The Church Revitalization Podcast

By The Malphurs Group

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Each week, The Malphurs Group team tackles important, actionable topics to help your church succeed in revitalization and leadership. We want to equip your church break through barriers and maximize your impact.

Episode Date
Communicating God's Word in an Election Year
May 01, 2024
Why God Uses Small Ministries to Make a Big Impact
Apr 24, 2024
Building Your Strategic Planning Dream Team
Apr 17, 2024
Developing a Discipleship Pathway for Kids & Students
Apr 09, 2024
The Importance of Succession Planning in the Church
Apr 03, 2024
The Senior Pastor Demographic Cliff: Why Churches are in Danger & How to Fix It
Mar 27, 2024
The Common Failure Point in Church Revitalization: Key Insights for Implementation Success
Mar 20, 2024
Building a High-Impact Groups Ministry
Mar 13, 2024
What to Know Before Hiring a Church Consultant
Mar 06, 2024
How to Create Vision-Focused Goals & Measures in the Church
Feb 28, 2024
Good News or Bad News? Reacting to the Latest Data on Baptisms
Feb 21, 2024
Three Reasons to Become a Church Consultant (And One Reason Not to)
Feb 14, 2024
Where Are We Going? Answering the Vision Question
Feb 07, 2024
Building a Disciple-Centric Church: The Role of Primary and Secondary Ministries
Jan 31, 2024
Disciple-SHIFT: What is (and isn't) a Discipleship Pathway?
Jan 24, 2024
Understanding the Four Types of Core Values
Jan 17, 2024
How to Evaluate Your Church's Mission Statement
Jan 10, 2024
Five Painful Problems SOLVED By a Leadership Pipeline
Jan 03, 2024
Eliminating Knowledge Biases
Dec 20, 2023
The Uncomfortable Truth About Church Decline
Dec 13, 2023
Why Church Giving is UP But Pastors Are STILL Quitting
Dec 06, 2023
How You Can Make a Global Impact
Nov 28, 2023
Embracing Gratitude: A Key to Church Revitalization
Nov 22, 2023
2024 Vision: Planning for GROWTH in the New Year
Nov 15, 2023
Coffee in the Sanctuary!? Scott & A.J. DEBATE John Piper's Tweet
Nov 08, 2023
Rethinking Leadership: How Broken Leadership Methods Are Holding Your Church Back
Nov 01, 2023
Overcoming Evil: Staying Focused on the Great Commission
Oct 25, 2023
Unleashing Potential: Empower Co-Shepherds in Your Church
Oct 18, 2023
Congregational Paralysis: Driving Discipleship with Clear Communication
Oct 11, 2023
Breaking Growth Barriers: Escaping the Small Church Syndrome
Oct 04, 2023
Toxic Leadership: Controlling and Manipulative Pastors Wreaking Havoc in the Church
Sep 27, 2023
How to Answer the Biggest Questions Seekers Have About Faith
Sep 20, 2023
Church Death Spiral: How Once-Thriving Churches Hit Rock Bottom
Sep 13, 2023
Wounded and Dying: Can Your Church Recover From Scandal?
Sep 06, 2023
An Epidemic of Apathetic Families: Curing "Sunday-Only" Faith
Aug 30, 2023
How to Grow Your Church Without Compromising Your Values
Aug 23, 2023
From Fixed to Growth: Developing a Revitalization Mindset
Aug 16, 2023
What Your Church Can Learn from Grocery Stores: Why Culture Matters
Aug 09, 2023
Post-Christian America: What’s Going Wrong In Our Churches?
Aug 02, 2023
Top Five of the First 200 Episodes
Jul 26, 2023
Financial Stewardship: Cultivating Generosity in Your Church
Jul 19, 2023
Balancing Ministry and Family: Maintaining Healthy Relationships Amidst Busy Schedules
Jul 12, 2023
Burning Revitalization Questions: Provocative Insights for Church Revitalization
Jul 06, 2023
Is Pastoral Care the Primary Role of the Pastor?
Jun 28, 2023
Breaking Down Rick Warren and The SBC
Jun 21, 2023
Who Has the Power in the Church?
Jun 07, 2023
Building Consensus for Change
May 31, 2023
Five Ways to Disciple Men
May 24, 2023
Anatomy of a Bad Sermon
May 17, 2023
Five Volunteer Recruitment Tactics
May 10, 2023
Empowering the Global Church: How You Can Make a Difference
May 03, 2023
Breaking Free From Sunday Morning Apathy
Apr 26, 2023
Moving to One Service: 5 Things You Need to Know
Apr 19, 2023
Bridging the Generational Gap: Strategies for Reaching Millennials & Gen Z
Apr 12, 2023
Spiritual Revitalization: The Key to True Church Renewal and Growth
Apr 05, 2023
The Leader as Spiritual Mentor
Mar 29, 2023
The Dark Side of Leadership: 5 Emotional Disorders
Mar 22, 2023
What Kind of Evangelical Are You?
