Church for the Rest of Us Podcast

CFTROU 0064: Training & Caring for Staff Wives Today we are continuing on conversation on training and caring for our staff wives. We are joined by three of our pastor’s wives, Kristin Scroggins, Kirra Kelly, and Joanna Christmas. We do believe that men and women are different, and there is great value in the roles that we all play in ministry. Join us as we dive into the goals we have to encourag...

CFTROU 0063: Encouraging & Empowering Pastors’ Wives We are continuing our series of interviews with people who are experts in areas that are crucial to helping churches of any size. On today’s episode we are going to dive into the topic of encouraging and empowering our pastors’ wives. Today’s guest is Kathy Litton who currently serves as the Director of Planter Spouse Development at the North Am...

CFTROU 0062: The Power of the Invitation Join us today with some great insights from Clay Smith, Lead Pastor of Alice Drive Baptist Church in Sumter, South Carolina. Clay gives a fresh take on the power of the invitation. This isn’t your traditional approach to creating an invite culture at your church. Clay walks us through seven foundational invitations that churches should be making on a regula...

CFTROU 0061: Multisite Approaches & Perspectives Today we’re joined by Micah Fries, Senior Pastor of Brainerd Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Micah is an excellent preacher and leader with a unique ability to think clearly about the issues that drive his decision-making. In this episode he talks to us about their multisite approach to church and how they manage to run multiple services i...

CFTROU 0060: Moving Toward a More Multi-cultural Church Today we’re joined by Dr. Noe Garcia, Senior Pastor of North Phoenix Baptist Church, for a candid conversation about becoming a more multi-cultural church. From growing up in Mexico to getting involved in gangs to being called into gospel ministry, his is an incredible story. Join us as Pastor Noe unpacks the challenges of being a minority se...

CFTROU0059: Reaching the Next Generation Today we’re having an insightful conversation with Pastor Dean Inserra of City Church in Tallahassee, Florida about reaching the next generation with the gospel of Jesus. Dean was called to start a church in his hometown of Tallahassee. He is passionate about reaching that city with the gospel and seeing the world impacted by a new generation of believers....

CFTROU 0058: Young Leader Engagement with Jonathan Akin Join us for an interview with Jonathan Akin, Director of Young Leader Engagement at the North American Mission Board (NAMB). In today’s episode we are talking about Jon’s work with youth leaders and how to grow the church in the contemporary climate. In some cases, this means the evolution of practices while maintaining our sure footing on tr...

CFTROU0057: Your Church is a Reflection of YOU! Today we’re concluding our season on creating a healthy church culture by delving into how culture is, above all, a reflection of the leader. We’re talking to Pastor Jimmy Scroggins about who he is as a leader. We’ll talk about the people and the experiences that have shaped him on his leadership journey, and how his personality is reflected in the F...

CFTROU0056: Relational Rocket Fuel Welcome back to the Church for the Rest of Us Podcast, and happy 2019! We took a few weeks off to celebrate Christmas and New Years with our families. Then we did something we do every January at Family Church – we went on our staff retreat. Today we’re diving into the importance of retreats. This fits perfectly with our theme for this season, which is Creating a...

CFTROU 0055: Developing Female Leaders, Part 2 Today we’re back with an episode you don’t want to miss. It’s part 2 of our conversation on developing female leaders with Leadership Consultant and Coach, Kadi Cole. Kadi is an expert on the topic of women in leadership and is also a newly published author of the book, Developing Female Leaders, which will release this spring. Last week we talked abo...

CFTROU 0054: Developing Female Leaders, Part 1 You don’t want to miss today’s episode with Leadership Consultant and Coach, Kadi Cole. This is the first of a two-part conversation on developing and raising up women leaders in our churches. This is a topic that we’ve been tackling here at Family Church and one on which Kadi is an expert, both as a woman leader and as a newly published author. She i...

CFTROU 0053: Aligning Kids Messaging with the Big Room Today we talk about how we preach and teach the same content to our kids as we do to our adults. We’re joined by Pastor George Estornell who gives leadership to all of the kids ministry leaders across our campuses. We will unpack exactly how we keep our kids aligned with what their parents or guardians are learning. We also take a look at how...

