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200churches Podcast: Ministry Encouragement for Pastors of Small ChurchesEpisode 409 - Church As A Vibrant Expression - From Stained Glass To KaleidoscopeKurt Trempert from HarvestDowntown.org in Colorado Springs joins Jeff today for Episode 409. Kurt's book, Kaleidoscope - Keeping the Church from becoming a Museum, was released in 2017, and while they talk about the message of the book, they also talk all things church ministry.Kind of a part one to this episode would be Weekend Edition 34 of the Coaching For Pastor's podcast, Jeff's other podcast for pastors. You can google it and find it easily. On that podcast they don't talk about Kurt's book, but about pastoral life and ministry - all different content that's really interesting...2022-12-1459 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 198 - Only YOU Can Prioritize Your Health HolisticallyToday Jeff begins this week's theme of "Only YOU". Five things that only the pastor can do - it's YOUR responsibility, no one else's!Only YOU can prioritize your health. No one else will, nor do they want to. They're having a tough enough time monitoring their own health right now.Jeff describes a number of areas that make up holistic health...Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-12-0507 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 181 - Pastor, Burn the Sofas!Sometimes, in the course of one's life and leadership - you need to burn a bridge, jump out of a plane, pass a point of no return, take that leap of commitment where there's no going back.Jeff challenges pastors to do just that in this episode, describing experiences and stories from his own life and ministry. Jeff hopes that God uses this episode to push you to take that step that you've been avoiding and afraid of - and... there's a story about sofas on fire too!Enjoy!Support the show2022-10-2814 min
200churches Podcast: Ministry Encouragement for Pastors of Small ChurchesEpisode 404 - From the Circles of Evangelical Prominence and Political Influence to the Jesus-Centered Local Church - One Pastor's PerspectiveDavid Wilson serves as the Executive Pastor at Harvest Downtown in Colorado Springs CO. He has served in para-church organizations that brought him into close proximity with prominent evangelical leaders who wielded political influence nationally. He helped them organize and fundraise. He served with them personally. But today he is more convinced than ever that the local church is God's Gospel messenger to reach lost people.This is David's story, about his move to full time pastoral ministry, his experience with chronic disease, and his current ministry mobilizing volunteers for discipleship and ministry....2022-10-2653 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 177 - Pastors Need To Take Their Own MedicineJeff shares an excerpt from Dana Candler's book, First Love - Keeping Passion For Jesus In A World Growing Cold, and applies it to you, Pastor. Imagine, pastors getting to eat from the food prepared by them for the people!?Candler writes about her encounter with God, and challenges people to actually believe what God says about himself and our relationship with him, and Jeff applies this to pastors... Enjoy!Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-10-2407 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsWeekend Edition 29 - A Conversation On Preaching Between John Finkelde and Jeff KeadyJeff wraps up a week on preaching with a conversation about preaching, with the founder of Grow A Healthy Church, John Finkelde. John coaches pastors on their preaching, among many other ways he coaches and consults with pastors and church leadership teams.John wrote a book called Preaching In A Whatever World, that we reference in the episode. John shares some tips, tricks, and foundational presuppositions on the crafting and delivery of sermons.You will both learn and be encouraged by this episode - enjoy!Support the show2022-10-2251 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 176 - Jeff's Can't Miss Wrap Up... On Preaching!Jeff recorded a last minute replacement episode for Friday, October 21, late on Thursday, October 20. :-)He thought of too many things he wanted to share with you on Thursday, so he re-recorded the Friday episode and this is it! He even shares a clip from another podcast that speaks to the discipline of preaching and communicating.Thanks for proclaiming the Gospel to your people Pastor - we know this episode is going to encourage you in it! Enjoy!Here's the FULL YouTube version of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast episode that Jeff's highlights: 2022-10-2115 min
200churches Podcast: Ministry Encouragement for Pastors of Small ChurchesEpisode 400 - Jeff & Jonny LIVE - Celebrating 400 EpisodesJeff and Jonny are LIVE together on this episode, catching up after a long summer, reminiscing over the last 400 episodes, and recalling some of the very memorable guests over the years, with cameo appearances by John Lynch, Kay Warren, Vinny Provenzano, and N.T. Wright. This was a blast to record, and you will enjoy this CLASSIC episode!Here are the links to the full episodes we reference in Episode 400:John Lynch - Episode 61Kay Warren - Episode 226Vinny Provenzano - Episode 286N.T...2022-09-281h 09
