200churches

  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Home
  • About
  • Podcast Series
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Home
  • About
  • Podcast Series

Episode 250 - Free Church Resources We Didn't Know Existed with Life.Church

10/31/2017

 
Picture
We've all been there. Sunday is coming and you're running out of time, energy, and inspiration. You're searching for a killer illustration or a video to punctuate your point, but nothing is hitting the mark. You need RESOURCES, but you don't know where to look.

Open.Life.Church was created for you! There are literally thousands of FREE resources that have been created not only with Life Church in mind, but with churches around the country and around the world in mind, too.

Whether you need some help with graphics (they have those), a worship song to punctuate a point (yep!) or even a full sermon outline (check and check!) Open.Life.Church has you covered. Take what they have and make it your own or simply copy and paste--it's totally up to you! Their heart is to provide the resources, not control what you do with them.

On today's podcast, we talk to Kyle Kutter who heads up the Open Team at Life.Church. Kyle shares his heart and the heart of Life.Church for equipping churches around the world and the guiding principle behind the Open Network: irrational generosity.

You don't want to miss out on this conversation or the goodiesthat are waiting for you. Enjoy!!
Picture
Kyle Kutter

Episode 249 - Yes, I am a Pastor and an Introvert!

10/25/2017

 
Picture
Gary Hanson, Campus Pastor at Meredith Drive Reformed Church, is an introvert. He and Jonny are the campus pastors at the two Meredith Drive Church locations in Des Moines and in Johnston, IA. They are quite opposites in personality. Loud and quiet, talker and thinker, jumper and planner. You can guess which is which!

Today Jonny and I have a conversation with Gary about what it's like to be in ministry and be an introvert. As Gary says, most people think of pastors as people persons, extroverts who love to be in the limelight. That is NOT true - because so many pastors are planners, administrators, thinkers, creative, crave alone time, and are anything but extroverted.

The truth is, the extroverts desperately need the introverts in order to finally get anything accomplished, and the introverts likely only mildly need the extroverts, just to remind them that there are others in the building. :-)

Gary and Jonny get pretty honest about their friendship and working relationship. Then we all try to draw some encouragement from the well for the pastors who might be introverts, but who wish they weren't - they wish they were more outgoing... and why that is the wrong direction to think!

Enjoy this first episode ever about introverted pastors! Quietly tell a friend about it...
Picture
Pastor Gary and his wife Margo - a wonderful ministry couple!

Episode 248 - Fired up for Ministry in Flint, Michigan--A Conversation with Ernesto Alaniz

10/18/2017

 
Picture
​Today we have an interview with a small church pastor that you do NOT want to miss!

Ernesto Alaniz is a pastor of a multi-cultural church plant in Flint, Michigan, which he loving refers to as "one of the most miserable places to live in the United States... according to Forbes Magazine."

Ernesto talks to us about his life in ministry--from attending Moody to pastoring a mega-church in the suburbs to selling everything he had and moving to India, and all the way back to Flint. It's a wide-ranging conversation and Ernesto's passion for ministry is palpable in every word. You don't want to miss it.

You can find Ernesto at www.FlintCityChurch.com and on Facebook as Ernesto Alaniz.
 

Thanks for your support of 200churches. We hope you'll be encouraged by this episode! 
Picture
Ernesto, Little Nesto, Angelina, & Angela

Episode 247 - The Foundations of a Healthy Church

10/11/2017

 
Picture
Everybody talks about church health, but there are a lot of myths that persist about what really makes a church healthy. Is it how many people show up? How much money is in the bank? How many volunteers you have? Well, all of those things can be related to the health of a church, but they're not the main thing.

In this episode, Jeff and Jonny talk about the foundations of a healthy church, ministry, and even pastor. We believe that it really boils down to ONE thing played out in three different areas. At first, you may be surprised, but we're convinced that by following the greatest commandment, we can have truly healthy churches.

Episode 246: Using Coaching Skills In Pastoral Ministry with Dave Jacobs

10/3/2017

 
Picture
Dave Jacobs joins us from SmallChurchPastor.com! If you would like to improve yourself as a pastor, email Dave at dave@smallchurchpastor.com and get connected with his focused coaching program for pastors of smaller churches - Dave is experienced and effective!

​You know the feeling of getting together with an old friend? How no matter how long it's been since you last saw each other, once you're sitting down and talking it's like no time has passed at all? That's how we feel this week having Dave Jacobs back on the podcast! Dave has been a regular guest since the earliest days of the podcast and we're so glad to have him back on today!

Today Dave is sharing about how the coaching principles he's learned over the past 6 years can help you in your pastoral ministry! You don't have to be a coach yourself to take advantage of Dave's wisdom--this is stuff that will help you today as you lead meetings, lead people, and lead your church.

You won't want to miss out on this episode with Dave so listen right now! We know you'll be encouraged and challenged.
    Picture
    Welcome to the 200churches blog! We have hundreds of posts covering every issue imaginable. So pull up a chair, pour a cup of coffee, and stay awhile.
    Picture

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    April 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013

200churches.com | all rights reserved

contact  |  podcast  |  about 

Photos used under Creative Commons from Just a Prairie Boy, aaron_anderer, Robbie Grubbs, Rubbermaid Products, Carolyn Coles, Russ Neumeier, iz4aks, marfis75, laura271GSD1, The Car Spy, Rob Ellis', TheJRB, Andrew_D_Hurley, jseliger2, Renaud Camus, Ken Wilcox., tiarescott, www.audio-luci-store.it, StockMonkeys.com, DuReMi, woodleywonderworks, NiePhotography, LiamDC, Zemlinki!, sidewalk flying, steve p2008, stevendepolo, c&rdunn, Rosaura Ochoa, bradleypjohnson, Phil Roeder, Carlos Graterol, photokok, Mark Spearman, Lisa L Wiedmeier, USACE Europe District, JefferyTurner, mlcastle, allyrose18, wallygrom, Jan Tik, woodleywonderworks, acme, nickirp, Cast a Line, Biggunben, striatic, aussiegall, whatleydude, BromfordGroup, Phillie Casablanca, francescopozzi, jai Mansson's photography.