The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast

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

Benjamin Watson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to discuss what the pro-life movement should focus on now that Roe has been overturned.

Henry Cloud: Trust Is More Complex Than You Might Realize

Dr. Henry Cloud joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to explain why it is impossible to live without trust and what church leaders need to know about betrayal, forgiveness and reconciliation.

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

Francis Chan joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about what God has taught him about unity and to share his concern that believers prioritize love and humility in their pursuit of holiness.

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

Phil Vischer joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast,” where he shares his perspective on who is currently defining what it means to be an "evangelical" and what he believes the term should represent.

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

Phil Vischer joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share his experience in Christian media and his thoughts on how pastors can advise the creatives in their congregations.

Yvonne Carlson: How To Use AI Effectively in Your Ministry

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

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

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.

Kenny Jahng: What Church Leaders Need To Know About AI

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Eric Geiger: Why Your Church Needs a Leadership Pipeline

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Jessie Cruickshank: What the Western World Is Missing About Discipleship

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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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‘Pursued Me Instantly’—Priscilla Shirer and Candace Cameron Bure Share How They...

At the beginning of their latest conversation on "The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast," Candace Cameron Bure told Priscilla Shirer, “Let’s talk husbands for a minute because you adore yours and I adore mine.”
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David Kinnaman: Pastors ‘Need a More Robust and Broad Skill Set’...

Barna CEO David Kinnaman joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to share what the research shows about how pastors are doing and how they can most effectively disciple their people.

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