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 156 - Jeff's Closing Argument On the ONE ThingIn Episodes 152-155 Jeff argues that there is ONE THING that he would ask his congregation to do, above everything else.In Episode 156, he gives his closing argument. This is our mandate, our charge to keep, to teach this to our people, and teach them to obey it...Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-09-2309 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 150 - Please - Get Caught In The ReThinking Cycle!Jeff takes a metaphor from Adam Grant's book, Think Again - and challenges pastors to choose the Rethinking Cycle, instead of the Overconfidence Cycle.Pastors are the spiritual thought leaders in the community, or should be, and must be open to the dynamic of life-long learning. It requires humility and, surprisingly, doubt! But you can do it, and Jeff unpacks how.Pick up Grant's book, Think Again - The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know. You'll be glad you did.Support the showFor more great content and...2022-09-1509 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 139 - Two More Ways To Minimize Stress In MinistryThis week we are finding more and more ways to hold stress at bay - minimize overwhelm - and avoid burnout. Today Jeff will share two more ways to reduce stress - in a ministry context.Defining issues, challenges, and problems, and actually taking real rest after seriously engaging your work - those are the two, and Jeff teases them out for you. Enjoy!Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-08-3107 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 137 - A Strategic Plan Seriously Reduces Ministry OverwhelmThis week Jeff talks about HOW to reduce and minimize stress, overwhelm, and burnout in ministry. Today he coaches on accessing outside resources to develop a strategic plan for your church/ministry. That will greatly increase focus and clarity for you, and minimize ministry overwhelm.Jeff references Dave Jacobs at SmallChurchPastor.com and Tony Morgan's Unstuck Group.Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-08-2908 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 136 - Recognizing the Causes of Ministry StressJeff has unpacked this week the causes of ministry stress for pastors.lack of a planthe unending workloadincessant time demandspoor boundaries between personal and ministry timetoo high of congregational expectationsthe lack of strong social supportfinancial pressuresJeff discusses the last couple stressors today, and next week we'll cover more ways to manage these stressors so you can live a peaceful and fulfilling life in spite of them!Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-08-2610 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 124 - This Is The Problem When Your Ministry Is DRYJeff talks today about his thoughts on his upcoming message from John 15 - where Jesus teaches about Himself as the Vine, and us as the branches.On August 10, 2020 - two years ago today - I bad storm hit his town and huge swath of the Midwest, leaving destruction in its wake. Jeff talks about that day, and how his memories connect to the meaning of John 15.If pastors do not remain in the Vine... who will?Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400...2022-08-1009 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 107 - Humility As A Key Marker Of Spiritual MaturityThe spiritual life of a pastor - requires a healthy dose of humility! Humility comes in all shapes and sizes - and Jeff talks about humility today. Humility comes from talking to both the rich and the poor - and noticing the people who are right in front of us... Jeff explains. Enjoy!Register Today for the Coaching For Pastors Live An Extraordinary Life Webinar Masterclass on August 16, 2022 at Noon Central Time LIVE on Zoom.Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the...2022-07-1810 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 106 - A Healthy Lifestyle Update: Yes You Can!Jeff gives an update on his second round of weight loss and healthy living in the past less than four years. After losing 80 pounds (2018-19), then gaining 90 pounds back (2020-21) - one could get discouraged! And he did.But listen today to his update on his second go around at it - this time with some wisdom and experience, and more commitment than ever to make it stick! If he can do it, then...YES YOU CAN too!If you need some encouragement or just want to bounce your story off his, reach...2022-07-1510 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 101 - A Wise Approach To Life Long LearningAs we end this week's topic of PRIORITIES, Jeff thinks out loud about "How we prioritize the wise input of others into our lives?" Do we tap into the wisdom and knowledge of others, or are we the only ones filling our own tanks? If we don't access the wisdom and understanding of others, the reservoir of our knowledge is going to dry up rather quickly! We must make it a priority to receive from others, and to put ourselves in a position where we can receive wisdom, knowledge, information, inspiration, and insight from them.J...2022-07-0809 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 100 - Our Lives Continue When We Invest Ourselves In OthersToday Jeff talks about prioritizing investments - not financial investments, but investing in other people. We can accomplish many tasks, build buildings and products, and grow organizations, but it will be our investments in people that will ultimately be our legacy.In episode 100 Jeff talks personally about the investments that he and his Dad made in each other, and a little about how that all ended. Today, long after his Dad is gone, the investments he made in Jeff are still paying off.Who are YOU investing into these days?Support the show2022-07-0707 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsWeekend Edition 13 - Extraordinary Life 06: Resolve To Achieve Your GoalsIn this episode Jeff and Dave Bush wrap up the 7-episode series, Live An Extraordinary Life!Today's sixth commitment is Resolve To Achieve Your Goals. Thinking is not