Church for the Rest of Us Podcast

CFTROU 0161 - Moving Into the Neighborhood: A Conversation With Pastor Joby MartinPreviously, we had a great conversation about the power of the neighborhood church with Thom Rainer and Matt McCraw, who shared some valuable and highly applicable ideas for pastors that are striving to be more intentional about reaching their community. Today, we are blessed to receive additional wisdom on this topi...

CFTROU 0160 - The Power Of The Neighborhood Church: A Conversation With Thom Rainer and Matt McCrawWe are in Florida at Family Church putting a neighborhood church in a neighborhood building with a neighborhood pastor who speaks the neighborhood language. Today, we welcome to the podcast a couple of guests, or rather friends, Thom Rainer and Matt McCraw. We continue to unpack the value and the pow...

CFTROU 0159: The Power Of The Neighborhood Church: A Conversation With Pastor Freddy T. WyattToday, on Church For the Rest of Us, we speak with Pastor Freddy T. Wyatt from Real Life Church in Clarksville, Tennessee, as we continue our series of conversations about the power of the neighborhood church. Freddy T. is a passionate preacher of God's word, and a risk-taking, baseball-loving, espres...

CFTROU 0158: The Power Of The Neighborhood Church: A Conversation With Pastor Andy BramerIn our continued efforts to put a neighborhood church in a neighborhood building with a neighborhood pastor who speaks the neighborhood language in every neighborhood in South Florida, today we are joined by a special guest Pastor Andy Bramer from One Community Church in Clarksville, Indiana. Pastor Andy embed...

CFTROU 0157 - The Power of the Neighborhood Church: A Conversation with Dr. Gregg Allison There is power in a church that accurately reflects the neighborhood it is in. There are a couple questions to ponder as a leader of a local neighborhood church; Are you visibly present? If your church were removed from the neighborhood would it be missed? Welcome back to the Church for the Rest of Us Podcast...

CFTROU 0155: Multicultural Multisite ChurchIn today’s episode, we continue our series on Multisite Church for the Rest of Us, with a topic near and dear to Pastor Jimmy’s heart, and that is being a multicultural multisite church! We have some really amazing guests with us today, Pastor Chuck Carter, lead pastor at Family Church Central Florida, a multicultural, multisite church in the Orlando area...

CFTROU 0154: Multisite CommunicationsToday's guest on the podcast is Max Lyons, who specializes in digital marketing and communications for churches. Max has dedicated himself to bridging the gap between the the church and marketing. In this episode we will we learn about the importance of marketing for all churches and Max’s tips and recommendation for churches to engage in the digital space...

CFTROU 0153: Multisite Video PreachingOn this episode, we are joined by Pastor Bernie Cueto from Family Church Gardens, Pastor Kevin Smith from Family Church Village, and Pastor Dave Stall who retired from the hugely impactful Southeast Christian Church in 2019. The topic of discussion is video preaching vs. live preaching. Each of our guests shares their insights on the benefits and disadvantages...

CFTROU 0152B10: CollaborationIn this episode, we're bringing you a broadcast of a panel of guests that we featured at the Church For the Rest of Us Conference we held earlier this month. The theme of this year's conference is COLLABORATION so the discussion you hear will be conversation around that topic. Pastor Jimmy Scroggins and Leslee Bennett are  joined by three special guests: Past...

CFTROU 0151: Multisite Leadership: Choosing a Campus PastorWToday’s guests, Pastors Nick Floyd and Aaron Filippone, have both been working for their churches (Cross Church and Family Church respectively) for over 12 years, and each of them currently holds a leadership position. In this episode, we hear from Pastors Nick Floyd and Aaron Filippone, who have both been working for their churches (Cros...

CFTROU 0150: Multisite MulligansIn this episode, we are joined by Robert Harry, representing a recovery group that meets at Family Church and Jarrett Stephens from Champion Forest. They weigh in on the struggles and wins of building multisite churches and strategic partnerships, tell us why recovery programs are so important. They share lessons learned with regards to leadership. You’ll hear about...

CFTROU 0149: A Church for Every NeighborhoodIn this episode, our guests are Todd Gaston and Jim Tomberlin, two pioneers of the multisite church movement. Pastor Todd is the Campus Pastor of Family Church North Stuart. Jim has written a book, Better Together, and tells the amazing story of how he began working with multisite churches. You’ll also hear about some of the trends in the multi-church pr...

