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Podcast Episode 158 How can your congregation more effectively engage people in the digital sphere? Jim Keat, Digital Minister at Riverside Church in New York City, shares tips and strategies that can help any church approach digital ministry with more intentionality and focus. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on YouTube More [...] The post “Digital Ministry Trends and Perspectives” featuring Jim Keat first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Digital Ministry Trends and Perspectives” featuring Jim Keat appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 157 How can Christians faithfully engage public policy? We speak with Miranda Zapor Cruz, professor of historical theology at Indiana Wesleyan University and author of Faithful Politics: 10 Approaches to Christian Citizenship and Why It Matters. She shares with us how Christians can engage public policy in faithful, yet nonpartisan ways. Listen on [...] The post “Faithfully Engage Public Policy” featuring Miranda Zapor Cruz first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Faithfully Engage Public Policy” featuring Miranda Zapor Cruz appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 156 How can congregations cultivate fruitful partnerships with nonprofits that promote human flourishing and abundance? We talk with Mahogany Thomas, chief program officer of Bread for the City, about building partnerships to meet the needs in your community. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on YouTube Read the in-depth interview [...] The post “Community Partnerships: Moving from a Mindset of Scarcity to Abundance” featuring Mahogany Thomas first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Community Partnerships: Moving from a Mindset of Scarcity to Abundance” featuring Mahogany Thomas appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 155 How can church leaders address polarization? We speak with Cathy Bien about the Campaign for Kindness and how church leaders can lead out of their faith to engage polarization in their communities with kindness. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on YouTube Read in-depth interview Related Resources A Campaign [...] The post “Engage Polarization with Kindness” featuring Cathy Bien first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Engage Polarization with Kindness” featuring Cathy Bien appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 154 How can we lead in times of disaster? As we remember 9/11, Terry Bradfield, a retired Army chaplain who was assigned to the Pentagon on that fateful day, joins Lewis Center Director Doug Powe for a conversation about leading faithfully during a disaster. He reminds church leaders to check their doctrine at [...] The post “Remembering 9/11: Leadership During a Disaster” featuring Terry Bradfield first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Remembering 9/11: Leadership During a Disaster” featuring Terry Bradfield appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 153 A call to ministry along with a desire to make friends and fight off loneliness led Cristin Cooper to launch Coop’s Soups, an innovative business and ministry. She shares how loving God and loving neighbor led her to reach people in new and creative ways. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | [...] The post “Coop’s Soups, an Innovative Business and Ministry” featuring Cristin Cooper first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Coop’s Soups, an Innovative Business and Ministry” featuring Cristin Cooper appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 152 How can congregations engage in ministry with young adults? Reggie Blount shares ways congregations can strengthen their ministry with young adults through hospitality, welcoming and meeting young adults where they are, and empowering them to engage in works of purpose and mission. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on [...] The post “Welcoming Young Adults” featuring Reggie Blount first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Welcoming Young Adults” featuring Reggie Blount appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 151 How can intergenerational Christian practice foster relationships with God and community by engaging persons of all ages? We speak with Valerie Grissom, editor of All Ages Becoming: Intergenerational Practice and the Formation of God’s People, about the countercultural and community building work of intergenerational practices. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | [...] The post “Being the Body of Christ through Intergenerational Christian Practice” featuring Valerie Grissom first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Being the Body of Christ through Intergenerational Christian Practice” featuring Valerie Grissom appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 150 How can an innovative exploration of Moses’ biblical narrative offer a more generous leadership model for today’s religious leaders? In this episode, Kathleen McShane and Elan Babchuck, authors of Picking Up the Pieces: Leadership After Empire, ask how God is calling you to a leadership model in which power is shared so [...] The post “Moses, Pyramids, and Leadership After Empire” featuring Kathleen McShane and Elan Babchuck first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Moses, Pyramids, and Leadership After Empire” featuring Kathleen McShane and Elan Babchuck appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 149 How can church leaders lead in such a way that is meaningful, sustainable, interesting and makes an impact? We speak with Heidi Brooks, Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at the Yale School of Management, a leadership and organizational behavior expert about everyday leadership. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on YouTube Read in-depth interview Related [...] The post “Everyday Leadership and Hope for Humanity” featuring Heidi Brooks first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Everyday Leadership and Hope for Humanity” featuring Heidi Brooks appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 148 What is the state of clergy health and wellbeing coming out of the pandemic? What factors and practices influence the emotional wellbeing of clergy? Allison Norton describes new research that reveals growing discontentment even though clergy health and wellbeing tends to be better than that of the general public. