The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast

The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast helps Christian leaders navigate and lead through the cultural issues of our day by giving voice to recognizable names in ministry, subject matter experts, and local pastors and leaders. Whatever area of ministry you serve in, our goal is to help you lead better every day.

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Our Most Popular Interview: Kara Powell and the #1 Reason Youth Leave the Church

"It’s not doubt that is toxic, but unexpressed or unexplored doubt that is toxic."

Lee Strobel: Creating Dialogue Around the Gospel

“We have an unfair advantage—I think Christians do—in the marketplace of ideas, which is: Truth is on our side."

Craig Groeschel: The Small, Everyday Decisions that Reveal Divine Direction

“A life of faithfulness is made of up hundreds of thousands of small decisions that compound over time that actually lead us in the right direction."

Jennifer Rothschild: Understanding God’s Love from Every Book of the Bible

“I’m going to receive the love of God, even if it’s by faith—having nothing to do with my feelings."

Scott Sauls: Cultivating Iron-Sharpens-Iron Friendships in the Church

“Real friendship happens when we move toward the people we are most tempted to avoid."

Greg Smalley: Fighting for Oneness in Marriage

“When we’re united; when we’re one, nothing is impossible for us. And I tell you what: Satan hates that.”

Chip Ingram: How God Longs for You to See Him

“If I really believe good is God and lavish and wants to help me, I gotta be more that way with my kids."

Joni Eareckson Tada: What Every Pastor Needs to Know About Ministering to Those With Special Needs

Joni Eareckson Tada, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Joni and Friends International Disability Center, is an international advocate for people with disabilities.

Gary Thomas: The Neglected Word That Can Change Everything For Your Marriage

“You can’t fake your marriage in front of your kids and you can’t fake your marriage behind a pulpit."

Dallas Jenkins on Faith, Film and Creating Breakthrough Stories

Subscribe to the ChurchLeaders Podcast Dallas Jenkins produced his first movie at the age of 25, a $2 million project called “Hometown Legend”, which was...

Bill Purvis: Moving Beyond Your Past and Into Your Purpose

“We have a tendency to look at our past and feel that we can’t be used whereas it may be that past that God’s going to use to help someone else.”

Ken Costa: Helping People Discover God’s Purpose For Their Life

“This is perhaps the most important pastoral issue for a new generation that we have: To enable people to find and fulfill the calling that God has on their lives."

Brady Boyd: 4 Conversations That Can Bring Healing Into Your Life

“Wisdom with words is a recipe, according to the Bible, for healing. Wise words can heal people."

Louie Giglio on Worship: Raising Up a Generation Sold Out for Jesus

“We overestimate what we can do in a year and we underestimate what we can do in 10 years."

Timothy Lane: Teaching People to Live Without Worry

"Oftentimes people think they’re struggling with depression, but in fact what’s happening is they’re struggling with anxiety."

James K.A. Smith: How Our Worship Practices Transform Our Deepest Loves

“Some of the dominant paradigms in how we think about worship largely turn congregations into spectators, into audiences."

Mark Bates: How to Lead Change When Change Is Hard

“The church has always been changing its style—it’s never been changing its core principles of what’s biblical, what’s true, what’s God-honoring."

Steve Arterburn: Fighting Against the Biggest Threats to a Pastor’s Life and Ministry

“I think the answer, in part, [to the problem of burn out] is we’ve got to clean up our act."

Nancy Guthrie: What Grieving People Wish Their Pastors Knew

Nancy Guthrie: “Sadness is not the enemy. Sadness is not the problem that must be fixed."

Mike Foster: Sharing God’s Radical Love and Acceptance With Broken People

“The church and church leaders…[are] on the front lines of people’s pain. They deal with it every single day in some aspect."

‘Understanding Precedes Refutation’—Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles in Babylon Conference Is Curious

The Exiles in Babylon conference, which is an outgrowth of Preston Sprinkle's “Theology in the Raw” podcast, “aims to help believers think Christianly about theological and cultural issues by engaging in curious conversations with a diverse range of thoughtful people.”

Steve Robinson: How To Create a Culture of Service in Your...

Steve Robinson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can foster a culture of serving in their churches, raise up new leaders, and help people discover their giftings.

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