Center for Congregations Podcast
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Your congregation is important, and we know that leading and serving in congregations is hard work. Join current and former Center for Congregations consultants Dr. Terrance Bridges, JC Campbell, Abby Miller, Shellie Riggs Jordan, McKenzie Scott Lewis, Ben Tapper, Matt Burke as they interview thought leaders and experts to encourage, inspire and help you find the right information and resources to address your congregation's needs. Center for Congregations staff will share what they're learning through work with congregations. Speakers, authors and congregational practitioners will share their stories and best practices to help your congregation thrive.
The views expressed by podcast guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by CfC employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of the CfC. If you have any questions about this disclaimer, please contact us at 866.307.2381 or info@centerforcongregations.org.
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S8 E15: The Place(s) Where It Happened
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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S8 E14: Junk Food vs. Whole Food
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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S8 E13: Seeing What's in Front of You
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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S8 E12: Unity And Loyalty Are Not The Same
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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S8 E11: Your Facility Tells Who You Are
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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S8 E10: Vitality: From Swamps to Reservoirs to Canals
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May 20, 2026 |
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S8 E9: Signs of Burnout
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May 06, 2026 |
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S8 E8: Reimagining Vitality: Ministry to Older Adults
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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S8 E7: At The Center of Your Community
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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S8 E6: We Answer Your Questions
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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S8 E5: The Gift of Capital Campaigns
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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S8 E4: The Ethics of Using AI
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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S8 E3: Those in Your Care
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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S8 E2: Defining and Rediscovering Community
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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S8 E1: Get in the Room
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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S7 E22: Past, Present, Future 2025 Edition
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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S7 E21: Congregations With Community
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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S7 E20: Telling Stories
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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S7 E19: Ages and Stages - Respecting All Generations
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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S7 E18: Marketing for Good
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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S7 E17: Rediscovering Discipleship
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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S7 E16: Young Adult Ministry - Empathy in Transition
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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S7 E15: Finance Supports Strategy
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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S7 E14: Grace for All: Trauma Informed Care for Children
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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S7 E13: Story, Spirit and Science
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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S7 E12: Faithful Through Change
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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S7 E11: No Congregation Is An Island
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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S7 E10: Failure Is Totally An Option
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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S7 E9: It's the Little Things
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May 28, 2025 |
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S7 E8: Bivocational Ministry Is Not New
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May 07, 2025 |
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Rewind: The Liturgy of Politics
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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S7 E7: How to Grow Leaders
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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S7 E6: Where Two or More Are Gathered . . . You Have Conflict
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Money and Ministry E5: Rev. Dr Marlene Fuller
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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S7 E5: Connecting with Young Adults
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Money and Ministry E4: Reverend Michelle Brown
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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S7 E4: Wholeness Through Co-Vocational Ministry
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Money and Ministry E3: Ramon Rivera
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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S7 E3: Learning to Communicate Creatively
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Money and Ministry E2: Jason Roberts
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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S7 E2: Young Adult Engagement: Listen First
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Money and Ministry E1: Father Dave
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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S7 E1: Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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S6 E23: Congregations Past, Present and Future
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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S6 E22: Money as Part of the Whole Self
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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S6 E21: More Than Tips and Tricks
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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S6 E20: Partnerships Are Powerful
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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S6 E19: Educating Is An Art
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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S6 E18: 100 Episodes!
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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S6 E17: The Power to Form and Transform
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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S6 E16: Is Your Congregation Healthy?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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S6 E15: Beyond Dollars: Framing Generosity
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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S6 E14: When Crisis Strikes: Congregations Leading Community Aid
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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S6 E13: Make Social Media Social!
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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S6 E12: Reframing Fundraising
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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S6 E11: Congregations Are Doing Good and Doing Well
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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S6 E10: Faith and The Arts Belong Together
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May 22, 2024 |
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S6 E9: What We Can All Learn from Thriving Rural Congregations
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May 08, 2024 |
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S6 E8: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Your Congregation
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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S6 E7: Kids These Days
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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S6 E6: Congregations in a Time of Transition
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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S6 E5: Caring for Your Congregation's Building
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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S6 E4: Valuing Roots over ROI — Navigating Change in Congregations
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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S6 E3: Mental Health Is a Team Sport
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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S6 E2: Congregations Can Help with Suicide Prevention
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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S6 E1: Breathe New Life: Finding Rhythms of Rest
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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S5 E21: Young Adults: Which Ones Do You Mean?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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S5 E20: Marketing: The Art of Knowing Your Audience
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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S5 E19: Wholeness through Brokenness
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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S5 E18: The Liturgy of Politics
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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S5 E17: There Has To Be A Better Way: Mental Health
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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S5 E16: Multivocational Ministry Can Be Healthy
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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S5 E15: Understanding Generational Differences
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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S5 E14: Focusing on Health, Not Size
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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S5 E13: Becoming Culturally Intelligent
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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S5 E12: So What Have We Learned?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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S5 E11: It Takes a Village: Foster Care and Adoption
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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S5 E10: Telephone Poles Passing by the Window
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May 24, 2023 |
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S5 E9: Hybrid Congregations: You Can Be in Two Places at Once
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May 10, 2023 |
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S5 E8: Laughing Our Way to Perfect Humanity
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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S5 E7: The Weight of Grief and Loss
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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S5 E6: Ministering to the Whole Person
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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S5 E5: Bringing Good Things to Digital Spaces
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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S5 E4: You Are Welcome Here
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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S5 E3: Am I Allowed to Come In?
