The Revitalization Preaching & Teaching Point series assist pastors in leading their churches in revitalization. As a part of this episode, Kenneth and Deron Biles discuss the Preaching Points series and how it can help turn your church around.

Deron served as the Minister/Church Relations Director for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention before coming to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary as Dean of Extension Education and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology in June 2006. In 2012, he also assumed the role of Associate Dean for the Doctor of Ministry Program.

Deron currently serves as the Director of the Professional Doctoral Program in the School of Preaching and Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Preaching in the School of Theology and the School of Preaching.

In this episode of the RevTalks Podcast, Kenneth talks with Lance Crowell and Spencer about their book "Rhythms" and the process of discipleship in a church and specifically within revitalization. Spencer has served in churches in South Carolina and Texas as a youth minister, college minister, and discipleship pastor. Most recently, Spencer served as Grow Pastor at Southcliff Baptist Church in Fort Worth prior to coming to Riverview Baptist Church in March 2013. Lance serves the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention as an Associate in the Church Ministries Department. His areas of ministry include Discipleship, Online Training, Men's, Family, Young Adults, and Young Married ministries.

Revitalization pastors are constantly dealing with change within the church. In this episode of RevTalks Podcast, Kenneth talks with Barry Creamer about how pastors can deal with change emotionally and practically. Barry Creamer has served as president of Criswell College since 2014, after spending a combined 10 years as both a member of the faculty and as the Vice President of Academic Affairs. For more than 20 years Barry pastored churches across Texas, and he continues to preach conferences, teach lay audiences, and serve as interim pastor for churches in transition.

Alan Stoddard is a pastor in Ruidoso, New Mexico and has implemented revitalization through prayer, evangelism and discipleship. Listen as Kenneth and Alan discuss how God has worked in the life of his church.

Kenneth and Nate discuss Nate's heart for revitalization in his context of New England. Nate is the pastor of Harvest Bible Church in New Hampshire and the author of the book Reviving New England: The Key to Revitalizing Post-Christian America

In this episode, Kenneth and Bill discuss some of the various things that a pastor can face when he is leading a church in revitalization or addressing the issue of church health. Bill serves as the Executive Director of the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists and also wrote "Can these Bones Live: A Practical Guide to Church Revitalization."

Kenneth and Lee discuss how in revitalization how congregations can use the legacy model in order to reach future generations. Lee is the Senior Pastor of Amplify Church earned a Masters degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

Kenneth and Scott crunch the numbers and discuss if and why pastors are leaving the ministry. Scott McConnell is executive director of LifeWay Research and has researched the needs of churches for ten years.

Kenneth and Ernest discuss the priority of evangelism in the church and equipping pastors to be the evangelist that they need to be to lead their church. Ernest Easley is the Professor of Evangelism at Union University and Hast more than 30 years of pastoral ministry experience.

Kenneth and Thor discuss the value of a pastor continuing his education. Thor serves as the Dean of Graduate Studies and Director of PhD Programs for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.