ministry

Episode 193: Church Health and Lifecycles

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Scott, Micah, and Guest Jeannette Flynn discuss Church health and its lifecycles in this episode. We talk in detail about the life cycles of churches, why so many churches get stuck, and when is an excellent time to seek a coach to help with the next steps in your church for growth and longevity

Episode 189: Ashley & Karson Collins

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In this episode, Scott and Micah talk with Ashley and Karson Collins. They both talk about their individual ministry work, church planting, Karson’s brokenness that led to an affair, and the steps they took to reconcile their marriage.

Episode 188: Pastoral PTSD

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In this episode, Scott and Micah discuss an idea that one of Scott’s professors mentioned about how a minister’s experience in ministry can lead them to have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Scott and Micah talk about their experiences and of other ministers and how the harshness of ministry changes their life and ministry output. Plus, Stories gone wild from Scott searching for the Church of God National Offices and how Presbyterians love us.

Episode 187: Outcome of General Assembly of the Church of God

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This past week, The Church of God (Anderson, IN) had their General Assembly in Tampa, FL. Scott, Micah, and special guest, Trey Oldham talk about their experience at General Assembly from the in-person gatherings, virtual gatherings, and the topics that were discussed.

Episode 186: The Do’s and Don’ts of Hiring a Lead Pastor

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In this episode, Scott and Micah look at the differences between hiring support staff at a church and the lead pastor.  We discuss some of the challenges search committees have when looking for a lead pastor and even some of the common mistakes that churches make when hiring the lead.

Plus Stories gone wild, and Mailcall.

Episode 185: The Church of God & Church of God Affirm – Part 2

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On June 9th, The Church of God (Anderson, IN) put out a 90-minute Facebook live video in regards to the CHOG Affirm website and addressed where the Church of God Movement believed on the topic of human sexuality in regard to LGBTQIA people. In this episode, Scott, and Micah discuss the video and report on not only the COG view on human sexuality but also looked at how the National Leadership operates and give insight into the credential process for those who stand with the CHOG Affirm stance.

Episode 184: Church Staffing

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In this episode, Scott & Micah discuss some of the feedback from the last episode on COG & COG Affirm.  We then begin to talk about the challenges of Church Staffing and some steps to help assemble a team that will propel the effectiveness on the administrative side of the Church.

183: The Church of God & Church of God Affirm

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On May 26th, The Church of God (Anderson, IN) put out a post detailing that all official COG correspondence will come from official emails and social media sites and to not be swayed by any other groups claiming to be the Church of God. This vague post leads to speculation and the publicity of Church of God Affirm – people who are/were associated with The Church of God (Anderson, IN), calling on the leadership to affirm LGBTQIA Christians.

In this episode, Scott, Micah, and guest Jordan Halstead discuss who COG Affirm is, did the weak communication from The Church of God, gives more publicity to this group (and others), and what COG does now moving forward (if anything).