The 95 Podcast: Conversations for Small-Church Pastors

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...

Dave Coryell joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss the importance of being intentional at reaching young people in your local ministry. The conversation draws on his vast experience of decades of ministering to youth as youth pastor and lead pastor of local churches. However, his greatest ministry experience comes from raising his own four children.

You will be challenged and encouraged to create easy on-ramps to...

Robby Angle has a passion for discipleship. He understands the need to be able to customize the ministry pathway your church has in order to align with your mission and vision. At root of it all, Robby knows that the most effective discipleship flows out of authentic relationships developed through consistent interaction.

Robby's conversation with Dale on today's 95Podcast only scratches the surface of the resour...

Eric and Gena Boggs join Dale on today's 95Podcast to talk about the high's and low's of ministry marriage. They have led Beech Springs Church since 1990. They are known for their love for God’s people and their great desire to see every person find the place of destiny and purpose that God has for them. 

They minister a message of hope and freedom to all and have a passion to see individuals, families and marriages r...

Bryan Sims of Spiritual Leadership Inc. joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss his new book, "Creating Space: Cultivating Environments for Disciples of Jesus to Thrive and Multiply." Bryan coauthored the book with Craig Robertson. The inspiration behind the book was that he wanted to see our discipleship models in the local church move toward a more relationship-driven atmosphere instead of a program-driven one.

T...

95Network's Discipleship Director Matt Adair joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss ways any ministry can create a healthy discipleship pathway. Matt knows the importance of learning about the specific DNA of a ministry before developing the pathway. There is no "one size fits all" process for effective discipleship.

Matt's approach to helping churches comes from his value of understanding that relations...

Dan Jacobsen grew up under the influence of Warren Wiersbe who happened to be his famous grandfather. His grandfather mentored him in the early days of Dan's own ministry journey. Soon after Wiersbe died at the age of 89, an unfinished book was discovered that was being written as a 100-day devotional. At the urging of his family, Dan accepted the role of completing his grandfather's final work.

Dan joins Dale on today&apo...

You know the impact that Bob Hamp has had on Dale's life if you've been a listener to the 95Podcast for awhile. It has truly been life-changing. This is why Dale is so excited to have Bob join him again on today's podcast to discuss a new course he is offering on the topic of decoding our identity in Jesus.

Bob believes that a lot of discipleship teaching is designed to help us get relief from our addictions and probl...

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 are releasing a new e-book soon on Amazon entitled "Build A Life Together.&q...

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

Our hope is that today's podcast will give you some encouragement as you approach another year of serving others through your ministry calling. W...

It's always a privilege to check in with Lance Witt. He is a seasoned leader with a lifetime of experience leading in ministry. Lance joins Dale on today's 95Podcast to discuss some ways that we can be intentional about maintaining soul health while leading others.

Lance draws from decades of ministry life to guide us through some practical steps to ensure a healthy soul. He truly is one of the wisest voices in the country...

Michael Moore never saw himself as a Lead Pastor. However, he began sensing the call after serving as Executive Pastor of his dad's church. At the same time, his dad started to sense that it was time to identify and raise the next leader of their local church.

Today's 95Podcast is filled with practical wisdom on successfully handing off ministry leadership to the next generation. Michael helps us see the unmistakable value...