Mar 15, 2023
Five Things You Need to Know About Moving to Two Services
Mar 08, 2023
Five Sermon Series Ideas for Revitalizing Churches
Mar 01, 2023
The Difference Between Leading and Directing in Church Leadership
Feb 22, 2023
What's Happening at Asbury University?
Feb 15, 2023
Get Things Done: How to Design an Action Plan That Works
Feb 08, 2023
How Good Is an A.I. Sermon?
Feb 01, 2023
Five Lies Churches Tell Themselves
Jan 18, 2023
How to Use Systems Thinking to Reach Your Vision
Jan 11, 2023
Top 5 of 2022
Jan 04, 2023
A Special Announcement!
Dec 28, 2022
Expecting Revitalization: Showing Love
Dec 21, 2022
Expecting Revitalization: Creating a Culture of Joy
Dec 14, 2022
Advent: Peace
Dec 08, 2022
Expecting Revitalization: Reason for Hope
Nov 30, 2022
Why We're Thankful
Nov 23, 2022
New Data: Religious Trends in America
Nov 16, 2022
Dealing With People Who Resist Change
Nov 09, 2022
Four Common Barriers to Strategy Implementation
Nov 02, 2022
How Pastors Can Leverage Their Public Trust
Oct 26, 2022
Four Skills You Didn’t Learn in Seminary
Oct 19, 2022
Six Biblical Signs of a Revitalized Church
Oct 12, 2022
How to Start a Church Podcast
Oct 05, 2022
How to Hire Good Church Staff
Sep 28, 2022
Sunday School vs Small Groups
Sep 21, 2022
Five Dysfunctional Habits of Unhealthy Church Boards
Sep 14, 2022
Are Pastors Paid Fairly? Evaluating Compensation and Raises for Church Staff
Sep 07, 2022
The Problem of Too Many Ministries
Aug 31, 2022
Three Common Reasons Churches Contact a Consultant
Aug 24, 2022
What Every Pastor Should Know Every Week
Aug 17, 2022
Why Millennials are Leaving Their Faith & How to Fix It
Aug 10, 2022
10 Ways to Maximize Fall Church Attendance
Aug 03, 2022
How to Break Free from the Status Quo
Jul 27, 2022
How to Improve Your Worship Music
Jul 20, 2022
Building A Healthy Leadership Development Process
Jul 13, 2022
5 Warning Signs Your Church Needs Revitalization
Jul 06, 2022
Overturning Roe: Three Responses the Church Must Take
Jun 29, 2022
Top 7 Reasons Pastors Consider Quitting
Jun 22, 2022
Ministering as a Couple
Jun 15, 2022
Top 5 Worship Service Mistakes
Jun 08, 2022
How to Increase Biblical Literacy in Your Church
Jun 01, 2022
What the SBC Sex Abuse Scandal Means for Your Church
May 25, 2022
3 Tips for Onboarding a New Pastor
May 18, 2022
Managing as a Conscientious-Type Leader: Deep on DiSC Part 4
May 11, 2022
Leading as a Steady-Type Leader: Deep on DiSC Part 3
May 04, 2022
Leading as an Influence-Type Leader: Deep on DiSC Part 2
Apr 27, 2022
Thriving as a Dominant-Type Leader: Deep on DiSC Part 1
Apr 20, 2022
How to Communicate Vision | 3 Questions to Improve Vision Communication
Apr 13, 2022
3 Threats to Your Core Values | The Church Revitalization Podcast
Apr 06, 2022
Equipping Equippers to Build the Global Church
Mar 30, 2022
How to Be a Great Small Group Leader: 5 Keys to Leading a Successful Small Group
Mar 23, 2022
Evangelism Lessons from St. Patrick: Three Kinds of Third-Places 🍀
Mar 16, 2022
Maximizing Church Volunteer Effectiveness: Divine Design
Mar 09, 2022
How Healthy Is Your Church? 6 Ways to Measure Church Health
Mar 02, 2022
Easter Outreach Ideas | Reach More People at Your Church
Feb 23, 2022
How to Plan a Church Newcomer Event | Church Guest Assimilation
Feb 16, 2022
How to Attract Younger People to Your Church | Reaching the Next Generation
Feb 09, 2022
How to Write Volunteer Job Descriptions | FREE Editable Job Description Template
Feb 02, 2022
Three Keys to Transformational Worship Services
Jan 26, 2022
5 Reasons Why You Have an Apathetic Church Congregation (and What to do About it)
Jan 19, 2022
Do Church Mergers Work?
