Developing leaders is a significant and important investment for all ministry teams. Are there specific requirements and understandings for developing female leaders, though?

What do women want men to know when it comes to pastoral care? Does equality mean they don’t have to be treated any differently? Or does wisdom suggest a different approach?

Church announcements – the bane or blessing of the body of Christ? What is the rationale for having them, and how can they best be used to serve the Kingdom of God?

Can a church bulletin have too many fonts? In fact, what should it focus on, and leave out altogether?

As churches grow, they need to change the way they do things, or give up growing.

J.D. Greear is the president of the largest denomination in the US – the Southern Baptists. Its decline has been widely reported in the media, and the same trend is playing out in many denominations here in Australia.

How do you become a sending church? J.D. Greear is the pastor of The Summit Church, in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. He’s leading Summit towards a bold vision to plant 1,000 new churches by the year 2050.

How do you pray together as the body of Christ, in a way that informs and uplifts without excluding or confusing?

What’s the best way to bring someone within earshot of the Gospel if they’re not interested in darkening a church door?

Following on from Episode #48, Derek and Scott return to talk to Robby, for more discipleship insights from the author of Growing Up: How to Be a Disciple Who Makes Disciples