CFTROU 0052: Live Preaching Depends on Collaboration Today we continue our conversation about live preaching with Pastor Bernie Cueto, Teaching Pastor at Family Church Gardens and Campus Pastor at Palm Beach Atlantic University. In our last episode we talked about the “why” of live preaching and in this episode, we cover how we collaborate across eleven churches and in three languages. The process...

CFTROU 0051: Live Preaching Transmits Culture If you’re a multisite church or you’re thinking about becoming a multisite church, one of the most important decisions you have to make is whether to have live preaching or create video venues. At Family Church, we have chosen to have live preaching at all of our churches. Our guest today is Pastor Bernie Cueto. Bernie is a Teaching Pastor at Family Ch...

CFTROU 0050: Adopting a Spirit of Continuous Improvement Today we’re going to unpack what it means to adopt a spirit of continuous improvement and adapt it to a church setting. We’ve been really intentional about learning to do this and have some principles that can help churches of any size. We will cover seven ways to implement continuous improvement in your church and how it will help you to be...

CFTROU 0049: Coaching Matrix Team Leaders This is the final installment of our three-part series with our Family Church player/coaches. Today we’re talking with Derek Simpson about his work coaching Matrix Team leaders. Derek shares ideas around coaching as a leadership style for effectively working with both paid staff and volunteers. We’ll talk about strategies for different types of teams and t...

CFTROU 0048: Coaching Campus Pastors and Directors This is part two of our three-part series with our Family Church player/coaches. Today we are talking with Aaron Filippone, Campus Pastor at Family Church Gardens. Aaron also serves as a player/coach for our other Campus Pastors and Directors. We are going to dive into what it means to be a church team leader and the importance of building an envi...

CFTROU 0047: Coaching Network Services Today we are going to continue our conversation around coaching with Scott Crawford, Family Church Business Administrator/CFO and Network Resources team leader. We’ve talked about the qualities that make a good coach and now we will unpack the nuts and bolts of how coaching plays out at Family Church each and every week. We have implemented a structure that u...

CFTROU 0046B1: Building Momentum to Christmas This is a very special bonus episode, and you are going to be glad that you have joined us. Today we are talking with leadership consultant and coach, Kadi Cole. Kadi is passionate about equipping individuals to lead in all aspects of life and work, including building systems and cultures that grow leaders. Today on the show we have some pointers for c...

CFTROU 0046: What Makes a Good Coach This is part two of our two-part series with Coach Chris Hobbs, Director of Athletics at The King’s Academy in West Palm Beach. In part one we talked about being coaches, not bosses and now we want to define what that requires. We explore the qualities that make good coach, the importance of preparing your leaders to respond positively to negative situations, a...

CFTROU 0045: Coaches, Not Bosses Join us today as we host Coach Chris Hobbs, the Director of Athletics at The King’s Academy here in West Palm Beach. We are going to get tips from Coach Hobbs on what it looks like to embrace a coaching leadership style as a part of our church culture. We want to relate as coaches more than bosses. We like to coach. We believe in the power of coaching. We are going...

CFTROU 0044: Embracing a Forward-Looking Church Culture It’s no secret that most churches find it difficult to let go of the past. It is hard to change your church’s culture and it takes time – more time than many leaders are willing to invest. There are few factors more damaging to church growth than holding onto old culture. The churches of the past are top down, male dominated, competitive, ove...

CFTROU 0043: Creating a Healthy Church Culture - Organizationally. We’re continuing our conversation on creating a health church culture because culture eats programs for breakfast! Today on the show we are joined once again by Leslee Bennett, Family Church Communications Director, as we continue peeling back the layers of this topic. We are diving into organizational side of church culture to tal...

CFTROU 0042: Creating a Healthy Church Culture - Relationally In this series we dive into what culture is and why it’s important, especially for churches. Today we are going to do our best to define some of the key characteristics of our Family Church culture. Then we will take a closer look at how those actually play out in the day-to-day. Keep in mind, we haven’t figured it all out! We are just...

CFTROU 0041: Creating A Healthy Church Culture We’re back with our third season to unpack one of our most popular topics – creating a healthy church culture. Join us for a conversation with Family Church Lead Pastor, Jimmy Scroggins, and Family Church Communications Director, Leslee Bennett. As we looked at our numbers from our first two seasons we realized that one of our most impactful topics we...