95Podcast 325 Summary – Empowering Your Church Through High-Capacity Volunteers (w/ Derek Sanford) – Episode 325
Description Discover how to transform your church from a teaching center to a training center. Pastor Derek Sanford shares proven…
Practical Leadership Content for Small and Midsize Churches
Real guidance for pastors navigating the challenges of everyday ministry.
Leading a small or midsize church comes with unique pressures. From burnout and soul care to church strategy and team development, our articles and podcast guides address the issues church leaders face every week.
Failure Is Not an Option: Leading Church Transformation in Challenging Times
Jerry Bostick, flight dynamics officer for the Apollo 13 mission, was once asked, “Weren’t there times when everybody, or at least a few people, just panicked?” He answered, “No, when bad things happened, we just calmly laid out all the options, and failure was not one of them. We never panicked, and we never gave up on finding a solution.”
95Podcast 324 Summary – How Church Residency Programs Develop Next-Gen Leaders (w/ Dave & Kristin Miller) – Episode 324
“Residency is about creating an environment that wants more FOR them than FROM them, like the teaching hospital.”
Lost in Ministry: Finding Your Way Back to Your God-Given Calling
“Stop wandering lost in ministry. Discover your God-given calling by understanding where you are and learning to wait for divine rescue instead of figuring it out alone.”
95Podcast 323 Summary – Pastoral Succession Planning: Why Pastors Struggle to Let Go w/ Karl Vaters – Episode 323
Description In this episode of the 95 Podcast, Dale Sellers welcomes back his friend Karl Vaters for their fifth or…
From God, Not For God: Why Effective Ministry Flows Through Connection, Not Performance
“Struggling with pastor burnout? Learn the transformative shift from doing ministry FOR God to ministering FROM God’s power through authentic connection.”
95Podcast 322 Summary – Succession Planning & Church Health: Leading Through Transition & Reaching the Next Generation (w/ Amy Anderson) – Episode 322
“God made none of us whole. God made us wholly interdependent with the body of Christ in order to lead his church.”
8 Principles to Build a Healthy Church Team (Not Just a Bigger One)
In case team building is something you need help with, allow me to share the basics from a resource I created for 95Nework titled “Eight Key Principles for Equipping Saints and Improving Follow-Through.”
95Podcast 321 Summary – Sabbath, Discipleship, and The Chosen: Rediscovering Jesus’ Forgotten Teachings (w/ Brandon Robbins) – Episode 321
“A disciple organizes their calendar around their relationship with Jesus.”
4 Warning Signs Your Ministry Is Stalling Out (And How to Recover)
One of my greatest ministry regrets is that I didn’t have anyone to help me work through this while I was pastoring. However, you don’t have to go through what I did. We are here for you.
95Podcast 320 Summary – Church Communications Strategy: Prioritize, Plan, & Produce (w/ Kimberly Tarlton) – Episode 320
“Communications is not about being promotional; it’s about bringing the plan together.”
Leading On Empty
Some of us believe it’s part of our call as pastors to sacrifice our health for the people in our congregations. Others need to be seen as martyrs in order to fulfill a need for acceptance. Still other pastors are so driven that they justify ignoring a clear directive from motivator, nothing will cause us to lose perspective faster than exhaustion.
