Tony Morgan, from The Unstuck Group, joins Jeff and Jonny LIVE and in the flesh as the three of them converse on what it means to get your church back on mission, back on the road to reaching people in your community who have no hope! Tony's organization helps get stuck churches - Unstuck! This is a very helpful and encouraging episode! 

Right on the front end of the episode, before everything else, Jeff shares all the information you need to find The Unstuck Group's resources online. They have a book, a blog, a YouTube channel, and a podcast, just to name a few of the free resources!

So much great stuff available through this episode. Take advantage of it all! 

See you next week! Enjoy the episode!

Jonny and I would be completely over the moon if you and your church decided to collaborate with our guest today, to help toddlers, kids, and young people, avoid the ugly and horrible world of sex trafficking!

Al Henson is the founder of Compassionate Hope - found at www.compassionatehope.org - and is so powerfully committed tp helping young ones in Southeast Asia avoid being trafficked. He shares some of his own story, which turns into the story of Compassionate Hope. Our goal in sharing Al's story is that some of you might realize just how much Kingdom work your small church actually can do.

If one child is saved from a horrible life and finds LIFE and HOPE in Jesus, because of Episode 290 of our podcast, all 5+ years of this podcast will have been worth every minute of work we've put into it! No lie!

Check out the Compassionate Hope website, search Google for all things Compassionate Hope, and enjoy this episode!

Jeff and Jonny debrief with each other, and process out loud - the sad situation that Willowcreek Church, Bill Hybels, and some suffering women find themselves in. These events have rocked the ministry world to its core.

Jeff and Jonny do not usually talk about current events of the day, but the events with Bill Hybels and Willowcreek, aligned in time with the Global Leadership Summit - simply cannot be ignored.

This is not an exhaustive critique of things, but a conversation among pastor friends simply trying to process and understand.

We refer to this episode of the Theology on Mission podcast.

Jonny referenced this Missio Alliance blog post titled 7 Questions All Pastors Need To Ask Themselves Post-Hybels

The guys offer their heartfelt prayers and compassion to the women involved who have suffered so much, to the beautiful people of Willow, to the Hybels family, and finally to Bill Hybels himself. God uses everyone, even those with broken hearts.

May the lives of the women who have suffered find beauty and redemption as they reach for the comfort and encouragement of the Savior. May the Hybels family find reconciliation in the Gospel they have believed. May the people of Willow see their brightest days are yet ahead...

If you're stuck somewhere in your life or ministry, chances are it's because you are avoiding a Crucial Conversation. On today's episode, Jonny and his guest Pam Dykstra (Master Trainer with VitalSmarts) unpack what Crucial Conversations are and why you need to be having them in your family, with your friend, and in your ministry. Not all conversations are "crucial," but the small percentage that are can make all the difference in your life and ministry. You are sure to be challenged and blessed by Pam's experience and wisdom today! To get started in your own life, take the test that Pam and Jonny discuss for free at the VitalSmarts website today!

Jim Drake is the pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Bluefield VA and the guest on episode 287! Jim has been sending a Sunday morning text message to Jeff for a couple years now, as he has to about 200 other ministry workers every week when he prays for them

Recently, when Jeff received the usual Sunday morning text, he replied back and invited Pastor Jim onto the podcast. Jim had a 20 year Air Force career before moving into full time pastoral ministry. In this episode he tells the story of how God moved him from instructing military to edifying the body of Christ.

This is another encouraging episode featuring a real, live, small church pastor!

Enjoy!