EST. - For the Established Church with Sam Rainer and Josh King

The Kid Ministers from Sachse's Church and West Bradenton join the show to talk about how pastors can help or hinder the children's ministry.

Sam and Josh talk through setting goals and some of the ways to think through that with your staff or ministry leaders.

Dr. Thom Rainer, President of LifeWay Resources, joins the show to discuss what he sees coming for the future of healthy churches.

Micah Fries sets down with #EST Pastor Ron Edmondson (@RonEdmondson) to talk pastoring the established church.

We all have the obligation to invest in others. It is our privilege to spend time and energy on other new or younger pastors. In today's episode the guys talk through what that looks like, how they have benefited and what they are doing to help others along the way.

What do the guys think you should focus on at the 6 month, 2-3 year, 3-5 year marks? We cover topics like by laws, leadership, big changes and when to tackle those.

Micah, Sam and Josh talk through how to handle difficult people or groups within your church. Particularly we explore the idea of dealing with mean communication.

What's behind the conflicts that involve worship, preaching and style in the established church? We talk through what may be causing those conflicts and how you might think better about it.

We talk through our relationship with the mega church down the road or across the street.
Is the mega church hurting the smaller local church? Is this a problem with the pastors or leadership? What can the normative size church do in this paradigm?

What have we learned pastoring established churches.