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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....

Welcome to back to the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m excited to have Kevin Harris with us today, the executive director from Radical Mentoring. Radical Mentoring is an organization and a system designed to help your church develop leaders through intentional men’s small group mentoring. They coach and equip local church...

Google is by far one of the most prevailing organizations of all time. Beyond their amazing technological insights and excellent execution, Google is a leadership engine. Google has more than 85,000 employees. Stop and think about the sheer size of that operation. Last year alone they added over 5,000 new...

Welcome back to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m happy to have Dan Scott from Orange with us today. Orange is a leading organization for family ministry which partners with churches to help kids dig into a deeper relationship with Jesus, and also provides resources for parents as they influence their...

Announcements at your church don’t have to stink. This time in your service doesn’t need to feel like a miscellaneous catch-all for things that don’t fit elsewhere in the service flow! When done well, announcements can be the part of the service that moves people to action. Every weekend you...

Welcome back to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today I’m excited to have David A. Miller with us from Slingshot Group. Slingshot is focused on staffing and coaching for churches across the country. David has been in ministry for 15 years and was invited to help launch the student ministry division...