Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent
Alan and Trent are pastors helping churches and leaders make a difference and last.
Episodes
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 lost faith
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Episode 335: Our Interview with Alex: A Ukranian Ministerial Student
Episode 333: 3 UP and 3 Down…Alan and Trent each answer 3 Questions on the Air
Episode 331: What is the Speed Limit of Your Church
Parking lot School zone Residential Main Road Highway Autobahn
Episode 330: An Especially Needed Ministry (from Episode 15)
Here is the major question you have to wrestle with - will our church do "Ministry to" or "Ministry team" Where to start
- Start with a conversation -
- Make sure to have a line of communication with family members
- Have those with limitations - take you on a tour of your church
- Work on acces...
Episode329: 5 Ways to Take Advantage of Summer in Your Church
- Relationship strengthening
- Leveraging opportunities
- Hard and soft resets
- Personal pauses and planning
- Short-term projects
Episode 328: 7 Voices We Need to Hear
Voice of the Lord Voice of Wise Counsel Voice of our Spouse Voice Inside Voice of the Community Voice of Warning Voice of the World
Episode 327: A Word for Leaders Straight from God's Word
1 Peter 5:1-11 1. Focus on the flock God has given you. Be loyal 2. Be glad and speak well of your calling and your church. 3. Serve with your people 4. Be humble before your church. Vs 5-6 5. Don't worry vs 7 6. Vs 8 work to protect your mind and your character 7. You're not alone in your struggle 8. God's got thisEpisode 326: How Can We Call Out the Called?
- Preach and teach on calling
- Give opportunities to allow people to respond to a call
- Speak well of your calling
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Listen and Observe and Ask
- Look for those who are leading and others are listening to
- Listen to those who are wanting to volunteer for ministry
- Offer opportunities for exploration
- Have a process for training
- Take th...
- Hiring the wrong person
- Cutting back on missions giving
- Not looking for ways to use your facilities
- Maintaining vehicles you never use
- Spending money on inwardly focused ministry and not outreach
- Delaying maintenance
Episode 324: Avoiding Structural Damage
Questions to ask about your structure
- Does it work?
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Is it too centralized in one place?
- a person/pastor
- a deacon team or board
- Does it represent multiple segments of your church community?
- Can it accommodate growth?
- Get examples from effective churches
- ...
Episode 323: Eight Thoughts on Your Church and Prayer
- You can't give away what you don't own. As a leader/pastor you must be a person of prayer!
- Teach and preach on prayer often
- Offer a guided prayer time each week
- Offer a church-wide 40 day prayer/fasting event event
- Offer a single, dedicated prayer service
- Add a prayer wall
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Use a tool to encourage prayer
- a church had ladies m...
Episode 322: 7 Ways to Sabotage Change in Your Churc
1. Thinking your position gives you the right to make change 2. Refusing to gather input from multiple perspectives 3. Falsely assuming everyone is or should be an an early adopter of change 4. Making the wrong changes 5. Moving too fast or to slow 6. Giving up too soon 7. Praying ...
- Don't assume your church is good at welcoming guests.
- Designate a welcome area and keep it highly visible.
- Get volunteers who will make welcoming a passion.
- Train your volunteers regularly.
- Announce your welcome area during the service.
- Gather only essential information.
- Follow up as quickly as possible.
Episode 320: 5 Thoughts About Communio
- Think about its frequency strategically
- Think about its placement in the service
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Think broadly in how you structure it.
- passive - people receive the elements
- active - people must perform an action to receive elements
- purpose - ties it to a larger focus (remembering the cost of forgiveness, forgiving others, self-examination...)
- T...
Episode 319: Does Your Church Have an Acts 1:8 Strategy
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take a look at your yearly stats for the last 5 to 10 years.
- Look for attendance trends
- Look for baptism trends
- Look for Missions giving and involvement trends
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Ask the hard questions
- Are we currently doing or planning to do a gospel outreach effort in our local community?
- Are we c...
- more people care about your ministry than you realize
- more people know about your churches strengths and its problems than you would believe
- the church down the street has just as many issues as your church does
- your congregations has something to offer God's Kingdom.
- God has a purpose and plan for you right now
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