Episodes
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Fire: 10 Tips To Transform Your Preaching! (To…
This episode takes listeners on a fast-moving tour through nearly two thousand years of Christian wisdom on preaching and teaching, gathering counsel from church fathers, classic pastors, and modern evangelical voices. The central claim is simple: truly effective preaching has not fundamentally cha…
Episode 12: Great Teaching Tips from Preaching Giants, Mental Health …
Today Pastor Christopher Cole of the Great Commission Association and Dr. Chase Thompson discuss mental health among church leaders, how to lead without wearing people out, great preaching tips, helping people to tap into Jes...
Episode 11: Grappling with Grief and Helping The Grieving, Friendship…
“They don’t need you to bandaid their gaping wound; they need you to be present in their grief.” Dr. Michael Stewart, the head of California’s Great Commission Association of Churches, and podcast host Dr. Chase Thompson inte...
Silent Saturday And the Grief (and Hope!) of Good Friday.
We know about Good Friday...What about Saturday? What happened on that Silent Saturday as the disciples stewed in their hopelessness? They weren’t waiting for anything, because it really appeared that they did NOT believe Jes...
Episode 10: Church Friendships: The Loneliness Crisis in Ministry + 1…
Our focus today is on relationships in the church and the loneliness epidemic among pastors and church leaders. Hosted by Dr. Chase Thompson and Dr. Mike Stewart with guests Dr. Chris Smith of the Great Commission Training Institution, and Lighthouse Baptist pastor Grant Combs.In today’s roundt…
Episode 9: NO Supermen! Leaders: Take Off Your Capes. With Counselor …
This week we continue out talk with counselor Immanuel Marsh about burnout, and helping church leaders and pastors stay healthy spiritually and emotionally. Can pastors have deep friendships with people in their churches? How...
Episode 8: Sneaky Burnout With Immanuel Marsh + Free Resurrection Boo…
We have a great discussion today on a sneaky enemy of church leaders, a potentially delicious soda to review, a resource for church leaders that sells for $60, and we will tell you how to get it for free, AND, we will review the top 5 books on the resurrection of Jesus to get you ready for resurrec…
Episode 7: Don't Lead Alone + School Superintendent Lannette Lozano o…
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...
Episode 6: Prayer is a Non Negotiable With Dr. Se J. Won + You Ain't …
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...
Episode 5: Artificial Intelligence and the Church + GCA Director Mich…
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...
Episode 4: Church Trends, The Walmartization of Church, Big Church vs…
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,...
Episode 3: Church Vital Signs, How to Invite Unchurched People to You…
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 ...
Episode 2: The Most Important Key to Church Health and Flourishing + …
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 ...
Episode 1: You Need a Team! Introducing the ECF Podcast, the Great Co…
On this inaugural episode, hosts Dr. Chase Thompson and GCA Assistant Director Pastor Chris Cole discuss the importance of ministry TOGETHER, and interview the directors of the Great Commission Association of churches located...