One of the joys of ministry are the hundreds of armchair quarterbacks to critique our sermons, decisions, and direction for the church.  This is a podcast for your entire team as Dean shares practical insights on how to respond and handle those emails and complaints from church and community members.

It’s that time of year to make plans for your 2025 church budget.  Discover WHY establishing and maintaining an annual budget is so important and find out the SIX major categories your budget should be divided into.

Check out this month’s podcast and discover the benefits of having legal counsel to help you navigate the many issues of leading your church.  Dean is joined by special guest, Ashley Hawk, who is an attorney who specializes in church and non-profit law.

One of the most effective ways to impact your city with the love of Jesus Christ is through the school system.  Join Dean in this month’s podcast to learn creative ways to build relationships with your local schools through creative outreaches that bless students and faculty.

What happens to your church or organization if you suddenly die?  Having a strategic plan in place will ensure stability in the midst of a crisis.  In this podcast Dean shares practical steps to developing a catastrophic plan for you and your team.

Does your team dread your weekly staff meeting?  Is your meeting a safe place to disagree and express ideas? This month Dean shares the guidelines and elements of their weekly lead team staff meeting that will hopefully bring some inspiration to yours.

Friendships in church leadership can be difficult. How close should we get to the members of our church or staff? In this podcast Dean gets raw and breaks the myths of “leadership friendships” as he interviews one of his own personal friends who is a member in his church.

In our post Covid-19 world LONELINESS has become a WORLD-WIDE EPIDMIC with an impact on our physical, mental, and emotional health.  Research found that loneliness and lack of social connection is equal to the risk of smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and it’s greater than the risk associated with obesity, excess alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise.  What a great opportunity for the church to rise up and meet this need HEAD ON!

Vivek Murthy, the 19th US Surgeon General said, “Human relationship is as essential to our well-being as food and water.”  Join Dean in this month’s podcast as he unpacks how the church can get involved and make a difference.

How do you know if your team members are giving their best?  In this SECOND part of HOW TO MEASURE SUCCESS, Dean focusses on TEN (10) AREAS to regularly measure and review with your team members.  The big difference is each one of these are elements that are within their control.  

One of the worst things we can do is compare ourselves or our ministry . . . to others.  Guaranteed when we do, we will always come up short.  In this TWO-PART podcast, Dean begins in PART 1 with how to measure our PERSONAL success.  As pastors, we often measure success by things out of our control; like attendance and offerings.

In this podcast, Dean shares NINE challenging questions he uses to measure his personal success and effectiveness to help clarify if he is AHEAD or BEHIND.