LINC Talks

Women leaders, this conversation is for you.

Pastors Jeanie and Becca Vander Klok join us for an encouraging and wisdom-filled discussion designed to strengthen and inspire the women of the LINC family. Drawing from years of ministry experience, Pastor Jeanie shares timeless leadership insights and reminds us that while learning and growing as leaders is important, nothing is more transformational than knowing and falling in love with the Word of God.

Together, they unpack the value of building genuine relationships, doing life alongside other leaders, and staying rooted in what matters most. Whether you serve on a platform, lead a team, pastor a church, or faithfully serve behind the scenes, this episode is a powerful reminder that your role matters, your contribution is valuable, and you are deeply loved by God.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Why a love for God's Word is the foundation of effective leadership.
• The difference between gaining knowledge and being transformed by Scripture.
• Practical wisdom from decades of ministry experience.
• The importance of community and doing life together.
• Encouragement for women leaders in every season and every role.
• Why your value is not determined by your title, but by who God says you are.

If you've ever felt overlooked, weary, or uncertain about your place in leadership, this conversation will remind you to stay rooted in God's Word, connected to others, and confident in your God-given calling. You are valuable! 

In this episode, Pastor Tim Hobson joins Pastor Jarod Smith and Pastor Bobby for a conversation that challenges the way leaders think about influence, impact, and what it really means to shepherd a city.

What if the size of your town isn’t the limit of your impact?

Pastor Tim shares how their church made a defining decision, to stop measuring success by numbers and start measuring it by presence. Not just on Sundays, but in the everyday rhythms of their community. Coaching local teams. Feeding and supporting first responders. Partnering with city officials. Showing up in real moments of need.

This isn’t theory. It’s a lived strategy.

At the core is a simple but powerful mindset, the church exists to leave a visible imprint of the love of Jesus across every corner of their town. Not as spectators, but as participants in people’s lives.

You’ll hear how this shift:

• Moves a church from gathering crowds to building trust
• Positions the church as a first call in times of crisis
• Creates natural pathways for the gospel to be seen, not just heard

If you’re leading in a smaller town, or wondering how to create real traction in your community, this episode offers a clear and compelling picture of what’s possible.

Because kingdom impact isn’t limited by population size, it’s measured in lives touched.

What if the people you’re called to reach aren’t walking through your doors, but walking through some of the hardest seasons of their lives?

Jonathan and Kelley Bergsma sit down with Pastor Jarod Smith for a conversation that gets right to the tension many leaders feel: How do we truly reach people navigating financial strain, addiction, and overwhelming life circumstances?

They don’t just talk strategy, they share their story. The moments that shaped their calling. The experiences that pulled their hearts toward people often overlooked, and the conviction that the Church is meant to meet people in real life, not just invite them into a building.

Their message is clear and actionable: The Church can be a conduit of hope. When we lead people to engage relationally, show up consistently, and serve in tangible ways, we reflect the hope of Jesus in a way that people can actually receive.

You’ll hear how their passion for evangelism has evolved into something deeply practical, equipping others to share their faith through authentic relationships, not programs or pressure.

This conversation is honest, grounded, and quietly challenging. It will help you reframe what outreach can look like in your context and inspire you to lead your people beyond the four walls, into the everyday places where hope is needed most.

What does it really take to build a place where people can meet Jesus?

In Building God’s House, Pastor Bobby Bogard sits down with Jeffrey Parker, Pastor Ross Scheer, and Pastor Jarod Smith for a practical and faith-filled conversation about stewarding church spaces in seasons of growth. Whether your church is renovating, expanding, dreaming, or simply making the most of what you already have, this episode will help you lead with clarity and confidence.

Jeffrey brings architectural insight shaped by years of serving local churches through design and remodeling projects. Pastor Ross shares what it looks like to lead during an expansion season. Pastor Jarod offers perspective from the early stages of building something new. Pastor Bobby adds wisdom from decades of walking with churches through growth transitions.

Together, they remind leaders that buildings are not the goal, they are tools for reaching people. 

This episode will encourage you to steward where you are today while preparing faithfully for where God is leading your church tomorrow.

In this episode you’ll hear:

• How to steward your current space faithfully while preparing for future growth
• How to think strategically about church buildings without losing sight of ministry purpose
• Practical wisdom for navigating expansion and construction seasons
• Encouragement for pastors leading through renovation, growth, or early vision stages
• Why creating welcoming spaces helps people encounter Jesus
• Insight from leaders who are actively building, expanding, and dreaming right now

If you are leading a church, planning next steps, or simply asking what growth could look like in your community, this conversation will help you move forward with vision and confidence. 

Leadership can look strong on the outside while storms quietly build underneath. In this honest conversation, Pastor Ross Scheer sits down with Pastors Ben and Jessica Lehew to talk about what it really takes to stay steady when ministry, marriage, pressure collide

This episode is for pastors and ministry leaders who are carrying more than most people can see, and who want to lead well without losing themselves or their families in the process. 

In this episode, you will hear:

• How storms in ministry often begin where no one else is looking
• Why protecting your marriage strengthens your leadership
• The hidden pressures pastors carry, and how to navigate them wisely
• Practical encouragement for staying grounded when expectations rise
• A reminder that strong leaders do not have to walk through storms alone 
• Hope-filled perspective for leading with resilience and clarity through hard sea

With Host Pastor Bobby Bogard, Ross Scheer, and Guest Pastor Robert Trice from Relevant Church

You can lead a growing church and still lose ground at home.

