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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.

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#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.
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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.
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Does Your Faith Have Anything to Say About Your Finances?

Work and money in the Ten Commandments

#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.
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From ‘You Should’ to Holy Risk-Taking

What pivot four actually looks like

#163: What Does Lay-Led Ministry Actually Look Like? (Your Questions Answered)

In this special Q&A episode, Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm answer your real questions about the shift from clergy-led to lay-led ministry.
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Stewardship is Everything

From finances to the fullness of life

#162: How to Recognize Church Planters Already in Your Congregation

John McGinley shares how they're equipping everyday disciples to plant new worshiping communities in gyms, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces.
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Helping Your Congregation Grow Spiritually

From overwhelmed to overjoyed
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The Stewardship Trap

Why it's so easy to fall into manipulative language—and how to find your way back

#159: Discovering Church Unity When Two Congregations Merge

Pastor Brian Brown shares what it actually takes to build church unity across racial and cultural lines.
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The Temptation of Control

Learning to lead at the speed of a three-mile-an-hour God
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Generosity and Commodity Crops

A stewardship practice with Old Testament roots
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The Future of the Church

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Lessons from the Global South
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A Different Kind of Evangelism

Directing others to Christ by joining them in their sorrow
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#148: Cruciform Leadership: Why Church Leaders Need the Cross More Than Success

Drawing from her journey from corporate consultant to ministry executive, Nicole Massie Martin reveals how most leadership models ignore the very heart of Christian faith and why pastors are burning out trying to lead like the world instead of following Jesus.
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#147: Why You Were Never Meant to Lead Alone

Discover a life-giving model of shared leadership that prevents burnout and multiplies ministry impact with Dr. Eun Strawser.