The Reclaimed Leader Podcast

The Reclaimed Leader Podcast

Church health strategies from two pastors in the trenches

Episodes

RL 405: Our Favorite Apps, Software, and Gear for Ministry (2025)

August 19, 2025 • 36 mins
We get a lot of questions about what kind of resources (sound gear, worship resources, giving, newsletters, sermons, you name it). So, we thought we’d put together a short list of apps, software, and gear we’re currently using in our churches. Here’s our 2025 (not exhaustive) list.
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RL 404: 4 Tips to Hire Better (And Why It's So Critical)

August 12, 2025 • 31 mins
If you haven’t made a bad hire, you haven’t hired many people. But, how do we minimize the risk? How do you make sure the who, the what, and the why are in alignment? How do you get the word out? What are you looking for? Today we talk about 4 tips to hire better.
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RL 403: 6 Ways to Spark Your Church's Imagination

August 5, 2025 • 32 mins
Sometimes the hardest thing when you’re leading church revitalization is to help the congregation imagine what they’ve never seen. The truth is, if they’ve never seen it, they probably won’t buy into it. 6 Ways to Spark your church’s imagination – and help them move forward.
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RL 402: The 4 Surprising Benefits of Facing Change Resistance

July 29, 2025 • 27 mins
When you lead change, there will be resistance. And, for the most part, it’s not much fun to endure. In fact it’s why many leaders don’t lead change unless they have to. But, what if it’s the resistance to change that actually brings the best out of you, and helps move the mission forward.
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RL 401: Why Gen Z Students Are Coming to Faith (with Allison Stump, Athletes InterVarsity)

July 22, 2025 • 38 mins
Do you remember being a college student? It’s a season of life-changing decisions. What if your church (without any new programs) could help them make a decision for Christ? Today we talk with Allison Stump, Assoc. Area Director for Athletes InterVarsity about how she’s seeing Gen Z students coming to faith (and why).
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RL 400: Hope On the Other Side of De-Churching (with Michael Graham)

July 15, 2025 • 51 mins
About 40 million Americans have left the church in recent decades. That’s something like one in six people. Today we talk with Michael Graham, co-author of "The Great DeChurching" about who left, why the left, and what it will take to bring them back. And, the research says, there’s a lot of hope on the other side.
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RL 399: Are You Living Inside-Out?

July 8, 2025 • 34 mins
Pastor, how’s your inner life going? Do you feel at rest? Are you experiencing God’s peace and strength? Life’s demands certainly get in the way, so how can you stop living from the outside-in, and start living from the inside-out? How to find your true rest.
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RL 398: Garage Clean-Out (Taking Inventory Before This Next Ministry Season)

July 1, 2025 • 34 mins
Maybe you’ve been in a season where you’re spinning your wheels. Or, maybe, it’s been so hectic, you haven’t had time for the things that matter most. Today we talk about some ideas for taking inventory of your life and ministry. We’re calling it, cleaning out the garage.
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RL 397: 5 Questions to Help Your Church Get Healthier

June 24, 2025 • 32 mins
As you transition into summer mode, and hopefully back off a bit from the frenzy, how can you prepare for this next season of ministry? Today we talk about 5 questions you can ask to help your church get healthier. Maybe it will spark a vision for what’s next.
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RL 396: Why Your Church's Culture Is More Important Than Its Strategy

June 17, 2025 • 32 mins
You’ve probably heard the phrase “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” But, why? Because culture is about who you are, not just what you do. And, if the culture is bad, strategies will suffer. Today we talk about why your church’s culture is more important than strategy.
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RL 395: Ruthlessly Sticking to Your Why

June 10, 2025 • 35 mins
Sometimes you have to make hard ministry decisions. What makes it harder is if you’re deciding based on emotions. If you know your why, it will lead you to clearer, better decisions and, in the end, can be a huge source of unity. It's about ruthlessly sticking to your why.
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RL 394: The Story of Pocono Lake Bible Church (with Randy Gaumer)

June 3, 2025 • 44 mins
Do you ever feel discouraged because you don’t have enough people, money or resources? Then, you’ll want to listen to our interview today with Pastor Randy Gaumer, whose church began with 3 people and no paycheck, and has become a flourishing church of over 100. Maybe God can do a lot more than you think.
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RL 393: Broken Made Beautiful - A Gen Z Faith Story (with Hailey Walden and Kat Villaluz)

May 27, 2025 • 49 mins
According to Barna’s research, Gen Z is turning the tide on church participation in America. Today we get the chance to talk with the co-hosts of the Broken Made Beautiful Podcast – Hailey Walden and Kat Villaluz, about life, faith, and how to help the next generation win.
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RL 392: Taming the Inbox (Time-Management for Effective Leaders)

May 20, 2025 • 31 mins
How in the world are you supposed to get it all done? There are high expectations for pastors today – dare I say, demands that we feel every day. How do we cut through the noise and budget our time for what matters most. A few time-management tips for over-worked and over-whelmed leaders.
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RL 391: How to Cure Action Deficit Disorder (For Your Elder Board)

May 13, 2025 • 30 mins
There’s a disease that plagues Elder Boards across the country. You may recognize it as Action Deficit Disorder – where information runs rampant but action and implementation are frozen in place. The good news? It can be cured. We’re talking about how to help our Boards move forward.
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RL 390: The Top 10 Reasons Guests Return to Your Church

May 6, 2025 • 36 mins
Well, the Easter eggs have all been found, and the marshmallow peeps eaten up, but what happened to all those church visitors? Getting people to come once isn’t as difficult as getting them to come back. So, how do you do it? By paying attention to these 10 things.
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RL 389: How Burned-Out Leaders Can Discover Joy Again

April 29, 2025 • 28 mins
I know we talk about forward movement on the other side of Easter – outreach, discipleship, and summer plans. But, are you feeling like you just don’t have it in you? Have you lost the joy in your sense of call? Maybe you don’t just need a vacation. Maybe you need to discover joy again.
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RL 388: How to Handle the Epidemic of Biblical Illiteracy in the Church

April 22, 2025 • 30 mins
Research shows that only 30% of Christians in mainline churches read their bibles once a week. If scripture is sufficient for what we need to know about faith and life, how do we handle the ripple effect of Christians not engaging with scripture? Here are some ideas to help.
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RL 387: Asking the Right Questions (Part 2)

April 6, 2025 • 39 mins
Last week, we started unpacking how to use good questions to get moving forward on adaptive change. It’s not just about best practices but about the right practices for us. Today we continue with part 2 of our series on using a question-based framework for leading change.
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RL 386: Asking the Right Questions (Part 1)

April 5, 2025 • 38 mins
Leading adaptive change in the local church can be pretty disorienting and discouraging. Why? Because we don’t have all the answers. Today Jesse dives into a framework to help ask the right questions to start working on the right solutions.
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