March 17, 2025

What Business Leaders in the Church Want Pastors to Know: An Interview with Steve Graves

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29 minutes

Thom and Sam interview Steve Graves and discuss how pastors should shepherd business leaders in their churches. Steve has been coaching business leaders for decades and has a deep knowledge of the church. He shares his wisdom in this episode.

What is different about shepherding business leaders today compared to when you started coaching?

Why do churches often miss the opportunity to connect with local businesses and their owners?

What do pastors miss when shepherding business leaders?

What are some of the biggest spiritual needs business leaders have, and how can the church help them?

How can pastors get more comfortable “talking shop” with business leaders in their churches?

Resources:

Rooted

Upward Running

Steve Graves

Cornerstone Coaching

“Flourishing” by Steve Graves

“Eating the Elephant: Leading the Established Church to Growth” by Thom S. Rainer (affiliate link)

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Introducing Upward Running! We’re excited to bring you Upward Running for adults—the newest addition to the Upward Sports family.

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Simple to Start: All you need is one passionate leader. No facility required—your church parking lot is all it takes to launch this impactful program.

Build Stronger Connections: Use running as a way to foster relationships, promote healthy habits, grow spiritually, and expand your church’s outreach.

Upward is Here for You: Ready to bring Upward Running to your church? Visit Upward.org/Runcoach to get started today!

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March 17, 2025

What Business Leaders in the Church Want Pastors to Know: An Interview with Steve Graves

Listen Later

29 minutes

Thom and Sam interview Steve Graves and discuss how pastors should shepherd business leaders in their churches. Steve has been coaching business leaders for decades and has a deep knowledge of the church. He shares his wisdom in this episode.

What is different about shepherding business leaders today compared to when you started coaching?

Why do churches often miss the opportunity to connect with local businesses and their owners?

What do pastors miss when shepherding business leaders?

What are some of the biggest spiritual needs business leaders have, and how can the church help them?

How can pastors get more comfortable “talking shop” with business leaders in their churches?

Resources:

Rooted

Upward Running

Steve Graves

Cornerstone Coaching

“Flourishing” by Steve Graves

“Eating the Elephant: Leading the Established Church to Growth” by Thom S. Rainer (affiliate link)

Church Answers Platinum Membership

FREE Research Report! New Surprising Insights

The Hope Initiative

Episode Sponsors:

The Rooted experience can help you create a discipleship culture that connects your people and leads to ongoing life change in Jesus. Rooted is…

A proven plan for helping people connect to God, their church, and their purpose

A sustainable way to launch groups

An approach to discipleship that helps people step out of their comfort zones and experience life-changing rhythms of discipleship

An opportunity to change the culture of your church

Visit experiencerooted.com/churchanswers for free resources to help you learn more, including the What is Rooted? video and a free download of the Rooted experience framework and Rooted Workbook sample.

Introducing Upward Running! We’re excited to bring you Upward Running for adults—the newest addition to the Upward Sports family.

Offer a 5K Challenge: Inspire your congregation and engage your community with a meaningful running ministry. Upward provides training plans, access to the new RunClub app for run tracking and community building, and a fully customizable package to fit your timeline—led by your dedicated run coach.

Simple to Start: All you need is one passionate leader. No facility required—your church parking lot is all it takes to launch this impactful program.

Build Stronger Connections: Use running as a way to foster relationships, promote healthy habits, grow spiritually, and expand your church’s outreach.

Upward is Here for You: Ready to bring Upward Running to your church? Visit Upward.org/Runcoach to get started today!

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