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Have you ever experienced traction at your church? It’s a beautiful thing. Stuff just seems to work better at every turn. People invite more friends. Folks move from just attending your church to actually joining a team or getting into a small group. Your people fund the mission at levels...

It's been said that success doesn't really happen until successful succession. Prevailing churches across the country are working on how to move through succession in a purposeful was a generation of leaders consider what their legacy is in ministry. Today's podcast is an interview with Chris Bonham from Grace Family...

Has your church grown beyond 750 people, but seems to be bouncing up aimlessly against an attendance ceiling? Does it seem like you'll never be able to see more than a thousand people attend the Church on a weekend unless it's a big day like Christmas Eve or Easter Sunday?...

Thanks for joining us for this week’s unSeminary podcast. We have Jeremy Dager with us, from Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. Mercy Hill just recently turned four years old and is on the precipice of becoming a multi-site church. Jeremy leads the age-based ministry, which includes the kids, student,...

Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast and thank you so much for joining in. We have Lee Kricher with us. Lee started preaching with Amplify Church in the suburbs of Pittsburgh in 2003, which was really at a moment of much needed revitalization. Amplify started in the late 70s and...

Hey, everybody, and thank you so much for tuning in with us on the unSeminary podcast. I’m honored to have Pastor Shell Osbon with us today from Life Church in Smyrna, Georgia. Life Church of Smyrna started 63 years ago and Shell Osbon has been lead pastor for the past...

Is it safe to talk about this yet? It's been 3 weeks since Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in one of the most hotly contested elections in modern history. Political scientists and historians will talk about this election for years to come ... but what about church leaders? What difference does...

Healthy things grow and multiply. It's a fact in the natural world but it's also a fact when it comes to churches. Many church leaders want their churches to grow but they feel stuck. In fact, your church may have plateaued or be in decline while you seek to understand what...

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to join us here at the unSeminary podcast. Today we have Donnie Griggs from One Harbor Church in Morehead City, North Carolina. One Harbor was planted eight years ago in the small coastal town of Morehead City. It started...

The most robust people-connecting organization in the world is Facebook. This online tool is doing more to develop community and relationships than anything else in human history. Stop and consider how well it connects people: Facebook's population is almost 4 times greater than the USA's. The population of the United...