Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent

Episode 288: Is Marketing a Dirty Word   So today we need to ask and answer 2 main questions is marketing wrong in church life? if we choose to market our church - how can we do it well?   Is it wrong to market or promote our church?  Promoting or marketing our church (in my mind ) is just getting the word out about your church including when and where it meets.  It also includes what types of min...

Episode 287: What College Football Can Teach Us About Ministry   We should have a sense of excitement and passion about our ministry and our church. Coaching is a great picture of ministry roles and responsibilities. Some weeks are pretty easy, some weeks are pretty tough. Expect the unexpected upset. Your whole church lives in a transfer portal world. People are watching! Don't forget you are sur...

Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com Facebook Website

Episode 285: The Patience Problem 3 Areas where our impatience can create problems... Leading Change when the process is slower than it should be when resistance is high Leading People when lay leaders move at a slower pace when disciples grow more slowly then we expect Leading ourselves when we recognize our shortcomings more than our strengths when we feel defeated   3 places our impatience flar...

Epsiode 284: Endding Summer on a High Note Take a vacation Get outa dodge - sometimes the only way you can actually have a vacation is to literally get away. At least 3 days Catch up time with your family.   There is no such thing as quality time - only quantity time. Mental vacation- Invite another preacher or speaker to come to your church for a couple of Sundays. Missionaries or retired mission...

Episode 283: A Prayer and Action Plan Increase My...   Capacity   Character   Competence   Compassion

Episode282: Does Your Church Need a Safety Team   Why "Safety" over "Security"   Should you have a church safety team?   What is involved in putting a team together? training insurance   Who to have on the team and who not to have on the team. background checks interviews ongoing training   What is the responsibility of a church safety team? to keep the congregation as safe as possible from extern...

Episode 281: Unmeasured: Our Interaction with a Recent Article Read the Tithely Article Here :    

Episode 280: Can Anything Good Come From Stormy "C"s?   We learn the depth of our our faith life. prayer trust We learn perseverance We learn something about our leadership style We learn something about relationships We learn something to apply in the future We learn something we can share with another We learn something about timing   Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com Contact Trent: gasconadev...

  Episode 279: Should Your Church Have a Succession Plan   What is a succession plan? Is a succession plan possible in a small church? Should a church have a succession plan for staff? What are important things to consider? What are steps we should take?

Episode 278: Breaking Up With Some Bad Ideas That bigger is always better That addition beats multiplication That leadership equals power That present success guarantees future success That weaknesses are always exploited That busyness equals productivity That no one can do it as good as I can Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com Facebook Website