The 95 Podcast: Conversations for Small-Church Pastors

Dale is honored to connect with his daughter and son-in-law on today's 95Podcast. TJ and Tiffany Deluccia join him to discuss the value of having an annual vision retreat together. Their marriage's clarity of purpose and planning are a direct result of consistently taking a few days each year to reflect and set goals for the coming year.

They have released a new e-book on Amazon entitled "Build A Life Together." ...

95Network team member Joseph Bennett joins Dale on the first podcast of 2025 to discuss ways he has overcome his leadership barriers over the years. This conversation is filled with practical wisdom from the hardships and joys of his ministry experience.

We hope today's podcast will encourage you as you approach another year of serving others through your ministry calling. We're pulling for you every day to experience the ...

John Finkelde has over 40 years of ministry experience. He has done it all when it comes to leading a healthy church. As lead pastor at C3 Church Hepburn Heights, Perth, Australia, John led the church through generational renewal that saw it grow, while also planting a new church every three years and moving to a purpose-built, multi-million dollar worship centre.

In 2012, John founded Grow a Healthy Church and has conduct...

Dr. John H. Wilson, PhD, MBA, is an author, speaker, university professor, and entrepreneur with a formal background in exegetical studies of leadership. Dr. Wilson brings a unique perspective on contemporary leadership through the lens of sacred texts along with strategic and practical applications.

Dr. Wilson has experience as a senior leader in the technology industry and is a university professor with expertise in lead...

At the Bucket Ministry, we're more than clean water. Our mission is to provide clean, safe, drinking water and the Living Water to families living in under-resourced areas around the world. We give away long-lasting water filters and share the gospel in communities afflicted by clean water scarcity and spiritual darkness.

Community Pastor, Matt Arnett, joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to share how providing these ...

Todd Meert's ministry journey is much different than most. He launched into full-time ministry in his early forties. Serving on several mission trips to Africa with his local church is what eventually led him to accept the ministry calling. However, he didn't know at the time just how much those early years were preparing him do create a ministry in his home town unlike no other.

Todd joins Dale on today's 9...

Kara Powell serves as the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute and as the Chief of Leadership Formation at Fuller Seminary. Kara recently authored a new book along with Jake Mulder and Raymond Chang entitled "Future Focused Churches." They did extensive research involving over one thousand churches with the goal of helping churches connect with the next generations.

Kara offers several proven best pra...

Greg Surratt has experienced ministry leadership from many different perspectives. The early days of being in a Christian band to leading small churches to becoming the founding pastor of Seacoast Church and helping to create ARC (Association of Related Churches) have given Greg a deep understanding of what ministry leaders encounter.

Greg joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to share his deep passion for pastoral health w...

Dale had the privilege to talk with Bob Hamp again today discussing a common theme that he's noticed that effects a lot of ministry leaders. Negative circumstances or broken relationships often cause leaders to wonder "what they did wrong" to cause the problem. For so many, this type of thinking is a natural default that has been developed over years of relational interaction.

Bob helps us to understand the impact of ...

95Network's Jason Allison joins Dale to discuss the brand new 95Network Conference entitled, "Equipping Principals For Cultivating A Healthy/Thriving Church." The conference was created out of our annual team gathering in January 2025.

Our desire is to come along beside churches to help them establish proven foundational principles, remove common barriers that prevent engagement and embrace leadership traits...

95Network teammates Mary Ann Sibley and Joseph Bennett join Dale today to discuss best practices for creating a thriving and healthy volunteer culture. Joseph serves as the Executive Pastor at Foothills Church. They recently had Mary Ann come do training with their volunteers. The results of her leadership has been really encouraging.

You're going to hear from both Mary Ann and Joseph the heartbeat of volunteer traini...

JC Campbell joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss a variety of topics facing the Church. He serves as the Lead Pastor of Greater Hope Church in Evansville, IN. He also serves with the Indiana Center for Congregations as Southwest Regional Director. His passion for the next generation is contagious.

Your hope will be built up as you hear JC's vision for a church that is connecting with young families as well as those f...

Pastor Larry Kaufman joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss lessons learned from decades of ministry. He has successfully launched several campuses from Grace Church in Berlin, OH with hopes of multiplying even more. Larry also heads up 5812Global which is a ministry created to serve the vulnerable and marginalized in countries such as Thailand, Kenya, Uganda and Haiti.

This conversation is filled with a lot of pr...

Tony Miltenberger is the founder of Follow2Lead Coaching. He is a veteran, podcast host, executive coach, author, and the associate pastor of disciple making at Centerville Grace Church. Throughout the years, Tony has traveled the globe taking deployments in Kuwait, El Salvador, and numerous marriage retreats throughout the US. He has consulted with churches in the deep south and multi-million dollar organizations in the Midwest.

He...

Pastor Darrell Stetler has been a guest on the 95Podcast several times. He joins Dale on today's 95Podcast for a conversation around a free tool he has created to help you use AI in your sermon prep. Sermon Illustrator will help you reduce the time used as you craft your weekly sermons by helping to create content within the parameters that you have put in place.

This is a great way to help you become more efficient i...

Every tech advancement in ministry comes with pros and cons, champions and nay-sayers, benefits and costs. For church leaders, it’s not always easy to figure out what their congregants really need, how to play to their ministry’s strengths, and what strong discipleship actually looks like in a tech-driven world.

Recent Barna State of the Church research, in partnership with Gloo, uncovered five tech trends that show why ad...

Eric Metcalf and Jon Ferguson join Dale on today's 95Podcast to share with us about the ministry of NewThing. Although church planting is a the heart of what they do, they'll also tell you they are not here to help you plant a church. We’re here to provide a framework to catalyze movements. At NewThing, the mission of reproducing churches is what drives everything we do. If God has called you to make a greater impact than...

Polly Hamp understands the effect of living a lifetime of traumatic events. Some of her earliest childhood memories deal with the abuse she suffered from multiple people. However, she has allowed the Lord to turn her darkest pain into a pathway to freedom for herself and others as she has spent many years ministering to those with similar stories.

Recently, Polly made another discovery that has taken her freedom journey to new heigh...

Aimee Cottle of Fishhook joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss effective ways to engage your community this Easter season. It's always fascinating to hear Aimee share simple ways to help churches connect with their surrounding neighbors. Their are so many free tools available to help pastors reach new people that are readily available.

It's important to start early in your preparations for reaching as m...