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify [...] The post “Clergy Health and Wellness in the Post-Pandemic Era” featuring Allison Norton first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Clergy Health and Wellness in the Post-Pandemic Era” featuring Allison Norton appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 147 How can bringing different generations together in worship, learning, and community promote faith formation? Holly Allen discusses the benefits of a more intergenerational approach to ministry and strategies for helping young and old journey together in faith. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on YouTube Intergenerational Christian Formation: Bringing the Whole Church Together in [...] The post “The Benefits of Intergenerational Christian Formation” featuring Holly Allen first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “The Benefits of Intergenerational Christian Formation” featuring Holly Allen appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 146 How can church leaders better engage the public sphere and expand their prophetic witness? We speak with Kevin Slayton, a pastor with a passion for public policy and prophetic preaching, about building relationships, engaging in politics, and his book Politically Preaching, Why Politics Are Local to the Black Church. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify [...] The post “Engaging in the Public Sphere” featuring Kevin Slayton first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Engaging in the Public Sphere” featuring Kevin Slayton appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 145 How can a passion for helping people flourish lead to social innovation? We speak with K Scarry about social innovation and the ways she is supporting local artists, helping create spaces where everyone can thrive, and more. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on YouTube Read in-depth interview Related Resources Innovating to Reach More People [...] The post “Innovating to Build Communities Where All Can Flourish” featuring K Scarry first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Innovating to Build Communities Where All Can Flourish” featuring K Scarry appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 144 How can a faith community organize itself to combat the sin of racism? Michael Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand share with us a practical framework for doing justice together that reimagines discipleship, leadership, and evangelism as tools for change. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on YouTube Read in-depth interview Doing Justice Together: [...] The post “Doing Justice Together” featuring Michael Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Doing Justice Together” featuring Michael Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 143 How are the trends in majority Latino congregations different from those in non-Latino congregations? We speak with Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi about her report Latino Congregations: Trends from the Faith Communities Today (FACT) and Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations (EPIC) Studies. It reveals that while Latino congregations face financial difficulties, a majority have [...] The post “Trends in Latino Congregations” featuring Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Trends in Latino Congregations” featuring Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 142 Is your church facing the difficult decision to sell or repurpose property? We speak with Mark Elsdon, editor of Gone for Good?, about how a congregation can pursue creative uses of church property in a way that avoids common pitfalls and propels their mission forward. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music | Spotify Watch on YouTube Read [...] The post “Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transitions ” featuring Mark Elsdon first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transitions ” featuring Mark Elsdon appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 141 How can church leaders address the challenges of urban ministry in a transformative way? We speak with pastor and scholar Tony Hunt about reading a community well, identifying assets, and the importance of understanding your ministry context. He shares with us how to develop the transformative qualities of effective leadership. Listen on Apple Podcasts | YouTube [...] The post “Transformational Leadership for Urban Ministries” featuring Tony Hunt first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Transformational Leadership for Urban Ministries” featuring Tony Hunt appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 140 How can your youth ministry cultivate a faith that stays with a young person as they mature through adulthood? We speak with Brad Griffin of the Fuller Youth Institute about five compass points that can guide an impactful youth ministry. The approach emphasizes building trust and relationships while teaching in transformative and [...] The post “New Approaches to Help Youth Form Lasting Faith” featuring Brad Griffin first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “New Approaches to Help Youth Form Lasting Faith” featuring Brad Griffin appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Podcast Episode 139 How can congregational leaders be both healers and agitators at the same time, especially given our fractured landscape and the diversity of contexts where congregations exist? Doug Powe and Jessica Anschutz reflect on the book, Healing Fractured Communities, in which pastoral leaders write about their experiences with renewal, resilience, and resistance in congregations, [...] The post “Healing Fractured Communities” featuring Doug Powe and Jessica Anschutz first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post “Healing Fractured Communities” featuring Doug Powe and Jessica Anschutz appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
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