CFTROU 0148: Forming Strategic PartnershipsIn today’s episode talking more about multi-site acquisitions and mergers, we are joined today by experts Dr. Ray Underwood of Family Church, and Dr. Willy Rice from Calvary Church in Clearwater. After a warm introduction, we dive right into the lived journey and vision that creates impact, and Dr. Ray and Dr. Willy each share their top insights into how...

CFTROU 0147: Finding Your Leadership Voice in 90 Days: Kadi ColeIn this bonus episode, we welcome our guest, Kadi Cole. She is talking to us about her new book, Finding Your Leadership Voice in 90 Days. Kadi has a passion for serving the community by working with leaders to increase their effectiveness in whatever role of influence they have been given. We explore issues surrounding women in leade...

CFTROU 0146: Be ExcellentYou can be excellent no matter where you are, no matter what kind of business you are in, and no matter what kind of church you are leading. In this episode, we discuss another Family Church Leadership Principle, to be excellent. Our guests are Dr. Mark Warnock, who oversees our Residency Program, and Tyler Core, Pastor to Students and Families for our network. Mark also l...

CFTROU 0145: Be a CollaboratorOn this episode, Pastor Jimmy Scroggins elaborates on the Family Church Leadership Principles and how our team has stayed flexible, agile, and adaptable in this season. Pastor Christian Ramos and Minister to Families, Erica Brooks, lead in different ministry areas, but share how they live out the Family Church Leadership Principles in their day-to-day activities. Hear...

CFTROU 0144: Be an InnovatorWe continue to unpack our Family Church Leadership Principles. In this episode, Pastor Todd Thomas and Pastor Seth Carter join the conversation. We talk about the kind of people we want to be as we love, serve, and shepherd people in our church or in any other place where we have influence. Today is a big one, in terms of our leadership principles, and one of Pastor Jim...

CFTROU 0143B9: Navigating GriefThe COVID-19 pandemic has been traumatic for everyone, and many of us are grieving. Joining us today to talk about dealing with grief, is Church For The Rest of Us’s very own Kevin Mahoney. As our resident grief counselor, Kevin takes us through his personal experience of losing loved ones, and how through this, he found God. He discusses his own search for a Jesus-c...

CFTROU 0142: Be a MotivatorIn this episode, Pastor Aaron Filippone of Family Church Gardens and Pastor Robby Christmas of Family Church in The Farms join Pastor Jimmy Scroggins and Leslee Bennett. We cover another one of our leadership principles: be a motivator. You will learn how to inspire your team to do greater things by consistently casting vision, relying on the power of God to advance your...

CFTROU 0141: Be a People DeveloperNo matter what kind of organization you’re part of, if you are a Christian, you are called into the business of people development. In today’s episode, Jimmy and Leslee Bennett are joined by Pastor Joel McDonald and Pastor Jimmy Muir to discuss one of our Family Church Leadership Principles: be a people developer. We touch on the strong biblical foundations of peo...

CFTROU 0140: Be TrustworthyIn this episode Pastor Jimmy and Leslee Bennett are joined by Pastor Winner Olmann to discuss another one of our Family Church Leadership Principles – to be trustworthy. We break down our definition of trustworthiness as the consistent demonstration of integrity in all that you do and say, sharing some examples and practical applications to help you build a strong team a...

CFTROU 0139: Be a FamilyIn this episode, we continue this season talking about our Family Church Leadership Principles. Joining us today are Pastor Derek Simpson from our Family Church Downtown Campus and Pastor Larry Mayer from our Family Church West Campus. Our seven leadership principles are: be a family, be trustworthy, be a people developer, be a motivator, be an innovator, be a collaborator,...

CFTROU 0138: The Need to Define CultureWelcome back to Church for the Rest of Us! This season we are discussing our Family Church Leadership Principles. Our CFO and Business Administrator, Scott Crawford, joins us on this episode. As we launch our new season, we talk about why we decided to define our principles and how we defined them. Over the next seven episodes, we will unpack each one with ou...

CFTROU 0137: Theological Education ReimaginedThere will always be value in continuing the journey of education and learning; being a life-long learner is a vital aspect of success and effectiveness in the ministry. You will continue to see and reap the benefits of education, whether it’s to better handle the word of God, handle theological truth, explaining why you believe what you believe, and so...

CFTROU 0136: Church Reimagined: Redefining & Rethinking Bivocational LeadersToday on Church for the Rest of Us, we continue our conversation of replanting, renewing, and reimagining the way we do church in 2021 by delving into the topic of bi-vocational ministry. We believe we could extend the church further and faster with people who are willing to be by bi-vocational church planters, pastors...