Jan 12, 2022
Five Habits of High Impact Leaders | Become a Better Leader
Jan 05, 2022
Top 5 Church Revitalization Topics of 2021
Dec 29, 2021
Reasons to be Hopeful About 2022
Dec 22, 2021
Essentials of Assimilating Newcomers Into Your Church: Guest Assimilation Tips
Dec 15, 2021
How to Increase Your Team’s Incompetence 🤔👎
Dec 08, 2021
Three Communication Tips to Retain Volunteers 💬
Dec 01, 2021
Thanksgiving Bonus Episode 🍗🥧 + Limited Time Offer
Nov 24, 2021
5 Sustainable Strategies for Healthy Church Growth 🌱📈
Nov 17, 2021
How to Manage Church Politics
Nov 10, 2021
Moving People From Your Church to the Kingdom ⛪
Nov 03, 2021
Creative Christmas Church Outreach Ideas 🎄🎅
Oct 27, 2021
Using Technology to Become More Relational
Oct 20, 2021
How to Run a Men’s Ministry at Your Church
Oct 13, 2021
Why People Don’t Volunteer at Your Church
Sep 29, 2021
10 Deadly Church Planting Mistakes
Sep 22, 2021
The Secret Power That Can Build Up or Tear Down Your Church
Sep 15, 2021
Is Church Marketing Biblical? With Ryan Wakefield
Sep 08, 2021
Secrets of a Church Consultant: 5 Realities About Church Consulting
Sep 01, 2021
How to Increase Church Giving (and Stop Leaving Money on the Table)
Aug 25, 2021
Three Budget Hacks to Grow Your Church
Aug 18, 2021
Why Your Outreach Strategy Isn't Working: 5 Ways to Fix It
Aug 11, 2021
The Importance of Strategic Planning
Aug 04, 2021
Dr. Aubrey Malphurs: 5 Competencies of High Impact Leaders
Jul 28, 2021
Small Group Killers: 5 Problems That Plague Small Group Ministries
Jul 21, 2021
Breaking News: Three Key Insights from Newly Released Church Research
Jul 14, 2021
10 Freedoms Pastors Have in the Church
Jul 07, 2021
Three Tips for Better Staff Meetings
Jun 30, 2021
5 Roadblocks to a Healthy Church Board
Jun 23, 2021
7 Vision Failures Holding Churches Back
Jun 16, 2021
How Do I Know If My Church Is Revitalized?
Jun 09, 2021
How to Leverage the Summer for Growth
Jun 02, 2021
A Pre-Revitalization Checklist
May 26, 2021
Keeping Your Church From a Slow Death
May 19, 2021
Church Leaders are the Problem
May 12, 2021
Results-Based Discipleship
May 05, 2021
What Difference Does Emotional Intelligence Make?
Apr 28, 2021
Challenging the Status Quo
Apr 21, 2021
Church Strategic Planning
Apr 14, 2021
Nine Obstacles to Effective Communication in the Church
Apr 07, 2021
5 Warning Signs of Narcissistic Leadership
Mar 31, 2021
Cultivate Individual Evangelism
Mar 24, 2021
Reaching a Post-Christian World
Mar 17, 2021
Ministry Goals
Mar 10, 2021
11 Church Hospitality Tips to Serve Guests
Mar 03, 2021
The Church’s Competitive Advantage Around the Multi-Ethnic Conversation
Feb 24, 2021
The Power & Pitfalls of Metrics
Feb 17, 2021
3 Strategies for Improving Team Performance
Feb 10, 2021
Four Challenges Hispanic Churches Face
Feb 03, 2021
Revitalizing The Remnant
Jan 27, 2021
5 Myths About Leadership Accountability
Jan 20, 2021
Make Church Fun Again
Jan 13, 2021
10 Church Consulting Essentials To Know Before Hiring a Consultant
Jan 06, 2021
Episode 70: Getting Ready for 2021
Dec 29, 2020
Episode 69: The Best Presence
Dec 23, 2020
Episode 68: Clarity Drives Ministry
Dec 16, 2020
Episode 67: Is Your Church Healthy?