In Part 2 of Health Matters, the conversation turns to marriage and family. Because your first ministry is not your platform, it is your home.

Pastor Bobby, Ross, and Pastor Robert speak directly to pastoral leaders about protecting what matters most. Health at home does not happen by accident. It requires intention, communication, boundaries, and consistent investment.

They discuss:

• Guarding your marriage in the pressures of ministry
• Creating rhythms that protect family time
• Modeling relational health for your church
• Leading from wholeness, not exhaustion

Strong families strengthen strong churches.

If you want to lead with integrity and longevity, it starts at home.

With Host Pastor Bobby Bogard, Ross Scheer, and Guest Pastor Robert Trice from Relevant Church

Ministry is demanding, and your health determines how you carry it.

In Part 1 of this two part conversation, Pastor Bobby, Ross, and Pastor Robert challenge leaders to see health as stewardship, not self care. If you want to show up joyful, focused, and ready for your family and church, you need a plan, accountability, and consistency.

They discuss:

• Personal health, physical, spiritual, emotional, and relational
• Sabbath rest as obedience
• Leading healthy staff and volunteers
• Building strong team culture within your ministry environment

Healthy leaders build healthy churches.

Part 2, Health Matters, Marriage and Family, releases March 23rd, focusing on leading well at home while serving faithfully in ministry.

What if the future of the Church is shaped not by bigger programs, but by deeper presence?

In this powerful episode of LINC Talks, Host Pastor Ross Scheer sits down with Pastor Ben and Kendra Lepsch, youth pastors at ResLife Grandville, for a conversation that is honest, practical, and deeply encouraging.

They pull back the curtain on what it really takes to build a thriving youth ministry from the ground up, not just attracting students, but creating environments where young people feel safe, seen, known, and spiritually formed.

This is not theory. It is boots on the ground wisdom from leaders who are living it every week.

In this episode, you will discover:

• The key ingredients that help students feel they truly belong
• Practical ways to create safe spaces where faith can grow authentically
• Why relational leadership is more powerful than polished programming
• What senior pastors, volunteers, and parents need to understand about today’s youth culture

Whether you lead a church, serve on a volunteer team, or are raising the next generation in your own home, this conversation will challenge you to think differently and lead intentionally.

If you care about reaching students where they are, instead of expecting them to come to you, this episode will equip and inspire you to take your next step.

Lean in, listen closely, and let this conversation reshape the way you invest in the next generation.

Ben and Kendra also shared about the ResLife OneHeart Youth Conference; 

OneHeart Conference is a power-packed weekend full of connection, excitement, and encounter with God. It is a place where 6th – 12th-grade students come to build relationships, be inspired, and be equipped to live as disciples of Jesus Christ. Our desire is to bring students together with ‘One Heart’ and in one accord to encounter God and to leave better equipped to follow Christ daily. 

This year, our conference theme is ‘ABBA’. 

Our world is lost, like children without a father. The blind are leading the blind into deeper and deeper sin and sorrow. People are searching for significance, but nothing in this world can quench their thirst. They do not know who they are; they do not know their true Father.

Jesus reveals to us the true nature of God: He is a Father! His heart aches for His lost sons and daughters to come home. He longs for this so much that He sent Jesus to rescue humanity from the grip of sin. Jesus came to show the world what God is really like: true, loving, just, merciful, and patient.

REGISTER HERE: https://reslife.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3147166

LINC TALKS Podcast, Season Opener 2026

The LINC TALKS Podcast launches the 2026 season with a powerful and timely conversation that sets the heart and direction for the year ahead. Hosted by BonnieRuth Rolf, this opening episode brings together Pastor Bobby Bogard, Pastor Jarod Smith, and Pastor Ross Scheer to introduce the 2026 LINC theme, LINC UP.

This conversation invites leaders at every level to lean into what matters most, relationships. Together, our leadership team shares the heartbeat behind LINC UP and why choosing to not do ministry or life alone is essential for long term impact. Through personal experiences, honest insights, and shared wisdom, they unpack the importance of cultivating authentic, healthy, and life giving relationships.

Listeners will be encouraged and reminded that strong relationships keep leaders thriving, marriages healthy, and ministry sustainable. This episode speaks directly to the value of connection, collaboration, and community as we move into a year focused on making a greater impact together.

As we step into 2026, this episode sets a clear and compelling invitation, let’s LINC UP, lead well together, and do more than we ever could alone.

In this powerful episode of The LINC Talks Podcast, Pastor Bobby Bogard sits down with longtime friend and ministry partner, and founder of LINC Pastor Duane Vander Klok, lead pastor of Resurrection Life Church in Michigan. Together, they reflect on their decades of ministry, starting with their early days as students together at Christ for the Nations Institute in the 1970s. Pastor Duane shares his remarkable journey from riding motorcycles in Dallas to serving seven years on the mission field in Mexico, where he learned that ministry is not just something you do—it’s who you are. His stories are filled with embracing a life of faithfulness and obedience, a life marked by integrity, discipleship, and impact.

The conversation then turns to the miraculous works Pastor Duane is now witnessing in this season of his life. He recounts jaw-dropping testimonies of healings, salvations, and supernatural encounters.  Pastor Duane closes with a challenge to remain faithful wherever you’re planted, reminding listeners that God can shift your story in a day and that your most impactful years might still be ahead. This episode is a stirring call to boldness, perseverance, and wholehearted surrender to the Gospel.