Naeem Fazal, former Seacoast Pastor and current Pastor of Mosaic Church in Charlotte has a comfort level with Greg Surratt, given he served in ministry under Greg's leadership at Seacoast for numerous years. Naeem in real life considers both Greg and Chip as guys he's all ears to learn from, especially with them having traveled a bit further down the road of experience. On this episode, Naeem agrees to answer questions about his personal life and share current areas of personal streng...
"Living well and finishing strong" doesn't just happen. There's hard work involved and for some people, the task feels impossible. Greg and Chip give their takes on these sorts of difficult seasons as well as some insight on leadership challenges one may encounter, including leading teams made of some unhappy people and scenarios when "being oneself" may cost a well-deserved promotion. On a lighter side of the episode, how would you answer these questions? "If you ha...
[These conversations are based largely on The Endurance Factor Book, co-authored by Greg and Chip] After hearing Artificial Intelligence versions of themselves on air, Pastors Greg and Chip Judd discuss the mind-boggling implications on a future with A.I. The two then discuss some practical and deeper components of building healthy teams and why striving to establish a family atmosphere is key. Chip shares his initial reactions to Greg's style of leadership years ago when he arri...
[These conversations are based largely on The Endurance Factor Book, co-authored by Greg and Chip] How do we know when our spiritual and faith practices need to be aided by therapy, medicine, and/or other forms of professional and medical help? In the course of this conversation, host Joey Svendsen and Andi Andrew (part of The Endurance Factor family), share personal seasons of mental suffering and with their stories as context, Pastors Chip Judd and Greg Surratt discuss go...
[This podcast will also air on the Things You Won't Hear on Sunday Seacoast Church Podcast] Pastor Chip Judd expand on a sermon he gave at Seacoast Church last month, Boundaries: A Proven Path to Better Relationships and Less Stress. You can watch it here. During that message, he implored people to not take responsibility in areas of life in which authority hasn't been given. He gave clear and emphatic instructions on boundaries for adult children with living parents. But, some of thes...
[These conversations are based largely on The Endurance Factor Book, co-authored by Greg and Chip] Making changes is essentially what Chip Judd says is God's purpose for every person alive; and often times, when desperate change is in order, a person has to do deep work to avoid paying a heavier price later. A common barrier to this, is that it's often easier for one to stay in negative thought patterns and hold onto unhealthy beliefs, than it is for him or her to change them. &...
[These conversations are based largely on The Endurance Factor Book, co-authored by Greg and Chip] Over ten years ago, during a successful (and very busy) season of life, Chip Judd personally drifted from the healthy practices he taught others and paid a huge price, finding himself in a severe bout with anxiety and panic disorder. He tells his story and what he learned during this season of struggle and recovery. Both him and Greg Surratt also share insight and guidan...
[These conversations are based largely on The Endurance Factor Book, co-authored by Greg and Chip] In part 2 of this two-part intro to this new podcast, listeners get a closer look at how Chip Judd, a former Pastor of a "holy roller" church, was called to the ministry of counseling as a professional in the mental health field. Pastor Greg shares how the passing of his friend, Darrin Patrick, was a catalyst for his current season of ministry and expresses pushback against the negative p...
[These conversations are based largely on The Endurance Factor Book, co-authored by Greg and Chip] In part 1 of this two-part intro to this new podcast, listeners get a feel for Greg Surratt (founding Pastor of Seacoast Church) and Chip Judd's (Pastor and counselor with 13,000 hours of counseling experience) "new mission" in helping pastors, other leaders and their fellow man in general, be on a path of "living well and finishing strong." Who are these two guys and why aren't they "s...
[First two episodes coming on April 24th] Are you on a path of "living well and finishing strong?" Pastors Greg Surratt and Chip Judd have dedicated the rest of their lives to help all who will listen, be on that path. This podcast is in conjunction with their newest book release, "The Endurance Factor" and all of this is brought to you by The Pastors Collective. To support this podcast and get a copy of the book, CLICK HERE. Thanks to Derek Minor for the music in this epi...