Dec 09, 2020
Episode 66: Building Your Schedule to Build Your Church
Dec 02, 2020
Episode 66: Building Your Schedule to Build Your Church
Dec 02, 2020
Episode 65: 3 Creative Christmas Outreach Ideas
Nov 24, 2020
Episode 64: Why Your Church Isn’t Developing Leaders
Nov 18, 2020
Episode 63: Future-Proof Church Metrics
Nov 11, 2020
Episode 62: There Is Only One Winning Campaign
Nov 04, 2020
Episode 61: Bailing on Bad Polity - Part 2
Oct 28, 2020
Episode 60: Bailing on Bad Polity - Part 1
Oct 21, 2020
Episode 59: To Hire or Not to Hire
Oct 14, 2020
Episode 58: Building a Better Budget
Oct 07, 2020
Episode 57: Foundations of First Impressions (w/ Greg Atkinson)
Sep 30, 2020
Episode 56: Overcoming Stalled Leadership
Sep 23, 2020
Episode 55: Growing Your Small Groups Ministry Despite the Pandemic
Sep 16, 2020
Episode 54: How to Plan for 2021
Sep 09, 2020
Episode 53: A Time for Choosing
Sep 03, 2020
Episode 52: How to Win the Fight Against Frustration, Exhaustion, and Overwhelm
Aug 26, 2020
Episode 51: Five Ways to Boost Online Engagement
Aug 21, 2020
Episode 50: De-Cluttering Your Ministry Garage
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 49: Inspecting Your Church's Foundations Post-Covid
Aug 06, 2020
Episode 48: How Covid Exposed the Church
Jul 30, 2020
Episode 47: How to Raise Your Leadership Ceiling
Jul 22, 2020
Episode 46: Maximizing Your Leadership Team
Jul 14, 2020
Episode 45: Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence
Jul 09, 2020
Episode 44: Managing Ministry in the Messy Middle
Jun 23, 2020
Episode 43: Balancing Physical & Digital Ministry
Jun 15, 2020
Episode 42: Leading Your Church Through Racial Tension
Jun 10, 2020
Episode 41: Three Church Insights from COVID-19 Studies
May 25, 2020
Episode 40: How to Work the Wait (w/ Jason Burns)
May 18, 2020
Episode 39: How to Lead with Humble Courage (w/ Michael Anthony)
May 11, 2020
Episode 38: Preparing Your Volunteer Teams for Reopening
May 06, 2020
Episode 37: Roadmap to Reopening
Apr 28, 2020
Episode 36: 5 Ways to Prepare to Reopen Church
Apr 21, 2020
Episode 36: 5 Ways to Prepare to Reopen Church
Apr 21, 2020
Episode 35: Easter Field Reports
Apr 13, 2020
Episode 34: Building an Assimilation Plan for a Virtual Church
Apr 06, 2020
Episode 33: Developing a Virtual Small Groups Strategy
Apr 01, 2020
Episode 32: Leading Through Lockdown (Recorded Live)
Mar 25, 2020
Episode 31: How to Navigate a Culture Change
Mar 17, 2020
Episode 30: Five Tactics to Win the Implementation Battle
Mar 11, 2020
Episode 29: Developing a Crisis Logistics Plan
Mar 05, 2020
Episode 29: Developing a Crisis Logistics Plan
Mar 05, 2020
Episode 28: Consequences of Rejecting Revitalization
Feb 26, 2020
Episode 27: Five Risks Your Church Should Take
Feb 19, 2020
Episode 26: Why Committed Christians Quit Church
Feb 12, 2020
Episode 25: DNA of an Unfriendly Church
Feb 05, 2020
Episode 24: When Is The Best Time to Start a Strategic Planning Process?
Jan 29, 2020
Episode 23: The Revitalized Church
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 22: How to Know If You're Ready to Lead a Revitalization Process
Jan 15, 2020
Episode 21: Three Common Revitalization Mistakes
Jan 07, 2020
Episode 20: 2020 Ministry Trends
Dec 31, 2019
Episode 19: The God of Revitalization
Dec 23, 2019
Episode 18: How to Recruit a Healthy Church Board
Dec 18, 2019
How to Evaluate Leaders: Staff, Board, & Volunteers
Dec 10, 2019
Episode 16: Moving People from Sitting to Serving
Dec 02, 2019
Episode 15: Top Five Ways to Thank Your Team
Nov 25, 2019
Episode 14: How to End Ministries Without Ending Yours
Nov 18, 2019
Episode 13: How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Ministries
Nov 11, 2019
Episode 12: Shifting From Failing Ministry Programs to a Thriving Discipleship Pathway
Nov 04, 2019
Episode 11: Leveraging Your Facility for Growth
Oct 29, 2019
Episode 10: Assessing Your Digital Presence
Oct 22, 2019
Episode 9: Developing a Rhythm of Outreach w/ Jason Daye
Oct 17, 2019
Episode 8: Eliminating Unhealthy Values from Your Church
Oct 07, 2019
Episode 7: Core Values: The Good, Bad, & Aspirational
Sep 30, 2019
Episode 6: Tips for Crafting a Mission Statement
Sep 24, 2019
Episode 5: The Role of Mission in Revitalization
Sep 16, 2019
Episode 4: Assessing Your Church's Health
Sep 09, 2019
Episode 3: Empowering Your Revitalization Team
Sep 02, 2019
Episode 2: Building Your Revitalization Team
Aug 23, 2019
Episode 1: Is Our Church Ready for Revitalization?
Aug 23, 2019