Teach To Preach Podcast

Can you imagine a sermon series at your church around the toughest questions skeptics have about God? What if you preached that message and your church DOUBLED in a weekend? That’s only a small part of the story for Pastor Mark Clark. He is the founding pastor of The Village Church, a thriving multi-site church in Canada. He is a great communicator and author recently publishing “The Problem of God” Enjoy this fun interview!

Sometimes you will be asked to preach to a group of preachers. That can be quite the challenge. In this episode pete interviews Rev. Doug Clay, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God. Pastor Doug’s ministry takes him all over the planet and many times is preaching to ministers meetings and ordination services. Pete and Doug discuss the important of “being yourself” and the practical steps to remember when you have the opportunity to preach to other preachers.

Test: on an average Sunday morning what percentage of your audience is 13-19? Got the number? Good. How well are you crafting and connecting your messages with teenagers in mind? Dr. Sean Silverii, from Hope Church in Albany Oregon, gives us insight in this episode to help preachers from the main stage keep ALL the audience in mind. Sean will also give us some tips on connecting teens to the teaching.

In this episode Pete interviews Carlos about his new book KILL THE SPIDER and what implications are here for preachers in regards to transparency and authority. Stop spending your ministry in cobweb management and kill those hiding spiders!

My guest is Pastor Josh Cooper of Grace Point Church in Topeka Kansas. Josh joins us to talk about his new podcast "Second Chair Leadership."  Often many preachers begin their ministry in a second chair role and still get the opportunity to preach. So how can we preach and lead faithfully and creatively from the second Chair? That's what we will discuss in this episode

We discuss what milestones a preacher can set during the week to accomplish a great message without compromising the scriptures in the process. We also discuss the importance of solid introductions and conclusions. Well worth your time to listen!

Pastor Ron Heitman discusses openly how to stay fresh in our preaching for the long haul. This will encourage those who feel dry or feel they have nothing left to share.

Every preacher wants to preach a clear message but sometimes the gap from inspiration to presentation may as well be the Grand Canyon. What are some tools available to preachers who want to develop a quality message with simple tools? That's what Justin is here to talk with us about!

It's just not OK that millennials are talked about in such a way that discounts their KIngdom effectiveness. The unkind things that some have said about a generation would never be tolerated if we said it about race. So, how can we connect better in our preaching with millennials? That's our conversation today!

How does bravery and fear impact our preaching? Danielle is here to talk about the way to gain trust with people to preach some hard topics.