CHURCH RENEWAL (W/ CHRIS PUHACH) – EPISODE 218

Jonathan Weibel is one authentic dude! His love for Jesus and for people motivates him to do anything he can to reach his neighbors with the message of the Gospel. Jonathan joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss the release of his new book entitled, "Front Yard Mission: How To Start A Love God, Love Your Neighbor Movement In Your Neighborhood."

The conversation is filled with practical ways of connecting with those who live all around you. Jonathan shares stories of success, and a couple of failures, in his efforts to connect with his neighbors.

 Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/front-yard-mission-book-release-w-jonathan-weibel-episode-224/

Following a previous leader is always a difficult challenge whether the leader was well thought of or not. This is especially true when it comes to transition in the church. Gavin Adams joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss his new book entitled, "Big Shoes To Fill: Stepping Into A Leadership Role . . . Without Stepping In It." This is a great conversation around the dynamics of what the new leader "inherits" as they assume the reigns of an organization.

Gavin gives practical as well as personal wisdom that he has gained over the years of helping churches and marketplace organizations walk through leadership transition.

Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/big-shoes-to-fill-w-gavin-adams-episode-223/

Jon Sanders hosts today's 95Podcast leading a powerful conversation with Wayne Prevett. Wayne founded Life Celebration Ministries to address the need for ministry to families in post-Christian Canada. He shares how the Lord has allowed him to impact so many lives that would never set foot inside the local church.

Wayne believes that his Canadian experience is a precursor of what ministry will be like in America in the not to distant future. This podcast gives a lot of practical insight of ways to reach a nation that believes in God but isn't necessarily Christian.

Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/travel-in-time-w-jon-sanders-wayne-prevette-episode-222/

Leonard Edloe has been a pharmacist for most of his life. He also accepted the call to ministry in the early years of his marriage. He has seen the ups and downs of ministry in the rural black church firsthand. It's out of his personal experience that Leonard wrote "Restoring The Glory." He has a deep conviction that the rural black church in America needs to embrace some major changes before it's too late.

Leonard joins Dale on today's podcast to reflect on how the rural black church arrived at this point and offers some solutions for it to become impactful again.

Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/restoring-the-glory-breathing-new-life-into-the-rural-black-church-w-leonard-edloe-episode-220/

It was our absolute pleasure to have Karl and Shelley Vaters join us for this special podcast focusing on ministry marriage. Shelley shares that she never gave much thought to marrying a pastor. She also shares some of the eye opening experiences which have accompanied serving alongside Karl for all of these years.

Karl and Shelley pull back the curtain and allow us to see some of the difficulties they've worked through together over their ministry journey. It would be great for you to listen to this special podcast with your spouse. It may even be possible that you'll hear a lot of your story in theirs.

Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/marriage-and-the-ministry-over-40-years-w-karl-shelley-vaters-episode-220/

Dan Nichols has been a friend of 95Network for many years. His work with the Northeast Collaborative is making a big impact in churches of all denominations in the northeastern United States. Dan recently reached out to Dale to share some insight from a new article he had written about the stressful situations that many pastors find themselves in as they lead their churches.

You'll enjoy the frank and honest with Dan today as he discusses his passion to help congregations learn how to best support their pastor.

Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/why-we-need-pro-pastor-people-w-dan-nichols-episode-219/

Church Renewal International was founded in 2012 to share biblical principles and practices essential for renewing a church with other pastors and equip them for their own ministries. Chris joined Church Renewal International as the North American Director several years ago after pastoring a local church for eighteen years. Their mission statement is to see churches renewed and equipped to fulfill Christ’s mission.

Chris shares with Dale on today’s 95Podcast some of the things he’s seeing and hearing from churches around the world. It is quite sobering to realize that churches and their leaders are all working through many of the same things in the new season of church leadership.

Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/church-renewal-w-chris-puhach-episode-218/

Jon Sanders hosts today's 95Podcast having a discussion with Jeff Gauss. Jeff was a church planter for many years and had a great deal of success, until he hit a major wall of burnout and depression about 6 years ago. He was actually one of Jon's coaching clients in the aftermath of all of that. He went on to start a business called Church Plant Solutions that does bookkeeping and tax returns for pastors and churches.

Jeff is now back in full-time pastoral ministry as an Executive pastor at a church in Florida. When he moved from Minnesota/North Dakota to Florida, he was actually able to complete go off of all his anti-depressant medications. Today's discussion is about burn out in ministry as well as about his business and the services he is providing for churches and pastors.

Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/the-road-to-recovery-from-ministry-burnout-w-jeff-gauss-episode-217/

Bart Blair has spent most of his adult life working with churches in one capacity or another. Whether serving as a worship leader or later as a ministry consultant, Bart has had the opportunity to see how churches of all sizes function. His experience allows him to be a trusted voice that can help any ministry navigate today's changing tides.

Today's 95Podcast is filled with incredible wisdom derived from Bart's observations of healthy churches, not so healthy churches and churches on the brink of closing. Bart truly believes that any ministry can experience renewal if only they will commit to intentional prayer for renewal. Our hope is that this conversation will inspire you to pray for renewal in your life and ministry.

Show Notes: https://www.95network.org/praying-for-renewal-in-our-church-w-bart-blair-episode-216/

95Network teammate Jason Allison joins Dale today to launch the new Soul Care Essentials Online and Soul Care Essentials 6-Week Follow Up resources. Our team worked together over several months to create a resource designed to encourage and strengthen discouraged ministry leaders. Although ministry has always taken a toll on ministry leaders, the effects of the pandemic increased the pressure for most leaders exponentially.

The Soul Care Essentials sessions include content dealing with a leader's Private Life, Personal Life and Professional Life. Leaders can then pursue an even deeper personal discovery by working through the Soul Care Essentials 6-Week Follow Up with a small group of trusted friends. These resources provide practical tools that enable you to examine and expose areas where you may not be leading from a healthy soul. As we always say here at 95Network, "A healthy leader can create a healthy ministry." Our hope is to help you lead from a healthy soul!

Show Notes:  https://www.95network.org/soul-care-essentials-online-w-jason-allison-episode-215/