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This Podcast Exists as a Tool For Christians Who Seek to Become Better Evangelists and to Raise Up New Leaders that God can Use to Heal Our Broken Communities.
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Bigger Fixes Nothing: Rethinking Church Growth, Small Churches & Bivocational Ministry with Karl Vaters (opens the original)
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For decades, pastors have been taught that healthy churches grow—and that successful ministry eventually means bigger attendance, bigger budgets, bigger buildings, and more full-time staff. Karl Vaters believes it's time to rethink that model. Karl joins Pastor Jonah Carpenter to talk about what 40 years of church growth culture has done to the way pastors measure success and why leading a small church should never be viewed as failure. Karl explains his principle that “bigger fixes nothing” and
Modern Worship Has a Problem: Theology, Generic Worship Music & Who Belongs on the Worship Team with Colton Potter (opens the original)
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Modern worship is everywhere—but why do so many churches seem to sing the same songs, use the same sounds, follow the same trends, and even dress the same? In this episode of Fight For Your City , Pastor Jonah Carpenter sits down with Colton Potter, worship leader at Family Bible Church and frontman of A Band With No Name , for a wide-ranging conversation about modern worship culture and the practical realities of leading worship in the local church. Jonah and Colton discuss the growing influenc
Internet Mob Culture, Lindsay Clancy, Phillip Anthony Mitchell & Deconstruction: Is the Church Been Over Run With Out Rage? | Will Hess (The Church Split) (opens the original)
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Will Hess is the lead pastor of Creekside Baptist Church in Evansville, Indiana, and the host of The Church Split , a podcast built around theology, apologetics, and some of the most controversial conversations happening inside Christianity today. In this episode, Will joins Pastor Jonah Carpenter for a wide-ranging conversation about what happens when those debates collide with internet outrage, politics, deconstruction, and the modern Church. They begin with the growing Christian internet mob
Why Churches Get Stuck, Deacons Holding Back Growth, and How Leaders Get in the Way with Dr. JC Campbell (opens the original)
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Dr. JC Campbell planted Greater Hope Church with roughly 40 people during the height of COVID—and watched it grow into a congregation reaching hundreds. But according to Campbell, church growth isn't about copying the latest trends, buying better technology, or building everything around one charismatic pastor.In this episode of Fight For Your City, Pastor Jonah Carpenter sits down with Dr. Campbell to discuss what actually separates healthy, growing churches from congregations that remain stuck
Why Most Pastor Transitions Fail (And How to Avoid It) | Ray Brown & Todd Morgan (opens the original)
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Pastoral transitions can tear churches apart. Ego gets involved, members choose sides, longtime pastors struggle to let go, and incoming leaders often feel pressure to immediately change everything. But Pastor Ray Brown and Pastor Todd Morgan experienced something different at The Gathering Church in Evansville, Indiana . In this episode of Fight For Your City , Ray and Todd break down how they successfully transitioned leadership while the church was still thriving—and why Ray remained part of
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