Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent
Alan and Trent are pastors helping churches and leaders make a difference and last.
Episodes
Episode 323: Eight Thoughts on Your Church and Prayer
- You can't give away what you don't own. As a leader/pastor you must be a person of prayer!
- Teach and preach on prayer often
- Offer a guided prayer time each week
- Offer a church-wide 40 day prayer/fasting event event
- Offer a single, dedicated prayer service
- Add a prayer wall
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Use a tool to encourage prayer
- a church had ladies m...
Episode 322: 7 Ways to Sabotage Change in Your Churc
1. Thinking your position gives you the right to make change 2. Refusing to gather input from multiple perspectives 3. Falsely assuming everyone is or should be an an early adopter of change 4. Making the wrong changes 5. Moving too fast or to slow 6. Giving up too soon 7. Praying ...
- Don't assume your church is good at welcoming guests.
- Designate a welcome area and keep it highly visible.
- Get volunteers who will make welcoming a passion.
- Train your volunteers regularly.
- Announce your welcome area during the service.
- Gather only essential information.
- Follow up as quickly as possible.
Episode 320: 5 Thoughts About Communio
- Think about its frequency strategically
- Think about its placement in the service
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Think broadly in how you structure it.
- passive - people receive the elements
- active - people must perform an action to receive elements
- purpose - ties it to a larger focus (remembering the cost of forgiveness, forgiving others, self-examination...)
- T...
Episode 319: Does Your Church Have an Acts 1:8 Strategy
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take a look at your yearly stats for the last 5 to 10 years.
- Look for attendance trends
- Look for baptism trends
- Look for Missions giving and involvement trends
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Ask the hard questions
- Are we currently doing or planning to do a gospel outreach effort in our local community?
- Are we c...
- more people care about your ministry than you realize
- more people know about your churches strengths and its problems than you would believe
- the church down the street has just as many issues as your church does
- your congregations has something to offer God's Kingdom.
- God has a purpose and plan for you right now
Episode 316: When Is too Much
Can You have too much women's ministry and men's ministry? Can you have too much student ministry and children's ministry?
- Does it take away from the family dynamic?
- Does it undercut the corporate gathering?
- Are they taking away from evangelism?
- Are they creating opportunities for outreach and service?
- Are they a breedi...
Episode 315: Riley Prather
Enjoy our talk with Riley Prather a church planter/pastor from Conneticut. He also works with the SEND Network of the SBC
Episode 313: 5 Mistakes In Our Preaching Plan
- We get tunnel vision and miss the bigger picture
- We get fixated on one style and one method
- We plan for only our voice to be heard
- We forget the importance of flexibility
- We preach at issues.
Episode 312: Why its Important for Church Leaders to have a Godly Handle on their Money
Ecclesiastes 5:10 Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. So we need to ask what is it that you really love? What gives you a sense of fulfillment? Of course we would say God - but remember in Re...
Episode 311: Where are the Kids?
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Are you prepared for kids
- pray for families
- a compelling place for kids
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safe and clean
- background checks, policies and procedures
- technology
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Is your service family friendly
- "We want kids, but we don't want to adapt our service."
- make them feel wanted
- allow more kids into your service
- let kids participate
- Embr...
Episode 310: Routine or Rigidity
Routines are important 1. Build strong habits 2. Help us work efficiently 3. Fits in with our personalities 4. Gives us a sense of control
Rigidity means we cannot flex our routine 1. When we can't meet needs of our church, because of our insistence on our schedule 2. When an change in our routine ruins our day. 3. Can lead to behavioral issues such as depressio...
Episode309: 4 Skills I Wish I Worked On Sooner
Coaching- How to walk with people
- How to encourage growth in people
- How to view conflict positively
- How to engage properly
- When to get outside help
- How to see things with fresh eyes
- How to evaluate objectively
- How to listen
- How to help others find so...
Episode 307: All Hat - No Cows...and Can I Retire Yet?
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Episode 306: Our Interview With Keeney Dickenson on Prayer
Keeney is the pastor of FBC Crockett, TX and consultant on prayer with the Southern Baptists of Texas.
You can learn more and order his new book Prayer Powered Pulpit here
Episode 305: Habits to Start in 2025
Build your own spiritual life how can you grow intentionally in 2025 Pray over the seats in the church auditorium Make time to pray with other pastors Build good communication pattens in the church consistent concise caring Set aside time each week to be creative - we are created in the image of a creative God Prioritize...
Episode 304: Making Your Own traditions
Christmas is a time of family traditions But sometimes you can't be with family- Live too far away
- Grown kids have other family
Episode 303: How do we engage the next generation?
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Reaching kids and reaching students are different
- Gen Z & alphas
- Activity-based ministry is out
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Meaningfulness and sincerity
- why they matter
- why their spiritual lives matter
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Relationships still matter
- especially unpaid people
- they want to partner with you
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