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Aaron Ministries has the vision to see Healthy Leaders leading Healthy Churches that transform communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Resourcing Pastors and Christian Leaders through the Healthy Christian Leaders Podcast is one way that we strive to do this.  Check out our website, podcast and more here:  https://linktr.ee/aaronministriesnetwork Donate to our ministry: https://aaronministrie...

Aaron Ministries has the vision to see Healthy Leaders leading Healthy Churches that transform communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Resourcing Pastors and Christian Leaders through the Healthy Christian Leaders Podcast is one way that we strive to do this.  Check out our website, podcast and more here:  https://linktr.ee/aaronministriesnetwork Donate to our ministry: https://aaronministrie...

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In today’s episode of the Healthy Christian Leader Podcast, Father James Mallon shares insight on how we can effectively speak truth to our ever-changing culture. He begins by establishing a foundation for what the Christian Tradition has historically taught concerning how people receive truth. First, it’s by special revelation through Scripture and the person of Jesus Christ, and secondly it’s th...

In today’s episode of the Healthy Christian Leader Podcast, Sweis Ubels shares practical insights from his own ministry experience on how we can grow in grace and truth.  During one of his pastorates, he led a church that struggled with living in this tension, but amidst real issues in the life of the church, God took Sweis and his team of Elders on a journey of learning how to deal with tough iss...

In today's episode of The Healthy Christian Leader Podcast, Dr. Harry Gardner discusses the theme of resilience with Dr. John & Dr. Catherine McNally. Support the show

In today’s episode of the Healthy Christian Leader Podcast, Reid Stairs answers the question, “What is truth?” He points to the Biblical teaching that truth is not first a principle, but a person - the person of Jesus Christ. He advocates for a fresh focus on Jesus in our evangelism and attempts to connect with culture as opposed to strategies that have often failed in the past. Only by lifting up...

In today’s episode of the Healthy Christian Leader Podcast, Cheryl Ann Beals shares the realities of facing criticism in ministry. She shares key insights on criticism from recent research and asserts that criticism and a leader’s inability to properly handle it is one of the primary factors leading to burnout in ministry. In light of this, Cheryl Ann offers a different perspective on criticism th...

In today’s episode of the Healthy Christian Leader Podcast, Elias Mutale shares the importance of freedom in the life of individual Christians and the corporate Body of Christ. God has made us so that we might be free to love him and to serve humanity through the Church. He points out the problems and potential pitfalls that come from legalism and points to a better way forward - a life and church...

Danny Smith introduces the theme from our 2017 season of leadership talks, centering around the theme of Grace and Truth. He lays out a foundation for this subject that will be built upon in later episodes from SZN 3. Danny takes time to point out two major ditches Christians are in danger of falling into. Grace without truth or truth without grace, both of which lead us away from the Gospel. The...

In today’s episode, we get to hear from Russ Conway on how to deal with difficult people. When leaders find themselves in the midst of frustrating interactions and experiences with parishioners, how are we to respond? Russ challenges leaders to remember that leadership starts with leading ourselves.  Oftentimes we struggle to deal with difficult people because of the areas of brokenness still unre...

In today’s episode, we get to hear from Robin McCoombs on how to deal with the pain and hurt we often experience when leading in ministry.  She explores the causes behind the surprise and disillusionment we experience in the midst of back-stabbing and betrayal.  One of the reasons for this is a poor theology of suffering. Robin shares how developing a robust theology of suffering can help us journ...

In today’s episode, we get to hear from Reid Stairs on the many potential pitfalls of ministry and how we can go about avoiding them.  He explores one of the main causes behind the crisis Pastors often face internally.  It has to do with forgetting the difference between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of our World.  These two kingdoms function according to different operating principles, bu...

In today’s episode, we get to hear from Father James Mallon on the connection between vision, passion, and hope, and the significance these three factors have for our leadership in ministry. Father James explores the different reasons Leaders lose hope in their ministry and he demonstrates how this loss of hope is connected to our loss of passion, which subsequently causes us to lose sight of our...

In today’s episode, we get to hear from Elias Mutale on how the church can grow in our time.  Elias answers the question “What is the Church?” helping us establish a Biblical theology of the church.  He offers insight into how we can help our churches become more effective at reaching our communities, sharing a strategy called “community exegesis” - This is a process of discerning where God is alr...

Pastor Danny Smith reflects on the first 15 years of his Pastoral Ministry, sharing about the dangers of doing ministry while neglecting the care of your own soul.  He puts it soberly as he says, “Ministry can be a soul-destroying endeavour.”  He offers 4 essential disciplines we need to incorporate into our lives that will help us run the race well. He encourages us to spend time with God daily,...

Chad MacDonald shares how Christian Leaders should respond during seasons of criticism and discouragement. Chad encourages listeners to be anchored in Biblical truth about our current reality; God’s presence with us - our call to suffer for the sake of the Gospel - the reality of sin in the human heart - and the refinement that comes to us through the presence of hardship. Support the show

Dr. Brian MacArthur shares how Christian Leaders should manage change in our ministries and organizations.  We often desire to see change in our churches and organizations for the sake of a better future but people often respond to change in different ways.  Dr. Brian breaks down 4 of the most common ways people respond to change and we can engage with each of these groups through the process of c...

In today’s episodes, Pastor Rob Laidlaw unpacks how Pastors and Leaders can better shepherd and counsel people in our care who are struggling in various areas.  He unpacks the meaning and implications of Jesus’ statement that “the truth shall set you free.” One of our main goals must be to identify the lie people are believing and showing them God’s truth that needs to replace that lie. Support th...

In today’s episodes, Reid Stairs lays out a vision for holistic health in the life of a leader.  Speaking from 30+ years of ministry experience, he shares wisdom on how to grow in health and stay in health through the many years and seasons of ministry. Support the show

In today’s episodes, John Roddam breaks down different factors that lead to stress in ministry and the workplace.  He then gives some practical ideas we can implement into our own life and ministry to become more whole as leaders, better equipped to be sustainable and healthy in the midst of the many stresses we may face as Pastors.  Support the show

In today’s episode, Pastor Jay Guptill shares why vision is so important in the life of a Christian Leader and Ministry.     He unpacks how to discover the unique vision God has for you and shares practical steps you can take in the development of that vision. Finally, Pastor Jay shares how having an inward vision can lead our ministries down the dangerous path of decline and death. Support the sh...

In today’s episode we get to hear from Father James Mallon - Father James is the founder of Divine Renovation Ministry and author of the bestselling book Divine Renovation: From A Maintenance To A Missional Parish.  In today’s talk Father James unpacks how Christian Leaders can create ministries that are sustainable, scalable, and transferable. Support the show