we think being small is a problem.
The Idolatry Of The Grind
“Instead of focusing on what we do, we need to celebrate what God still manages to do through broken people like us.”
Grow It or Close It? Is There a Third Option for Struggling Small Churches?
We need to assemble and promote the best ideas we can find to help struggling small churches become healthy small churches.