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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S5 E2: What Do YOU Mean by Community Ministry?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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S5 E1: Conversations about Race are Hard
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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S4 E23: Ghosts of Congregations Past, Present and Future 2022 Edition
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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S4 E22: Building Relationships: What We Can Learn from Congolese Christians
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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S4 E21: The Next Faithful Step: Discernment in Congregational Life
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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S4 E20: Cultivating the Edges: Belonging and Racial Equity in White Congregations
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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S4 E19: Keeping it Beta: Innovation and Congregations
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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S4 E18: Clergy Are People Too: No, Really.
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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S4 E17: Be the Bridge: Spanning Cultural Gaps
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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S4 E16: Invisible People: Multiculturalism in Your Community
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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S4 E15: Suffering in Silence: Addressing Mental Health
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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S4 E14: Are You Seeing What I'm Seeing?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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S4 E13: More Than a Classroom: Reimagining Faith Formation and Discipleship
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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S4 Mid-Season Break: A Look Back and A Look Ahead
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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S4 E12: Stories > Stances
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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S4 E11: Beyond Feisty and Divisive: Caring for LGBTQ Youth
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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S4 E10: Possibility-Lessons from Jazz
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May 25, 2022 |
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S4 E9: What's Right with Congregations
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May 11, 2022 |
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S4 E8: When Digital Ministry Is Not Plug-And-Play
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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S4 E7: Remembering Our History In Order To Heal
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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S4 E6: Navigating Grief and Lamentation
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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S4 E5: Moving Forward - Anti-racism in Congregational Life
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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S4 B4: Equal Justice Initiative Museum and Memorial
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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S4 E4: Pandemic and Purpose
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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S4 B3: The Review-Facing Death: Learning from Kate Bowler
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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S4 E3: Is Race The Real Problem?
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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S4 B2: The Review - Can I Get Your Number? Unpacking the Enneagram
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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S4 E2: Providing Touch in a Touchless Time
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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S4 B1: The Review - Learning from Mars Hill
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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S4 E1: 3 Big Questions
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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S3 E11: Ghosts
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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S3 E10: Gloriously Out Of Place
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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S3 E9: The Joys of Evaluation!
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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S3 E8: Forced Into The Water
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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S3 E7: Memento Mori
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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S3 E6: Don't Be A Clergy Killer
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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S3 E5: Who Are You? Marketing and Branding for Congregations
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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S3 E4: Make It Personal
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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S3 E3: Worship as the Work of the People
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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S3 E2: Never-ending worship: Where preparation and inspiration meet
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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S3 E1: Stay Ready: Preparing to Prepare
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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S2 B2: Tips on Working with Tech Volunteers
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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S2 E12: The Value of the Enneagram in Congregational Spaces
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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S2 E11: The Marriage of Mental Health and Ministry
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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S2 E10: Storytelling that Changes the World
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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S2 E9 Rural Congregations: A Story of Pain and Promise
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May 19, 2021 |
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S2 E8: Getting Schooled on Interim Ministry
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May 05, 2021 |
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S2 E7: A Primer on Racial Equity
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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S2 B1: Basic Tech Infrastructure for Livestreaming
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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S2 E6: Fear and Anger: Christian Nationalism among Young Adults
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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S2 E5: Courting Justice
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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S2 E4: Bring Your Whole Self
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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S2 E3: Tech: It's Not as Complicated as You Think
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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S2 E2 Waving the Banner for Youth Ministry
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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S2 E1 Wisdom to Start Your New Year
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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S1 E8: What Went Right in 2020
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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S1 E7 Exchanging Pews for Strollers
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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S1 E6 Agents of Unity
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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S1 E5 Whosoever
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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S1 E4: Kicked Off a Cliff
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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S1 E3: Do we have to hide our pain?
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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S1 E2: Tapping into Experience with Tim Shapiro
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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S1 E1: Where have all the young people gone?
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Aug 14, 2020 |