I haven’t done many in person interviews as part of the Beyond Sunday podcast. Most have been over a Skype, FaceTime or phone call. But that’s about to change.

A couple weeks ago my wife and I headed down to the Grand O’l Opry in Nashville to cover the 2019 K-Love fan awards. It was such a treat to interview a number of artists in person.

This is part 1 of those conversations and we have Josh Baldwin, Mark Hall, & Michael Cochren on the show today. A great balance of local church, songwriting, and ministry. Enjoy!

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Maybe many of you use Planning Center to schedule your teams and organize your services. While that’s fantastic, it just scratches the surface of what PCO can do for you. If you’re looking to advance to Planning Center Ninja status, you need to use it as full church management software system. Planning Center provides Check-ins for your kids ministry, an online giving system, managing people and small groups, event registrations, resources, music stand, and a mobile app for your congregation. Crazy right?

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• Challenging yourself as a worship leader
• How to balance itinerant and local church ministry
• Songwriting process
• The role of church music in artist development
• The power of co-writing
• The importance of the local church

• Show Sponsor: Zamar Instruments
• Show Sponsor: Planning Center
• Website: Bethel Music
• Website: Casting Crowns
• Website: Cochren & Co.

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Question: What was your biggest takeaway from this interview with Josh, Mark, & Michael? You can leave a comment by clicking here.

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