EntrePastors

In this episode Jon and Les talk with returning guest, John Stange.  John has been serving in pastoral ministry for 25 years and started building his platform by sharing the content of his sermons in self-published books, blogs, and podcasts.  His online platform has grown far beyond his expectations, and now his aim is to help others succeed as well.   John is the founder of Platform Launchers an...

Mark Foster is one of the most recent graduates of the EntrePastors Business Launch Academy.  Mark has served in pastoral ministry for many years.  Like many pastors and ministry leaders, Mark found himself satisfied in the work of his calling, yet desiring to be able to provide more comfortably for his family.   Somewhere along the line he was introduced to EntrePastors and shortly thereafter, wa...

In this episode Jon and Les talk with Tom Henderson, founder of a growing platform Restoration Generation.  Tom has served in vocational pastoral ministry and in recent years has put more of his focus into this new platform that is helping people far beyond the walls of just one church.   Growing up in a home that was shattered by divorce. Having to deal with issues of anger and bitterness. Overco...

Scott Hall is the Lead Pastor of Venture Church in Kellar, TX.  During his time in this ministry, Scott has led Venture Church to truly embrace the marketplace for the kingdom in a number of ways.   They are the home of Venture Business Impact, an incubator of sorts for new businesses beyond the walls of the traditional church.  Venture Church is inspiring, equipping, and encouraging entrepreneurs...

Ronnie Wise is one of the most recent graduates of our EntrePastors Business Launch Academy.  Ronnie has served in pastoral ministry for many years, and also serves as an Area Director for Fellowship of Christian Athletes.  Like many pastors and ministry leaders, Ronnie found himself satisfied in the work of his calling, yet desiring to be able to provide more comfortably for his family.   Somewhe...

Greg Reed served one church in pastoral ministry for over 40 years.  At some point along his pastoral journey, he began to serve in a chaplain role in the marketplace.  A few years ago, Greg launched his own business as a “workplace life coach.”   He has been thrilled to discover a new season of ministry in which he gets to do all the things he loved so much about pastoring, but also makes a incom...

We are celebrating 100 episodes of the EntrePastors Podcast!  In this special edition episode, Jon and Les both share their top two favorite episodes of the past 100 as well as the episode YOU, our audience, voted as your number one favorite episode.  In addition, Jon and Les both share a few of their personal insights and takeaways from their EntrePastor journey thus far. Jon’s Top 2 Favorite Epi...

In this episode Jon and Les talk with returning podcast guest, Katie Hornor.  Katie and her family have served as missionaries in Mexico for many years, but she has also leaned into the entrepreneurial space of the online marketplace as well.  Katie is a client experience & marketing strategist, speaker, author and expat entrepreneur in a sleepy little seaside town in México who has inspired p...

In this episode, Jon and Les bring the EntrePastors business consultant, Shane Odom, back to the podcast to discuss the topic of using debt to start or grow a business.  For many Christians, and especially pastors, debt is often seen as a negative thing to avoid at all costs.  And while this may often be very good advice when it comes to consumer debt on depreciating items, there are times when le...

A common problem many pastors struggle to overcome as they think about launching a business of their own is the fact they are already overworked with little to no margin in their lives.  How in the world will they ever find the time to start and operate a business while still pastoring?  The simple answer is through delegation.   A pastor must reach the place where they decide they are no longer g...

Caesar Kalinowski is an excellent example of what it looks like to be an EntrePastor.  Years ago, he and his wife migrated away from a more traditional ministry context and moved to Tacoma, WA as self-funded missionaries.  As they were building and growing missional communities, they supported themselves through multiple business endeavors.  As a matter of fact, they launched over 25 businesses to...

Are you a pastor who desires to establish another source of income for your family?  Do you like the idea of running your business in addition to working in pastoral ministry?  Are you just getting started and feeling a sense of overwhelm at the magnitude of launching a business and navigating all the uncertainties in front of you?  If so, we have some good news for you.  In this episode, Jon and...

