Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent

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February 26, 2024Episode 261: The Most Unused Spiritual Disciplines
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Episode 261: The Most Unused Spiritual Disciplines

”Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.“
‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Be still and know that I am God Psalm 46:10
We are human beings not human doings
But we feel guilty if we are not going 100 miles per hour.
Ask a fellow minister how they are doing and most times you will hear a litany of all they are doing or hear them say oh I’m so busy!

Dallas Willard divides the disciplines into two classes:
disciplines of abstinence (solitude, silence, fasting, frugality, chastity, secrecy, and sacrifice) and
disciplines of engagement (study, worship, celebration, service, prayer, fellowship, confession, and submission).
Sabbath
Solitude
Stillness
Fasting
Prayer -extended times
Worship - individually and corporately
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30min
February 19, 2024 Episode 260: Love Your Congregation
Episode 260: Love Your Congregation

Trent and Alan discuss the importance of loving your congregation.
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21min
February 12, 2024Episode 259: Preparing for a Long Term Pastorate
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Episode 259: Preparing for a Long Term Pastorate

If you want to have a pastor who sticks around for a long time- then you have to prepare for that and communicate that to the pastor

Why should you want a pastor to stick around for a long time?
People don't trust a pastor until he's been there around 3 plus years
A church can grow when their is security

7 Keys
Pay
plan for evaluations each year and opportunities for raises
Christmas bonuses are expected
Pastor appreciation month can be depressing if your pastor receives no encouragement - especially monetarily
Vacation
protect their vacation time
hold them accountable to use their vacation time ( all of it )
Sabbatical
set up a system of sabbatical time that is available at every 5 years
give them a month away to study a topic and to refresh
Education and growth opportunities
Send them to conferences
Encourage involvement in pastor support groups outside of the church
Support and encourage your pastor publicly
Pray for your pastor regularly
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34min
February 05, 2024 Episode 258: What Can I Do While out of a Ministry Position?
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Episode 258: What Can I Do While out of a Ministry Position?
1.Get involved in a healthy church and let that church family get close to you
2.spend more time with your family
3.Serve without an angle
4.Take time to reflect
Selah - pause and reflect
1. what is God teaching me now?
2. what has God taught me in the past?
3. How am I better equipped because of what I have learned?
5.Get a clearer picture of yourself - take assessments
6. Keep learning -take a class at a local college - Remember that most churches are looking for a co-vocational minister. Make yourself more hireable.
Read lots - fill your toolbox
7.Learn new skills
8.Connect with pastors
9.Consider hybrid types of ministries
10.Trust God

Remember that God doesn't waste anything - so your time in the interim is not wasted time. God will use this. Look at this time as a time of investment!
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21min
January 29, 2024Episode257:A Look Back at Good Starts
We had some audio issues on our new episode, enjoy this look back at a an episode from the fall of 2020.
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Episode257:A Look Back at the Rule of Good Starts (episode 80)
A good start requires pre-planning.
Free energy
Practice a ministry,
run through the highs and lows of what you expect.
COVID has revealed this is a weakness in our culture.
Rate of change/marketing
A good start requires intentional effort.
Mindset
If we don’t care about the start, it's harder to care about the results.
Not moving too fast or too slow
A good start sets the right tone.
Out front making adjustments to keep you there
Prepares you to be in a hold out versus a catch up position.
A good start sets you up to go the distance.
You still have the majority of the work to do
It’s easier to embrace pain out front than in the back.
The good news bad starts are hard to recover from, but not impossible.
Pray more!
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26min
January 22, 2024Episode 256:What Can a Pastorless Church Do?
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Episode 256:What Can a Pastorless Church Do?

Lay leaders carry a heavy burden in this time. If you are a pastor, keep a link to this available for your lay leaders.

Refocus on church's purpose - move from internal focus to external focus
Know the why the church exists.
Take some time to find out who we are.
What is our gifting and calling - be specific?
Where is our ministry field?
When is now - not waiting.

Stay focused on the basics
Dedicate yourselves to small groups and discipleship.
Keep a spirit of prayer and expectation in worship.
Listen to your key servers: Now is a perfect time to have listening sessions with different groups in your church such as teachers, parents, staff, worship team etc.
Listen to your community.

Set a good direction:
Maintain a resource list of people who can help you.
Determine if you need an interim.
Make sure you know your organizational process for calling a pastor (bylaws) and have a good process of operations.
Audit your facilities and finances in preparation for a new pastor.
Plan to support your new pastor. - know what you can pay a new pastor.
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33min
January 20, 2024Episode 255: Trent and Dana on their Voice of the Martyrs Trip
Episode 255: Trent and Dana on their Voice of the Martyrs Trip
We recently took a group to Voice of the Martyrs in Bartlesville, OK
VOM supports persecuted Christians in hostile and restricted nations around the world. persecution.com

Interdenominational

They focus on the following 4 areas:
Persecution Response
They support families of martyred Believers for as long as needed
Bibles to the Nations
Owning a Bible is illegal in many nations. Voice of the Martyrs believes that every Believer deserves to have a Bible in their own language
Front-line Ministry
VOM seeks to connect with the local churches in each nation where they are supporting the persecuted
Fellowship of Believers
Our brothers and sisters need us to pray for them to know they are not alone

We heard from several front-line workers (Jonathan, Allen, Josh) who shared stories with us about the brothers and sisters, and they asked us to tell their stories to Believers when we came back home.
The pastors who wept when the VOM team prayed for them at the end of the meeting
The Believers in Central Asia who do not yet have Bible in their heart language because the publisher will not allow VOM to smuggle them into the country
The pastor who rides his bicycle into villages where the gospel has not been preached. Sometimes people respond and accept Jesus. Sometimes the people beat him. But he gets up and rides his bicycle to the next village.

Download the VOM App and read their books, watch their videos, listen to their VOM Radio podcast, pray for the persecuted, and much more.

Sign up to receive their free monthly magazine.
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21min
January 15, 2024 Episode 254: Care 4 Pastors
Episode 254: Care 4 Pastors

Care 4 Pastors Conference in Austin Texas
care4pastors.com
greatcommandment.net

Hosts Great Commandment Network
Guidestone

Speakers were
Mark Dance
Ronnie Floyd
David Kinnaman

David Kinnaman owner and CEO of Barna research - Resilient Disciples
Are our pastors actually part of the body of the local church or is it just a day job?
We are responsible for everything but control nothing
Glenn Packiam The Resilient Pastor book

Whole life Discipleship
Faith
Relationships
Wellness
Vocation or calling
Finances
Only 9% are resilient in these areas - according to Barna
How do we integrate authenticity into whole life discipleship

Mark Dance - Start to Finish Book

Talked about the need for Sabbath = STOP
Gift to receive
command to obey
Proven Plan that works
Person to love - Jesus

Affinity group - issues keeping churches from moving forward
Prayerlessness - Developing a prayer group to undergird your pastor
isolation -
expectations -

G6 pastor and wives marriage retreat - for free
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23min
January 08, 2024Episode 253: 7 Ways to Help Your Marriage Through Ministry (with Rachelle Small)
Episode 253: 7 Ways to Help Your Marriage Through Ministry (with Rachelle Small)
Talking about the Good things in ministry, not just the problems.
Timing of when you talk about things
Encouraging each other's spiritual growth
Learning how to difficult conversation
Speaking posotively about your spouse in public
Supporting your ministry spouse in her ministry efforts
Maintaining open communication when ministry is interfering with home
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23min
January 02, 2024 Episode 252: Looking Forward to 2024
Episode 252: Looking Forward to 2024

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22min

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