I sat down with Pastor Olu Lawal, the Online Campus Pastor at Shoreline City Church in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, to answer one question every growing church is asking: does your church actually need an online campus pastor? Olu’s experience at Shoreline City Church gives a clear answer, and it might surprise you. The Online […]
I sat down with Ruslan KD, one of the most well-known Christian content creators online, and his pastor, Jeff Moore from Rhythm Church in Oceanside, California. This conversation covered everything from pastoring influencers to navigating controversy in the church to how social media is reshaping ministry. If you are a pastor trying to figure out
I sat down with Pastor Mike Santiago from Focus Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, to talk about what it takes to plant a church from zero in a city where you have no network. Mike moved to Raleigh without knowing anyone, built a launch team from scratch, and grew Focus Church into a multi-campus ministry
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I sat down with Alex Suber, ChurchCandy’s Director of Operations, to break down exactly what is working right now to get new guests through church doors. Alex and I have worked together closely, and this conversation was packed with the strategies, mistakes, and insights we have learned from helping hundreds of churches grow with digital
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I sat down with Pastor Taurus Solomon to talk about his journey of planting a church in Dallas, Texas. Taurus came out of a painful church split in Atlanta that left deep wounds. He did everything he could to avoid planting a church. But God had other plans. What Taurus has built in Dallas is
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I sat down with Pastor Erik Oliveras from Axios Church in Lakeland, Florida, to talk about what it means to plant a church during a global pandemic. Erik announced his church plant just weeks before the COVID-19 shutdowns in March 2020. While most people were retreating, Erik and his team were stepping out in faith.
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I got to sit down with Greg Surratt, co-founder of ARC and founding pastor of Seacoast Church, for a conversation that every pastor needs to hear. Greg planted Seacoast in 1988, grew it to 14 campuses, transitioned lead pastor responsibilities to his son Josh, and now runs Pastor’s Collective, an organization dedicated to supporting the
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I sat down with Pastor Rod Vargas from Union Houston in Houston, Texas, for one of the most real conversations I have had on this podcast. Rod is pastoring in Spring Branch, one of Houston’s most diverse and challenging neighborhoods. His church reaches immigrants, single moms, former addicts, business owners, and people living in extreme
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I sat down with Pastor Rory Chance from Genesis Church in Monroe, Louisiana, to talk about what it really looks like to plant a church in a small town. Rory has been in ministry for over 20 years, and two and a half years ago, he and his wife took a leap of faith and
I had the chance to join Drew Barker and Tim Ferrara on the Eyes on Jesus Podcast to talk about something I care deeply about: how churches can use social media to reach new families and grow their congregations. This was a really fun conversation because Drew and Tim brought up some tough questions, including
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