Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Steve Smith, Executive Pastor of High Point Church in Chicago, with us today. As High Point Church grew and multiplied, it had to make some key shifts to the way it was structured. Listen in as Steve shares about some of...

Welcome back to the unSeminary podcast. We’re chatting with Joel Percy today who is a consultant helping retailers in the area of personalization and loyalty. Listen in as we learn from him about receiving feedback, personalization and how you can use these strategies to help people take their right next...

Your parking lot is the very first of first impressions that guests at your church experience.  When was the last time you thought about how to improve that experience? Is the parking experience at your church turning people off before they even get to your building? What is your parking...

How do you start your morning as a church leader? What happens in the first hour of your day that sets up where the rest of your day goes? Have you ever wondered how highly effective ministry leaders begin their mornings? Today on the unSeminary podcast we dive deep with...

When you consider how many guests came to your church last year, do you ever wonder how you could get more of them to return?  Every time a new guest comes to your church, it represents a huge step of faith. What can you do in the next month that...

Only 6% of churches are growing faster than the communities they serve. Stop and think about what that means for a moment. A radical minority of churches are having an increasing impact on their communities. This is a problem for all of us. If this pattern continues over time, then...

Unexpressed appreciation comes across as a lack of appreciation.  Our churches are fueled by a series of unsung heroes. These people serve behind the scenes to make a difference in our churches week in and week out, and they often go unseen and unappreciated. The problem with that is that...

Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with Joey Salazar, the Executive Pastor from Journey Church in Florida. The road to starting Journey Church began four years ago when the lead pastors had a dream of planting a church that would make Jesus accessible to everyone. In 2016 the...

Are you a church leader wondering how to use team huddles to push the mission forward? Have you ever considered that this small habit might make an enormous difference in the lives of the volunteers at your church?  Gathering your teams together before any service opportunity is a great way...

Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with Jordan Rice, pastor at Renaissance Church in Harlem, New York. Harlem is the crown jewel of African American culture in the US, but is currently going through gentrification which is leading to the displacement of local, native folks for newer people,...