200churches Podcast: Ministry Encouragement for Pastors of Small Churches

Jeff and Jonny talk with Chris Nye, a pastor from the Portland, OR area. Chris wrote a Leadership Journal article called The New Televangelists, and that is the topic of their conversation.

The hymn says, "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it..." and in this episode Jonny and Jeff talk about the things that make a pastor want to leave their church, and think that the grass is really going to be greener at the next place...

Jeff and Jonny talk about the challenge of integrating your church into the community. The goal is a church that, if gone, the community would really, really miss! They talk about the challenge of breaking down the barrier between the church and the community. This is a Part 1 of what will, over time, become a multiple episode discussion.

In this episode, Jeff and Jonny welcome Jan Schuiteman to the podcast! Jan has been an elder, and a leader at almost every level at our church for the past 30 years. Jan is a businessman who believes that business, life, ministry, church are all the same. Jan is a good friend, trusted mentor, and revolutionary thinker. He speaks as a volunteer leader - to our 200church pastors.

Jonny and Jeff talk about the five reasons why they find themselves in a prayer shortage, and how to approach and overcome them.

In this episode Jeff & Jonny talk about the challenge of managing our time to give honor to our personal lives, our family time, and our ministry responsibilities.

In this episode Jonny and Jeff talk about creating a welcoming environment in your church regardless of the extent of your resources.

In this episode, Jeff and Jonny talk about what stands in the way of getting new people involved in a ministry quickly, and how to move beyond those obstacles to get new people plugged in ASAP.

Brian Hansen, director of Gatekeepers ministry dropped by this week to talk a bit about equipping church leaders and laypeople to minister to those in their sphere of influence.

In this episode of the 200churches podcast, Jonny and Jeff talk about the importance of having good staff relationships and give some tips on how to cultivate those relationships.

In this episode, Jeff and Jonny talk about how to handle people leaving your church. It's inevitable in a 200church that people will cycle in and out,, so we have some tips for how to best manage those changes.

In this episode of 200churches, Jonny and Jeff talk about "sacred cows" in our churches and how to effectively deal with those areas that seem too tough to change.

In this episode, Jeff and Jonny talk about their motivation for creating 200churches and how to avoid being a church that settles for "not as bad as it used to be."

In this first episode, Jeff and Jonny talk about the vision for the 200churches Podcast and blog at 200churches.com. 200churches.com exists to encourage, support, and affirm pastors of smaller churches, and the importance of their ministries and churches in the Kingdom of God!