Let's Talk Church for Pastors and Ministry Leaders

Like it or not, at some point you will not be the pastor of your church (either by moving, health, retirement, or death). Either you are preparing your congregation to successfully navigate those waters or you are setting them up for difficulty. Listen in as Marshall Fant shares with us the importance of preparing your ministry for the future.

We start off in ministry excited about all that God can do on the mission field or in our church and forget that the call to minister often includes suffering. Consider Paul. I realize that he was a unique vessel in local church ministry, but Paul provides for us an example of the reality of suffering…and what it means to glory in our sufferings.
This is the second part to a conversation that I had with veteran Missionary Forrest McPhail. There are a few things that he mentions that are references to the first half…it might be helpful to listen to that part first as we talk about the spiritual warfare that is involved with church planting….specifically on the mission field.

Spiritual warfare is real…and nowhere in ministry can it be more obvious than in the area of church planting and missions. Today we are going to talk to a veteran missionary that has unique perspective on the spiritual struggle and how it is seen in church planting and on the mission field.

Simply put, there is no better model for churches to follow when it comes to the support and communication with missionaries than the Philippian church. In this episode we finish looking at the church's role in missions support!

Welcome to season 2! Listen in as we chart the course for our next 48 episodes...laying out a pathway that will take us from a focus on discipleship, with a close look at the personal health issues of pastoring, adding in a dash of missions focus, and finishing out with a healthy dose of conversation on preaching, exposition, tools and resources. You won't want to miss a single episode of season 2!!

Simply put, there is no better model for churches to follow when it comes to the support and communication with missionaries than the Philippian church. In this episode we lay the foundation for a proper understanding of the church's role in missions support!

52 Weeks ago I launched this podcast to connect Baptist pastors and missionaries through conversation that centered around the local church and pastoral ministry. It has been such a blessing to connect with so many pastors and learn from their experience. I hope you will listen to this year-end recap as we gear up for season 2!

There are so many things that need to be said to help churches gain a proper understanding of missionaries and their needs....In this episode we break the issues down and give an insight into missions that congregations and pastors need to hear!

Is the missionary deputation system in the United States broken? This is an episode that both pastors and missionaries can draw from…because it offers both a perspective from both sides of the issue.

We are facing a real crisis in American churches….there are more churches than there are pastors. The statistics about the rising age of the average pastor are staggering and will only get worse if we don't address the issue head on. That is our discussion on this episode.