EVERY CHURCH FLOURISHING
BY THE GREAT COMMISSION ASSOCIATION
The Every Church Flourishing podcast is created to share stories and insights that encourage churches in gospel ministry.
We’re thrilled to introduce our host, Pastor Chase Thompson. A longtime podcaster with over 1,000 episodes since 2005, he sees podcasting as a powerful tool for disciple-making and sharing the good news.
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Recent Episodes
March 9, 2026
Episode 7: Don't Lead Alone + School Superintendent Lannette Lozano on What is the Hardest Thing About Teaching in 2026? + An Austrian Soda We Can't Pronounce.
Would you like to listen to a podcast that features hosts with a combined six decades of church pastoral experience talking about church ministry and church health? A podcast that gives you practical tips for church renewal a...
March 1, 2026
Episode 6: Prayer is a Non Negotiable With Dr. Se J. Won + You Ain't Got This Alone + Learning From Ministry Failure And The Mysterious Missing Bos Rooibos Tea Crime and Review
Episode 6 of the Every Church Flourishing Podcast features Pastor Chris Cole and Dr. Chase A. Thompson interviewing Dr. Se J. Won the Director of Mission Operations for California's Great Commission Association. Here's some r...
Feb. 23, 2026
Episode 5: Artificial Intelligence and the Church + GCA Director Michael Stewart + The Soda That Never Plays It Safe!
On today's episode, we interview Great Commission Association Dr. Michael Stewart, the second longest serving director of missions in the entire United States, and we talk to him about church planting on the West Coast...shou...
Feb. 15, 2026
Episode 4: Church Trends, The Walmartization of Church, Big Church vs. Small Church + A British Soda Made from Garden WEEDS.
Big Churches are Growing, Small Churches are Shrinking. Is this good? Literally rich churches are, on average, getting richer, and poor churches are, on average, getting poorer, budget-wise. Trends in the church, diagnostics,...
Feb. 8, 2026
Episode 3: Church Vital Signs, How to Invite Unchurched People to Your Church and Peanut Butter Soda?!
This week's episode features discussion of diagnostic ways of measuring a church’s health. How can you take the pulse and vitals of your church? What are the signs of health and warning signs? How can you know whether or not ...
Feb. 1, 2026
Episode 2: The Most Important Key to Church Health and Flourishing + Baptizing More People + The Most Disgusting Soda in History!
In this episode of the Every Church Flourishing Podcast by the Great Commission Association of California, hosts Pastor Christopher Cole and Dr. Chase Thompson interview the senior directors of the GCA, including Dr. Michael ...