Why do people come to church? When you think about it from a broader, cultural context, it’s sort of an unusual behavior. Especially when it seems like the new studies on church attendance that come out every week all point to the national decline in church attendance. Still, in spite...

As a church leader, are you wondering how you're going to make this year's budget? Have you looked at your donations and felt concerned they're running behind? It seems like every time I talk to church leaders the topic of increasing revenue comes up. It's understandable because oftentimes funding is...

Thanks for joining for this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. We have Kadi Cole, who serves as a church consultant, with us today. Kadi has served in full-time ministry for about 20 years and worked with her Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. During a period of...

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. We have Steve Cuss, the lead pastor of Discovery Christian Church in Colorado, joining us today. Discovery Christian Church is located halfway between Denver and Boulder and its people reflect the diversity found in those two cities. Though Discovery was planted...

Welcome to back to the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Chris Wignall joining us today. He is the Executive Director of the Catalyst Foundation. The job of the Catalyst Foundation is to come alongside leaders of charities and churches to help them understand, assess and improve the culture in...

The difference between churches that are growing and those that aren’t is prevailing churches enable their people to invite friends to church. Growing churches are full of people who invite their friends. What separates churches that have plateaued or are in decline from those that are seeing growth is that...

Welcome back to the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m excited to have Kurt Brodbeck with us from Northview Church. Northview has been around since 1980, but has seen the most growth since 2003. It’s currently a church of 11 locations in Indiana, and Kurt is the Family Ministry Pastor. Kurt is...

Your team had done all this work and is ready for the big day: your musicians have held extra practices, your folks in children’s ministry are excited to welcome larger crowds than normal, and your sermon has been polished and perfected. There’s no doubt that various teams in your church...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Eric Smith back on the podcast today. Eric has served in several areas of ministry from pastoring churches to church planting. He also helped start the 242 Network which exists to train and equip leaders to plant...

Marchetti's Constant is a proven principle of urban design that shows the average time a person spends commuting each day, an approximate total of one hour. That’s thirty minutes to work and thirty minutes back home. The fascinating thing is that this principle has been historically proven time and again....