Strength for Today's Pastor

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Do you want to discover or maybe even reignite the small groups ministry of your church? Troy Drake is the founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Meridian, Idaho, having served as its pastor since 2009, and has led their church into this important area of discipleship ministry. Here's a quote from the church website:   "Now all who believed were togethe...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! This conversation between host Bill Holdridge and Ron Arbaugh is all about the venture of faith he’s been on for the last 25+ years of ministry in the Lone Star State. Pastor Ron is the founding pastor of CC San Antonio, the 2nd largest city in Texas. The Lord has used Ron and his fellowship in many marvelous ways. Dramatic testimony. Overcoming an impairmen...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Today we’ll be talking with Dan Davis of Calvary Chapel Mountain Home, Idaho, on the subject of ministering in a community with a shifting population. Many pastors have felt this tension … they build on a foundation of the gospel, the vision of the Great Commission, and the ministry of the Word of God, and PEOPLE. The wise pastor invests in people, people th...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Pastor John Pillivant started Calvary Chapel Bartlett, TN back in 1995. Bartlett is a city that is just minutes away from Memphis, the same place where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. As a pastor, John had to quickly discover how to minister in his part of the country, and has learned much by being humble, asking questions, and being committed to th...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Our program today is with Pastor Rod Carver, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Coastlands in Corpus Christi, TX.  We’re going to hear from Rod on the subject of identity. Obviously, today there is a lot of pressure on people to self-identify.  It's become a thing, and rather suddenly. We are pressured to self-identify with regards to sexual orientation, e...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! John Miller is the Senior/Lead pastor of Revival Christian Fellowship in Menifee, CA.  In this podcast episode, John will be sharing with us on the subject of the method of expositional Bible teaching and preaching, building upon last  week’s episode when he made the case for expositional Bible teaching/preaching (Podcast #74). John is not only a fine Bible...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Pastor Jerel Hagerman is very wise with regard to training and releasing future pastors and leaders.  A primary ministry goal of Jerel's has always been to raise future leaders up ... only in the Word of God, but also in practical application to actively prepare them for their own ministries. To this end, he started a Bible College on the church campus,...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Longtime missionary church planter Ed Compean (currently senior pastor of Shoreline Calvary Chapel in Morro Bay, CA) has a perspective on water baptism, its meaning and importance that we in the West need to hear.  Listen in as Ed shares with us what water baptism means ... not only Biblically, but in other world cultures.  Per Ed's suggestion, program...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! God is the lifeline of the individual believer, through believing prayer. That is also true of any congregation of believers ... God works through believing prayer. As someone once said, “You can do more than pray after you have prayed but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.”  Join pastors Matt Valencia (The Regeneration Church, Scotts Valley...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Join pastors Tim Brown (Calvary Chapel Fremont, CA) and Jeremy Foster (Calvary Chapel in the Ozarks, AR) as they share ideas about what the breaking of bread looked like in the early church, and why it’s important today in any church. Was breaking of bread a reference to communion only, or something else? Or was it a reference to the love-feast, a common mea...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Acts 2:42 states that the early believers were steadfastly committed to four major things. These commitments included their sharing life together, in Biblical fellowship. Fellowship is the life conduit of any church. Learn from pastors Dan Leitz (Calvary Chapel Oceanside, CA) and Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey, CA) about how Biblical fellowship has been ex...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! The early church ... the best church ... specifically the apostolic church ... was characterized by their passion. They were intentionally committed to the six focuses of Acts chapter 2. Senior/lead pastors and churches will do well to focus on the same things today. One great priority for the N.T. church was its devotion and adherence to the apostles'...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Outreach, that's what we often call it. But outreach by itself, apart from the gospel, is not Great Commission ministry.  