Intentional Churches Podcast

I'm a church leader just like you, and are you wanting to see more people in your community come to know Jesus? Are you wanting to fight the Christian consumerism that's emerged in all of our congregations? Are you tired of the same old books, conferences, and podcasts claiming to help with these very real ministry leadership challenges?

Hey there, I'm Doug Parks , CEO and co-founder of Intentional Churches, and it's my personal mission to help shift your focus back to the basic blocking and tackling of ministry leadership, to call us all back to the basics of making the Great Commission a personal mission statement for every Jesus follower. Together, we want to multiply kingdom impact with intentional churches just like the one you serve in leadership. In fact, we built an entire church leadership system that we've now installed in over 600 churches nationwide, and we want to share those learnings and ideas with you and invite you into what's becoming the great collaboration between those church leaders. We're excited about season two of our podcast. We simply call it the Intentional Churches Podcast, and I humbly ask you to consider giving a listen to see what this back to basics call might look like in the church you serve.

Together with my incredible co-host, Erin Johnston. And let me tell you, she's an incredible young millennial executive pastor in a great church. We promised to share thought provoking discussions and actionable takeaways that will resource you to help your people reach and grow the people in your community. So if you're ready to take the big step toward mobilizing and activating your congregation, we oftentimes say mobilizing your 99 to reach and grow their ones. Join us for season two of the Intentional Churches podcast we're launching in early 2024, wherever you listen to or watch your podcast. 

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Doug and Bart conclude the book series by sharing the various ways that Intentional Churches can partner with your church to help you activate the Great Commission and develop rhythms, habits, and routines for greater Kingdom impact. We’re passionate about seeing churches be more effective and are honored and humbled to serve you and your church!

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com

It’s not enough to just clarify vision for your church – the way to lasting impact and effectiveness is by intentionally activating and measuring your vision rhythmically. Doug and Bart share some of the ways that ChurchOS helps you and your team to develop new habits to help you move steadily towards your vision.

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com

Intentional Churches use a clear vision of double kingdom impact to inspire and inform their decisions. They refresh and communicate it often to create ownership, healthy tension, and alignment. But how is “vision” defined in ChurchOS and how is it used as a tensioning tool? Listen in as Doug and Bart share our approach to clarifying vision for greater alignment.

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com

Every healthy, growing church needs a set of simple steps to help people move closer to Jesus, others, and your church. Doug and Bart talk about the Engagement Pathway, a crucial companion to the Great Commission Engine for connecting your “ONE” more effectively. No matter how clear or strong your existing pathway might be, this episode will challenge your thinking!

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com

Everything in ChurchOS revolves around reaching “the ONE”, as Jesus described in the 3 parables in Luke chapter 15. Every church is called to reach the lost and we are deeply passionate about seeing churches get laser-focused on finding the lost and bringing them into the Kingdom! Doug and Bart share how ChurchOS helps churches to not just have a passion to reach “the ONE”, but to be a church BUILT for “the ONE”.

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com

Every pastor and church leader loves seeing fruitful ministry happen, but there is no innocent yes – saying “Yes” to one ministry means saying “No” to something else. As ministry leaders, we have to be wise with how we invest our resources in order to see the greatest Kingdom impact. Bart and Doug talk about how ministry is a zero-sum proposition and how ChurchOS can help you to allocate your resources with greater focus and intentionality.

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com

Evaluation is crucial if we’re going to improve and have success in our ministry. But all too often, our evaluation flows from subjectivity and personal experience, not an objective standard that is rooted in “true North” to help us accomplish the vision that God has put in our hearts. Doug and Bart share the 5 ways NOT to evaluate as well as why objective evaluation must be a part of our leadership disciplines.

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com

The core piece of ChurchOS is called The Great Commission Engine, derived from 3 key Scriptures from the New Testament. Doug and Bart unpack the GCE and share how it all centers around a passion for reaching “the ONE”, as Jesus talked about in the parables found in Luke 15. The GCE is truly about “getting back to the basics” and is relevant and applicable to ANY church, no matter the size, denomination, or context.

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com

Every pastor wants to see fruit being produced in their church, but oftentimes we implement strategies without connecting them to a deeper system and it produces inconsistent or unsuccessful results. In many cases, it’s not that the ideas or strategies are off, but that our thinking and how we implement these strategies needs an adjustment. Doug and Bart share more about the power of “operating system” thinking and how the right mindset is key to effectively accomplishing the vision that God has put in your heart. They also discuss the 21 benchmarks that describe what it looks like when a church is effectively operating with ChurchOS.

NEXT STEPS

• Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
• Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
• Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
• Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com