FRAMEWORK CATEGORY
Shift Ministry Models
Christian communities need to harness skills of agile leadership, stewardship, social entrepreneurism, and management to be nimble enough to respond to a changing cultural landscape.
#196: Discipleship at Sanctuary Covenant Church with Pastor Edrin Williams
Pastor Edrin Williams on discipleship in a black-led, multi-ethnic church in North Minneapolis, and the people still forming him as a pastor.
#194: The Crisis of Discipleship? Season 8 Opener
The primary challenge facing the church in North America is a crisis of discipleship
#191: Inside the Discipleship Program Reaching Unchurched Young Adults
Associate Vicar Rachael Wooldridge talks with host Dwight Zscheile about the discipleship program her church built to meet them.
But What About the Rural Church?
Early Findings from the 2026 Funding Forward Research Project with Rural and Small Town Congregations
#189: A Cross-Cultural Church, Practice by Practice
Aaron and Ayana Teter join Pivot to talk about the history of Eastminster Church in Pittsburgh, which spent decades becoming what its own members call a cross-cultural church.
#188: Faith and Work: How Worship Can Close the Sunday-to-Monday Gap
Most churches, without ever meaning to, teach people that faith and work belong to two separate worlds. Katie Roelofs joins Pivot to make the case that it doesn't have to be that way.
#187: Inside a Neighborhood Urban Ministry Built Around Trust, Not Programs
Johnny Sertin and Meg Fry talk about what it takes to build trust in a neighborhood before ever bringing up faith.
#184: Christian Leadership Begins with Listening: Scott Cormode on Ancient Practices for a Changing Church
What is vocation, really? Dr. Scott Cormode joins Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm to challenge how we typically define calling.
#177: Missional Church, Whole Gospel: Beyond the Evangelism vs. Justice Debate
Al Tizon makes the case that reconciliation is the most powerful framework for mission available to the church today.
The Ministry of Compensation Negotiation
How advocating for your salary honors God, your congregation, and yourself
#173: Church Community Building Starts with Discipleship
What does real church community cultivation actually require? For most churches, the honest answer is: more than we're currently doing.
#166: Setting the Table: How Missional Church Happens at Dinner
Verlon Fosner shares how dinner church creates a fundamentally different entry point for faith by recovering the ancient practice of gathering around Jesus' table.
