Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast! Today we’re talking with Jon Ritner of Ecclesia Hollywood. For ten years Jon served at a megachurch in the Williamsburg, VA area. During his time there he worked in a number of different roles as the church grew. As the church...

Doesn’t it feel like Sunday is always coming at your church? Every seven days, it just keeps showing up! ;) This relentless rhythm can lull us into a situation where we see every Sunday as the same in a never-ending line of weekends. But this just isn’t the case! There...

Thanks so much for stopping in for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today we have Tyler Reagin joining us again. Tyler is the president of Catalyst, which works to serve and equip church leaders through conferences and one day events across the country. We’re chatting with Tyler about the...

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today’s episode is exciting because we have Lori Englebert, Family Life Pastor at Life Church in Green Bay, joining us. Life Church is committed to making everyone feel like family. They demonstrate this at the very beginning by having their volunteer...

Welcome to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Brett Coates, executive director of Real Life Christian Church in Chesapeake, Virginia. Real Life is a contemporary church with about 500 people attending the services. The church is portable at the moment due to destruction of their building...

Believe it or not, your parking lot could be the thing that is holding back the potential of your church. In fact, your church might not be living up to its total calling because of what is happening at the parking lot. We call this site unSeminary. Today, we’re diving...

We're honored to have Tyler Reagin, President of Catalyst, guest posting for us today. We hope you enjoy this timely article! Each year, the holidays shepherd in the busiest season of ministry for church leaders. Pastors and church staff members tip the scale seeking to balance programming, new church visitors, and the...

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m happy to have Dr. Warren Bird back on the show. Warren is the Director of Research and Intellectual Capital with Leadership Network. Leadership Network has been working with North America’s most influential churches for over 30 years, helping leaders...

Welcome to another edition of the unSeminary podcast. I’m here today with Bryce Baldwin of Rome Alliance Church of Rome, NY. Rome Alliance was founded in 1915. Today you’ll find a mix of people there from birth to age 93. Bryce grew up in this church, later returning to lead...

The only people who like big churches are pastors. One of the paradoxes that churches face as they grow beyond 1,000 in attendance is that they actually need to act more like a small church in some ways. The “competition” of large and growing churches is actually much smaller churches...