Mike and Ryan continue the “church on track” series and cover common “breakdown” areas—parts of our ministry that require frequent attention, evaluation, and changes in order to keep them functioning well. Today’s topic is all about developing and encouraging healthy spiritual transformation amongst the members of your church family.

Mike and Ryan talk with Jon Wright from Generis about how to create culture in a church—specifically six steps to take in creating a culture of generosity:

1-Define

2-Teach

3-Model

4-Decentralize

5-Measure

6-Celebrate

Find out more about Generis at generis.com

Mike and Ryan talk with Pastors Ryan Nordlund and Keith Wolderich about Grace LBC's ministry to a neighboring community. Hear their story about how their desire to reach into other communities led to a thriving kids program and the beginnings of a new church, as well as how they learned from mistakes and setbacks along the way. Catch a vision for how your church can expand its ministry!

Find out more about Grace at https://www.gracelbc.org

Mike and Ryan start off the next part of the “church on track” series which covers common “breakdown” areas—parts of our ministry that require frequent attention, evaluation, and changes in order to keep them functioning well. Today’s topic is all about developing and maintaining healthy leadership dynamics.

Mike and Ryan talk with Pastor Brandon Pangman, Director of Elevate Youth Convention. Brandon shares about his history with the convention, the new name, how he has seen God do transformational work through Elevate, and how your youth ministry can start getting involved. 

Find out more about Elevate at http://www.elevateyc.org

Mike and Ryan cover the last two "derailing" factors that can lead your church off track. Derailer #6 is mission drift--losing sight of the mission of the church and being guided by other priorities. Derailer #7 is ignoring 7 common breakdown areas in which churches in plateau or decline need to address.

Mike and Ryan talk with Nick Olson, Director of Student Ministries at Word of Life in LeSueur, MN, about ministry with Gen Z. Learn about who this generation is, how COVID has affected them, and how you can best engage them in your church.

You can find Nick at https://wordoflifemn.com

Dr. Jeff Seaver, Rev. Mark Johannesen, and Rev. Mike Natale share in a webinar how congregations can care for their pastors. Listen to learn ways you can care for your pastor during COVID, ways that you can care for your pastor at any time, and catch the Q & A with webinar guests.

Mike and Ryan continue their "church on track" series and discuss another derailing factor that impacts churches--the effects of anxiety in a congregation. Listen to how anxiety affects churches and how you can minimize the damage and respond in a healthy manner.

You can find Peter Steinke's books here: https://www.amazon.com/Peter-L-Steinke/e/B001JS2ZJG

Hear from Daniel and Karen Stenberg, Aage Larsen, Roger Viksnes, Gwen Little and Missy Sorensen as they share what it’s like to attend Pastors’ School—a five-day retreat provided by Tuscarora Inn & Conference Center for Eastern Region CLB Pastors every year.

You can find out more about Tuscarora here: https://www.tuscarora.org