Like so many pastors who lead smaller size churches and often struggle to make ends meet on just their church salaries alone, Daniel Bryan reached a point of frustration and decided to do something about it.  What started out as simply replacing a few iPhone batteries for his family and friends soon turned into an opportunity for more steady income.  Before long, Daniel decided to launch a formal...

The team at EntrePastors has a big announcement!  In this episode, Jon and Les share all the details of our brand new Pastors Business Alliance.  The reality is EntrePastors is quickly becoming a hub for pastors and other ministry-minded people all across the nation to come together and build strategic relationships for networking, partnering, and growing together as we launch new and exciting bus...

In this episode, Jon and Les introduce the newest member of the EntrePastors team.  Shane Odom has experienced much success throughout his career in multiple business endeavors.  He’s also gained a tremendous amount of knowledge through some of the setbacks and failures he’s encountered along the way.   Shane is bringing his many years of business wisdom and experience to the EntrePastors communit...

In this episode, Jon and Les talk with Jason Kempf.  Jason serves on a pastoral team with one of his roles being that of overseeing the vision and strategy for his church along with leadership development.  In addition to his pastoral role, Jason is also the founder of exANIMO Solutions, a business that helps other organizations with leadership development and team/organizational culture.   Jason...

In this episode, Jon and Les talk with Justin Janowski.  Justin is the founder of Faith 2 Influence, an organization that helps Christian coaches learn how to sell their services so they can make the impact they’ve been called to make in this world.   Justin has spent the past 17 years mastering sales, leadership, and business development. In our conversation, we talk about the mindset issues that...

In this episode, Jon and Les have a conversation with John Michael Clark, the founder of The Family Captain. John Michael has been in pastoral ministry for many years and is currently two years into the planting of Salt Church in Deltaville, VA.   John Michael has a gifting and a passion for helping Christian men level-up as husbands and leaders of their families.  A few years ago he launched The...

In this episode Jon and Les introduce you to an amazing young entrepreneur named Karis Hortin.  As a young girl, Karis was adopted from an orphanage in Ethiopia and grew up with a strong desire to eventually return and serve others in a similar place through some kind of missionary work.   However, when she took part in the CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) program through her high scho...

While most pastors have the ability to speak boldly from the stage and preach with conviction and authority in calling for people to take steps of action toward life transformation, they can also struggle to have conversations around sales in their marketplace businesses.  In this episode, Jon and Les wrestle with the question of why pastors struggle with selling.  Together they list multiple reas...

Ryan Steuer holds the distinguished honor of being a two-time returning guest to the EntrePastors podcast!  At one time, Ryan served as a pastor of a small congregation in rural Indiana, but his pathway into pastoral ministry was not necessarily via the traditional route.   Ryan came out of the world of engineering and public education and launched a non-profit called Magnify Learning that teaches...

At EntrePastors, many of the people we work with are working on adding some kind of entrepreneurial pursuit in the marketplace alongside of their current role in pastoral ministry.  In this episode you will hear from our guest who is on a little different trajectory.   Dan LaRock has been in the corporate world for many years, but in recent years he and his wife have stepped into the space of non-...

Recently, both Jon and Les finished reading the book, Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell.  Toward the end of his book Dan shares what he calls the 7 Pillars of Life and talks about how we need to be making investments into every one of these areas.  For many pastors and entrepreneurs, it’s often easy to neglect some, or all of these pillars as we are busy working hard to see our churches and busine...

On this episode of the EntrePastors podcast, Jon talks with Joshua Brown, also known as “The Pressure Washing Pastor.”  Joshua has an incredible story of growing up on the streets of Nashville, living a life that was drifting far away from the Lord, but then being radically saved and transformed by the love of God.   His passion for the Lord led him into spending many years serving in various voca...

For anyone who might find themselves serving in a toxic ministry culture where scarcity is the prevailing mindset, yet dreaming of a day where you could be walking in freedom and abundance, this episode is going to be a huge encouragement to you!  In this episode, Jon and Les have a conversation with Eric Reploeg about his journey - from his early years in ministry in which he felt somewhat trappe...