Revitalize and Replant

By North American Mission Board

Your church doesn’t have to die. God is moving, even in the most difficult places. The Revitalize and Replant podcast equips pastors to take their churches from declining to thriving by pointing them ... more

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The podcast currently has 196 episodes available.

Revitalize and Replant episodes:

December 03, 202410 Reasons Why Churches Get Stuck, Part 1
Mark Clifton, Mark Hallock, and Dan Hurst discuss an article from Chuck Lawless about why churches get stuck.
Nobody is paying much attention to the numbers.
The church has outgrown the pastor’s leadership style.
The church is out of space.
The church’s small groups have hit their maximum.
Resources Related to this Episode:
10 Reasons Why Churches Get Stuck, Stop Growing by Chuck Lawless
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23min
November 29, 2024The Lord's Supper, Part 2 - A Conversation with Jim Elliff
Mark and Dan welcome Jim Elliff, founder and president of Christian Communicators Worldwide (CCW) to discuss how the observance of the Lord’s Supper can be more meaningful in the life of your church.
Why most of the instruction from Scripture about the Lord’s Supper is corrective.
We don’t “take” the Lord’s Supper, we “eat” the Lord’s Supper.
What it means to “examine yourself” before eating the meal.
The meal is an “apostolic tradition,” which is a command to obey.
“Eat a meal together” is just another way to express fellowship.
Resources Related to this Episode:
Free E-Book: The Lord’s Supper is a Meal by Jim Elliff
https://www.ccwtoday.org/
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26min
November 28, 2024 Revitalize and Replant Thanksgiving Special
Mark Clifton, Mark Hallock, and Dan Hurst take some time to talk about what they are thankful for. We pray you and your family have a very Happy Thanksgiving.
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11min
November 26, 20247 Reasons Patience Matters in Church Change
Mark Clifton, Mark Hallock, and Dan Hurst discuss some reasons that pastors must be patient when it comes to making change.
The best change takes place on the wings of persistent study and prayer.
Many churches simply don’t recognize the need for change.
Some changes require structural change – even a change in the church’s by-laws at times – and that process usually takes a while.
Too much change in too little time can backfire.
Sometimes those members who’ve been the most faithful over the years are the ones who most need convincing of the change.
We’re often trying to change churches that have been in maintenance mode for a long time.
Some members aren’t unwilling to change; they’re just tired of change in general.
Resources related to this episode:
7 Reasons We Must Be Patient with Church Change by Chuck Lawless
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24min
November 21, 2024Answering Listener Questions
Mark Clifton, Dan Hurst, and Kyle Bueermann answer some listener questions on this episode.
Resources related to this episode:
How can a solo pastor begin to identify and train leaders to help in the work of the ministry?
How can you utilize parachurch ministries in the work of revitalizing your church?
How can you prepare your church to minister to and disciple folks from messy backgrounds?
Suggested Resources:
Every Man a Warrior
Reclaiming Glory by Mark Clifton
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27min
November 19, 2024Why It Hurts So Bad When Church Leaders Fall
Mark Clifton, Dan Hurst, and Kyle Bueermann discuss some why it’s so painful when church leaders experience moral failure.
We never expect church leaders to fall.
We genuinely love our leaders.
We watch a leader’s family suffer.
We watch a church grieve.
We know it’s not a good witness.
A call can create a faith crisis for others.
It makes us feel vulnerable.
It feels like it will never end.
Resources related to this episode:
8 Reasons the Fall of a Church Leader Hurts So Badly by Chuck Lawless
...more
21min
November 15, 2024The Lord's Supper, Part 1 - A Conversation with Jim Elliff
Mark and Dan welcome Jim Eliff, founder and president of Christian Communicators Worldwide (CCW) to discuss how the observance of the Lord’s Supper can be more meaningful in the life of your church.
Why Jim says “The Lord’s Supper is a meal.”
The word for “fellowship” in the Bible means a meal.
Resources Related to this Episode:
Free E-Book: The Lord’s Supper is a Meal by Jim Elliff
https://www.ccwtoday.org/
...more
26min
November 14, 2024When Visitors Don't Come Back
Mark Clifton, Dan Hurst, and Kyle Bueermann discuss some reasons that visitors don’t come back to your church.
An unfriendly stand-and-greet time in the worship service.
Unfriendly church members.
Unsafe and unclean children’s areas.
No place to get information on the church.
Bad church website.
Poor signage
Insider church language
Boring or bad church services
Members telling guests they were in the wrong pew or chair.
Dirty facilities.
Resources related to this episode:
Top 10 Reasons Visitors Don’t Come Back by Thom Rainer
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27min
November 12, 2024When Churches Are Too Busy
Mark Clifton, Dan Hurst, and Kyle Bueermann discuss what happens when churches become too busy.
Activities become synonymous with ministry.
Programs and ministries are added regularly, but few or none are ever deleted.
Programs and ministries become sacred cows.
The alignment question is not even asked on the front end.
Silo behavior among the different ministries of the church.
Lack of an evaluation process.
Ministry becomes facility-centered.
Lack of courageous leadership.
Resources related to this episode:
8 Reasons Churches Become Too Busy by Thom Rainer
...more
32min
November 07, 2024When Committees Are Out of Control
Mark Clifton, Dan Hurst, and Kyle Bueermann discuss what happens when church committees go off the rails in a church.
When there are almost more committees in the church constitution than there are people in the church.
When the church has not examined, revised, and strengthened its committee structure in years (perhaps even a decade or longer).
When the progress of the church gets bogged down in competing or controlling committees.
When one committee is the power broker of the entire church.
When most committee members can’t tell you what their committee does.
When committees actually haven’t met or functioned for years.
When committees meet, but they don’t actually do anything.
When committee membership becomes a goal for church members who want power and control.
When the church still has business meetings simply so the committees can report.
When no one in the church will publicly question the value of these committees.
Resources related to this episode:
10 Indications That a Church’s Committees Are Out of Control by Chuck Lawless
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29min

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