Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent

Episode 356: 10 Days of Christmas A laid-back, fun episode 10 more volunteers - or 10 more discipled followers of Jesus 9 more ideas of how to share the Christmas story 8 less commercials each time I want to watch a...

Episode 355: Mistakes that Still Make Stop and Think Making changes without the best information Not setting clear expectations for leadership Adding members too easily Not letting people go graciously Not sharing my...

Episode 354: 5 Communication Skills I Want to Develop I want to develop better skills in... Asking more impactful Questions Listening to others more clearly Telling stories more compellingly Employing empathy sincerely...

Episode 353: Interview With Dr. Matthew Tanne Get The Wounded Pastor book Website

Episode 352: Look under the hood For knowledge, we need to know where things are... for example, my car battery is under my passenger seat... For maintenance and prevention, we need to stop and take time to gain...

Episode 351: The Church Being the Church How can we care for people? Value all people highly. Jesus does. Open a/partner with local food pantries to help provide basic needs. Be uncompromising in our gospel witness...

Episode 350: How to Lead Change In our words: I see something that needs to change I know where we need to change I think about the timing of the change I recognize why this change will be hard I enlist people who share...

Episode 349: How to Talk About Church Finances Have an open and transparent perspective on church finances Avoid apologizing for talking about the subject Preach and teach on the subject naturally When it's in the text...

Episode 348: How To Plan For Revival What is revival Malcolm McDow and Alvin Reid "revival is God's invasion into the lives of one or more off His people in order to awaken them spiritually for Kingdom ministry."...

Episode 347: How to Lead An Invitation Before you ever preach: Spend significant time praying and asking what God wants his people to do. The Response begins before the invitation time. Ask people to start responding...

Episode 346: How to Keep Volunteers Engaged.... How can we say thanks - Children's minister example 1. Words of thanks 2. Meaningful personalized gifts 3. Experiences with you Take them to a conference A concert A nice...

Episode 345: How To Train Sunday School Teachers Five steps for Sunday School Growth (Arthur Flake) 1. Know the possibilities Church leaders need to put together their expectations What is Sunday School/small groups...

Episode 344: How to Care For Orphans and Widows Recognize that you have widows and /or orphans in your church and community. Single Moms (and single dads) Caring For Widows Be intentional. Assign specific people to...

Episode 343: How to Disciple Ingredients of Discipleship • Build a relationship. Discipleship always happens in a relationship. ◦ First pray and ask God to show you someone who needs to be discipled. • Read the Bible...

Episode 342: The Rise of the Generations Millennials and Gen Z lead the way in church attendance? Good news for our future, why? The world's systems don't work Softening of the heart Changing the landscape of the church...

Episode341: Our Interaction on 13 Things You Should Never Say from the Pulpit Link to Joe McKeever's 2015 Article

Episode 340: More on Technology: 5 Questions to Consider Websites versus social media? To app or not to app? To go sermon snippets or full length? To AI or not to AI? Hard lines or Cell phones? 911 service requires a...

Episode 339: Multi-tasking in Ministry Take your family with you to a meeting or hospital visit but include a dinner or ice cream date after. Discipleship on the road. Take a person you are discipling on the road with...

5 Areas in Need of Critical Training Deacons more than an oversight board Sunday School Teachers lack of care lack of interaction lack of outreach Children's and Student Ministry leaders generational changes new...

Episode 336: Evangelism: Old School Advice for a Modern World George Hunter's "Grand Strategy" (1979) suggests: 1. Those who visit your church 2. Those who desire membership in your church 3. Those who have recently...

Episode 335: Our Interview with Alex: A Ukranian Ministerial Student

Episode 334: Our Interview With the Succession Sherpa, Will Heath Please check out the Succesion Sherpa here Get Will's book Embracing Succession here

Episode 333: 3 UP and 3 Down…Alan and Trent each answer 3 Questions on the Air

Four things we overvalue and undervalue in our churches: Overvalue the pulpit and undervalue the classroom Overvalue our position our undervalue our (influence) responsibility Overvalue tradition and undervalue history...