Displaying episodes 61 - 90 of 129 in total
The Sweet Spot of Leadership and Administration with Dr. Jody Dean & Dr. Adam Hughes
How do we find the "sweet spot" of leading well and needing administrative processes? Dr. Jody Dean has over 20 years of local church experience and is the Associate P...
Donald Whitney & The Role of Spiritual Disciplines in Disciple-Making
Raise of hands, how many of you have read Dr. Whitney's book on Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life?!? Dr. Donald Whitney is the professor of Biblical Spir...
Reinvigorating Volunteer Culture
Recruiting volunteers is never easy; now, it feels nearly impossible. Our team of consultants has heard from our GA Baptist churches: 1. Volunteers are slow to retur...
Essentials of a Healthy Small Church Discussion with Karl Vaters
88% of Georgia Baptist churches are small churches. 33% are part-time or bi-vocational pastors, with 61% of all churches only having one staff member. We are a state b...
How Can I Make Disciples When I am Too Busy? | The Gibb's Family
Family, work, church, friends, school, sports, fun, vacations, crisis, games, volunteering, etc. This list goes on and on of things that make our lives busy! So can we...
SPARK Preview: How to effectively engage your church in Worship
We are excited to have Rhon Carter on our GBMB team as our Worship Catalyst. Rhon is a gifted singer and talented worship leader born and served in Georgia all his lif...
You are not alone: The value of connections with other disciple makers
We need disciple-makers in our lives if we want to be disciple-makers! This broadcast talks about the challenge of admitting our loneliness to engage in relationships ...
Conflict from Friendly Fire: Dr. Frank & Mary Cox
Conflict. Not something that we like or ever look forward to. Most people don’t. But it is a part of all of our lives. Especially since we are leaders. In this broadca...
SPARK Highlight: Church Security with Ben O'Neal
Imagine a crisis in your church that was caused by an issue that was out of your control. That lack of security inhibits participation in the discipleship process at y...
5 Mistakes Youth Pastors are Making Post-COVID and Discipleship Lessons All Church Leaders Can Learn | Chris Trent, NextGen Catalyst GBMB
Chris Trent is the product of youth ministry (and God’s grace) having been invited to summer camp by a youth pastor at the end of his 11th-grade year. He trusted Chris...
Time Management | Brent Crow, VP of SLU
Brent Crowe is a thought-provoking visionary and communicator who has a passion to present the life changing message of the gospel. Brent uses humor and real-life situ...
Discipleship in a Replant or Church Plant | Mark Clifton, NAMB & Rolando Castro GBMB
In 2019, approximately 3,000 Protestant churches were started in the U.S., but 4,500 Protestant churches closed. Mark Clifton is the senior director of replanting a...
6 Dangers in Missions | Buck Burch, Missions Catalyst GBMB
Do you know how to mitigate real threats on a mission trip? What about minimizing legal liability? There are 6 dangers in missions you need to know about, and we are h...
Lifeway Spring Update - Dr. Ben Mandrell, Lifeway President and CEO
Take a moment and get to know Ben Mandrell and find out what Lifeway is planning in 2021. In this broadcast you will: - Hear from Scott and Ben on leading and family...
Can Sunday School and Home Groups Co-Exist?
Is it possible to do traditional Sunday School and home groups? With change comes struggle, but it also opens the door for new creative ideas to make disciples. Scott ...
Is Seminary Right for Me? | Dr. Emir Caner: President of Truett McConnell University
Learners are leaders. Dr. Caner, president of Truett McConnell University, has a passion for lifelong learning and equipping the called to do ministry work. In this ep...
From Social Media to Social Ministry - Book Review with Meredith Harris
From Social Media to Social Ministry outlines core digital discipleship principles and provides practical instruction for how to do it no matter how big or small a loc...
Do we REALLY need to update our by-laws: Harrison Smith | Regional Director with Alliance Defending Freedom
What is Alliance Defending Freedom and how does it help our Georgia Baptist Churches? Hear from Harrison Smith the Regional Director of ADF and why it is vital to get ...
Why should I survey my congregation? Bryan Rose | Senior Lead Navigator at Auxano
Auxano has a newly developed suite of tools designed specifically for post-pandemic churches. You can learn how to hone your listening skills and leverage the impact o...
Stop waiting to change your groups | Steve Parr & Jay Hackett
Steve Parr | Director at Gwinnett Metro Baptist Association Jay Hackett | Senior Pastor at Peachtree Corners Baptist Church
Can Churches Keep Young Adults Coming Back? | Aaron Earls with Lifeway Research
10 Characteristics of Churches That Keep Young Adults: A Lifeway Research study of young adults raised in the church discovered certain characteristics can have an imp...
The Big Invite | Easter Guest Follow-up as a Bi-Vocational Pastor
It is easy to neglect or overlook guest follow-up. In a single staff church or as a bi-vocational pastor, it can seem overwhelming to be the person who has to do it al...
The Big Invite | Connecting Easter Guest to Existing Groups
With Resurrection Sunday just around the corner, even as covid-19 lingers, excitement builds as we anticipate the guests and occasional attendees who will fill our wor...
Watershed Discipleship | Moving from Doing to Equipping with guest Dr. Thomas Hammond
Disciple-making pastors lead disciple-making churches. As a church leader, you are not exempt from the personal call of every believer to make disciples. Preaching and...
Watershed Discipleship | Making and Multiplying Disciples
In other words, the greatest (recorded) temptation we see in the life of the Lord Jesus was just before He began making and multiplying disciples.
Watershed Discipleship | Moving from Consumers to Co-Laborers
One of the most challenging pivots for churches to make is helping their members understand that every believer should serve, not sit.
When should I transition to a new position or to a new church?
What can the local church do to prepare members and staff for their future even if that means it may not be at their church? 1. Don’t lock a staff person into only o...
Watershed Discipleship | Cultivating Teachers to Produce World-Impacting Disciples
Great knowledge of scripture can be academic, but an application of that knowledge is life-changing.
Watershed Discipleship | Keep the Flame Hot - Linking Evangelism and Discipleship
We learned from our teacher how to trim the fuel and oxygen mix to produce a blue flame because that was the hottest flame we could get. This allowed us to properly h...
Watershed Discipleship | Finding Balance in Discipleship
“As believers engage in multiple layers of ministry, you will see a higher rate of connection, stronger commitment, and deeper levels of spiritual maturity. Providing ...