The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast

Benjamin Watson: What Church Leaders Need To Know About Abortion and Racial Justice

Jessica Lea - September 20, 2023

Henry Cloud: Trust Is More Complex Than You Might Realize

Francis Chan Exhorts Church Leaders To Fight for Unity in the Fear of God

Phil Vischer, Part 2: Fighting To Save Evangelicalism From Fundamentalism

Phil Vischer, Part 1: How Pastors Can Guide the Creatives in Their Churches

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Yvonne Carlson: How To Use AI Effectively in Your Ministry

Jessica Lea - August 16, 2023

Yvonne Carlson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share practical ways that church leaders can use AI to support their ministries.

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Mihretu Guta: How the Church Should Respond to the Ethical Dangers of AI

Jessica Lea - August 9, 2023

Dr. Mihretu Guta joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to explain what church leaders need to know about the metaphysics of AI and the ethical concerns about using it.

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Kenny Jahng: What Church Leaders Need To Know About AI

Jessica Lea - August 2, 2023

Kenny Jahng joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to explain what AI is, how it works, and why church leaders need to engage with it, whether they want to or not.

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Bryan Loritts: What the Church Risks by Not Fighting for Ethnic Unity

Jessica Lea - July 26, 2023

Dr. Bryan Loritts joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast,” where he discusses the urgent need for churches to fight for ethnic unity and shares practical wisdom for how they can do so.

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Chris Sonksen: How To Protect Your Ministry Teams From Being Torn Apart

Jessica Lea - July 19, 2023

Chris Sonksen joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to explain how church leaders can be on guard against ministry team misalignment—which starts small, but can have severe consequences.

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Daniel Darling: For Christians, Kindness Is Not a Tactic—It’s a Command

Jessica Lea - July 12, 2023

Daniel Darling joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to discuss how church leaders can model speaking the truth in love in a divided time–particularly as we are facing another presidential election.

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Danielle Treweek: Why the Early Church Would Be Surprised at How We View Singleness

Jessica Lea - July 5, 2023

Dr. Danielle Treweek joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share what the contemporary church is missing about singleness and how church leaders can honor and encourage the single people in their congregations.

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Eric Geiger: Why Your Church Needs a Leadership Pipeline

Jessica Lea - June 28, 2023

Eric Geiger joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to explain why having a leadership pipeline will actually simplify the organization of your church and make it easier for you to develop leaders.

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Michael Graham and Jim Davis: What ‘The Great Dechurching’ Means for Church Leaders

Jessica Lea - June 21, 2023

Michael Graham and Jim Davis join “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to reveal findings from their study on “The Great Dechurching”—the largest and fastest religious shift in U.S. history. Their data is sobering, but also encouraging, and highly relevant to American church leaders.

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Barnabas Piper: Why a Culture of Belonging Has To Start With a Church’s Leaders

Jessica Lea - June 14, 2023

Barnabas Piper joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share why church leaders are responsible for creating a culture of belonging and practical ways they can do so.

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Tom Nelson: What the ‘Lost Shepherds’ of the Church Need To Flourish

Jessica Lea - June 7, 2023

Tom Nelson joins "The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share what diverts “lost shepherds” of the church from their callings and how church leaders can truly flourish under the hand of Jesus.

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Jessie Cruickshank: What the Western World Is Missing About Discipleship

Jessica Lea - May 31, 2023

Jessie Cruickshank joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share how brain science supports what the Bible reveals about how people are truly transformed—and what is lacking in the approach many church leaders take toward discipleship.

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Gary McIntosh: The Surprising Roles All Pastors Take and the ‘Number One Challenge’ Facing the Solo Pastor

Jessica Lea - May 24, 2023

Dr. Gary McIntosh joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to offer advice about how pastors should navigate the responsibilities that are part of their jobs and also shares specific insights about church leaders who are pastoring without any other paid staff to assist them.

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Travis Dickinson: How To Make Your Church Safe for Christians Who Doubt

Jessica Lea - May 17, 2023

Dr. Travis Dickinson joins the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast to discuss why doubt is not something Christians need to fear or avoid and how church leaders can help believers move through doubt to greater confidence in their faith in God.

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Christine Caine Offers Warnings and Encouragement to Church Leaders Who Are ‘Stuck’

Jessica Lea - May 10, 2023

Christine Caine joins the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast to exhort church leaders not to continue looking back at the past, but to move forward toward what Jesus is doing right now.

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Glenn Packiam: How Pastors Can Develop Healthy Rhythms in Our ‘New Normal’

Jessica Lea - May 3, 2023

Rev. Dr. Glenn Packiam joins the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast to share his observations on the current state of pastors’ health and to offer practical steps church leaders can take in order to live peaceful, healthy lives.

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Bob Roberts Jr.: How To Evangelize Without Seeing People as Projects

Jessica Lea - April 26, 2023

Bob Roberts Jr. joins the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast to share the lessons God has taught him about loving people who are not like him and how the church can grow in effectively sharing the gospel.

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Sam Chand: Why Pastors Must Embrace the Pain of Leadership

Jessica Lea - April 19, 2023

Sam Chand joins the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast to explain why pain is an inherent part of leadership, how God uses pain, and the dangers of not responding to pain appropriately.

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Rick Warren on Faith, Dreams, and Why His 40-Plus Years at Saddleback Prepared Him for This Moment

Jessica Lea - April 12, 2023

Rick Warren joins the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast to discuss his new book, “Created to Dream,” and why he is excited for his next season of ministry.

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Matthew Stephen Brown: How the Enneagram Helps Church Leaders With Their Blind Spots

Jessica Lea - April 5, 2023

Matthew Stephen Brown joins the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast to share how the Enneagram has been “life-changing” for him and his church and how church leaders can use this tool to transform their ministries.

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