Pastors Paul Berry (Calvary Chapel Santa Maria, CA) and Alan Stoddard (Calvary Chapel Ruidoso, NM) join us in today's important discussion on this subject. This is the 2nd of 6 episodes dealing with the distinctives of ministry...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! So we got together for one of our not-as-regular-as-we-should pastor chats, and we decided to record our collective thoughts on COVID-19 and its effect (amazing) on the kingdom of God. Listen to testimonies and anecdotal evidence of God being on the move! Be encouraged! Let the Holy Spirit broaden your vision, and enlarge your borders!  And, feel free to pas...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! The first of a six part series from Acts chapter 2, this podcast dives into the subject of the need for and power of the Holy Spirit, and how He works in the church, and why pastors should care about it.  Holland Davis of Calvary Chapel San Clemente, CA ( hollanddavis.com ) and Jim Hesterly of Acts One Eight Ministries ( act-one-eight.com ) are a great pair...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Smack dab in the middle of this crisis, as the team of Poimen Ministries pastors gathered in a Zoom meeting to fellowship and update with one another, the subject of Covid-19 came up and so we went with it.  About 250 combined years of senior pastoral experience combined to tell the story of what they see the Lord doing through this pandemic. This will be en...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Pastor Craig Hall may live in a smallish sized town. He may have a normal sized congregation. But he is doing a great work, and is a fine pastor who loves his flock and community dearly. In this episode, Craig tells a bit of his story in ministry, as well as some exciting arenas of outreach in the community of Fortuna. If you've ever lived or pastored i...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Jim Thomas has the gift of leadership, and is a leader. When a major opportunity presented itself to him, the Lord used him to make the most of it. When he assumed the leadership of Telios Church, it was in a very difficult time for the church and community.  Hear some of that testimony, and how the Lord has been able to work in and through Pastor Jim in his...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Prayer is essential. Prayer is God's idea. Prayer is the primary means by which God involves His children in what He wants to do in His world.  Prayer was a primary focus of the best church ever—the apostolic church, as in Acts 2:42.  Yet our prayer meetings are often boring, poorly attended, and unexciting ... when they ought to be one of the most exci...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Pastor Bill Walden is a seasoned pastor ... founding pastor of Cornerstone Ministries of Napa, CA (27 years), former lead singer for Undercover and The Mirrors, former College and Career Pastor at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, and current Missions Pastor at Calvary Chapel Napa. He is a major figure for many in Baja, Mexico, and is currently ministering in Bible...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Pastor Tim Brown joins show host Bill Holdridge in this huge issue for pastors ... made even more do due to this particular election year. Pastor Tim has a gift of turning complexities into simplicity, which can be very helpful for pastors who want tips on how to navigate these choppy waters and stormy seas.  Tim is the pastor of Calvary Chapel in Fremont, C...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Mike Hughes of Calvary Chapel in Emmett, Idaho uses a simple, but profoundly effective tool to memorize chunks of the Bible, one bite (section) at a time.  Learn how this easy to learn, four step method can aid you in Bible memorization, even if you think you could never do that. As Mike says, if his high school students can do it, so can you.  Mike discusse...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Pastoral Transitions have an awful lot to teach us about pastoring the churches we currently pastor. There are lessons on developing leaders, about communication, about godly vision, and many other subjects. In this podcast, Pastor Ed Compean of Shoreline Calvary Chapel in Morro Bay, CA, and Pastor Jack Arnold of Calvary Mt. Si in North Bend, WA share their...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! Three of Poimen Ministries' experienced team of pastors explore some of the myths of the process of finding a new pastor, and transitioning from what was to what shall be. Common myths include: (1) Transitions are smooth and easy, it's no big deal; (2) Who would ever want to come and pastor this church?; (3) Most pastors recognize when it's ti...

Comments? Questions? Send us a message! It's wise to listen to any pastor who has faithfully and successfully borne fruit for almost 50 years of ministry. In this episode Pastor Steve Carr of Calvary Chapel Arroyo Grande, CA will talk with Bill Holdridge about the recently completed transition of CCAG to a younger pastor. It's a textbook transition, one from which we can all learn.  Spoi...