Thank you for joining in for this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we have a fantastic conversation with Matt Piland, the executive pastor at Bethlehem Church in Georgia. Bethlehem Church is a church that's 110 years old and for years it was in decline with about 200 people in attendance. Eight...

Welcome back to the unSeminary podcast. Today Bobby Sasser from Radiant Church joins us. He serves as the executive pastor in multiple locations. Radiant Church, which opened almost six years ago, is based in the Tampa Bay area. They first launched in an old movie theater with about 350 people...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today Pastor Mark Zweifel of True North Church in Fairbanks, Alaska is joining us. True North is an 80 year old church and when Mark first came to the church, he was the fourth pastor in four years and there were...

This summer millions of children and youth across the country will attend a Christian camp. While this subculture has its own robust ecosystem of conferences, books, and thought leaders, there seems to be a strange disconnect between local churches and Christian camping ministries. From my perspective, local churches miss out...

Here we are in the middle of another hazy summer, and it could be tempting for you to sit back and think that this isn't a season to expect church growth. Many church leaders view the typically lower attendance of the summer as a chance to regroup. While it's a...

This summer, both Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida are launching massive new “lands” based on the Star Wars franchise. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is the largest investment the Disney corporation has made in its North American parks in long time. Not only that,...

Welcome back to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Shawn Lovejoy with us, the founder and CEO of Courage to Lead. Shawn has been a pastor, a church planter, an entrepreneur, and a leadership coach. He started coaching pastors in 2001. Courage to Lead is there to help...

Welcome to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. We’re talking to Lance Witt, the founder of Replenish Ministries. Lance founded Replenish Ministries as a way to come alongside leaders and help them live great lives, both personally and in ministry. A former Executive/Teaching pastor at Saddleback Church, Lance has...

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...