achieving, and the best intentions do absolutely nothing without follow-through. What does it take to actually bring a dream to reality?Jeff announces two important things in this episode:1. August 16 - Jeff and Dave Bush are going to co-lead a Webinar Masterclass called Dare To Dream. Be looking for more information on how to register for that webinar. We will be sharing some...2022-07-0231 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 90 - Exponential.org and Multiplication.org Are Great Resources!Jeff talks about https://www.multiplication.org and https://www.exponential.org - Two great resources for pastors, if you haven't heard of them. Search for "exponential learning community" and see what Jeff was able to participate in during 2020-2021. His event cities were Kansas City MO, Indianapolis IN, and Nashville TN.It was through being a part of this Exponential Learning Community that he learned about the great ministry of Exponential. Check it out and the myriad resources they offer to pastors and ministry leaders. It's way to valuable a resource to miss!Support...2022-06-2209 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsWeekend Edition 09 - Pastor Zach’s Story – Entrepreneurship, Discipleship, and the Red Letter ChallengeZach Zehnder's story of calling into ministry, and the twists and turns around it, are inspiring! God used a need in Zach's ministry to birth a Kingdom business in his and his wife's hearts that moved them from Florida to Nebraska. This is Zach's story of his quest to disciples God' people.Jeff and Zach did not know each other and do not come from the same denomination. They met in a cohort within Carey Nieuwhof's Art of Leadership Academy, and of course, Jeff invited him onto the podcast. Enjoy!Find Zach at 2022-06-0455 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 76 - Jeff Received An Offer He Couldn't RefuseA chance encounter at the grocery store ignited a new friendship for Jeff that he admits he needed. This is the story of a pastor who reached out and connected in a significant way to both be encouraged as well as to encourage!Maybe you're just like Jeff today - maybe you need a friend and you don't even realize it! Listen to Jeff tell this story, and maybe you can be the pastor who reaches out to another one in your community, and it will be just the right time for them, like it was for...2022-06-0207 min
200churches Podcast: Ministry Encouragement for Pastors of Small ChurchesEpisode 383 - What Pastors Need To Know Before The Missionaries Show Up!Melanie is an International Worker and Missionary with her husband and children in a foreign country that will remain unnamed. Jeff gave her permission to speak freely to pastors and clue them in on what it's like for a young missionary family to come off the field for a year and visit churches.What do they need from pastors? From church members? How does this home assignment year affect their personal lives and their children? How can churches help and truly minister to the needs of a missions couple or missionary family? Melanie breaks all this down...2022-06-011h 00
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 75 - Whose Life Will You Change?It many times is the smallest of gestures that makes the biggest difference! Pastors have the opportunity everyday to make a difference in the lives of families in their church or community. Jeff shares some memories of life changing moments when a pastor made a difference and influenced his life. Jeff's challenge to us today is "Whose life will we impact for Jesus?"Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-06-0108 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 73 - Thanks Furtick For Mentioning Bent KneesJeff saw a graphic over the weekend that reminded him of prayer, and got him thinking about how he first started out in prayer at 10 years old. Then he thought about being 18, and then 42, etc. Prayer. The purpose and power of the pastor. But when we are professional pastors sometimes prayer becomes rote and robotic. Furtick mentioned bent knees and got Jeff thinking... in a great direction. Enjoy!Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-05-3011 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 72 - Weight Loss and Fitness Are Not Impossible - There Is Hope!Jeff challenges pastors who may have given up home on their health and fitness every improving. Jeff is the poster pastor for someone who was able to turn around his health and fitness after weighing in at the highest weight of his life at both age 56 and 59. His message is "Never give up!" Keep hope alive that your health and fitness can absolutely improve. Jeff shares more of his story and health journey. If you would like to talk more with Jeff about your health journey, reach out to him at jeff@coachingforpastors.org. Pastors who struggle w...2022-05-2709 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 67 - The Cost of Inactivity and What To Do About ItIf sitting really is the new smoking, then what is the cost of sitting? Jeff shares some data on what the cost is from sitting all day in a sedentary lifestyle. Too many pastors live sedentary lives. That's bad (as me and my kids say).Jeff shares the info, then some suggestions on how to make things better for YOU.Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast!2022-05-2008 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 65 - How To Manage Technology In Relation To Your KidsHow do you create rules for technology in your home? What? You don't?! You just let your kids do whatever they want with their cellphones, laptops, and tablets?You're kidding right? Of course you are... On Episode 65 Jeff talks about how to create a "Rule of Technology" in your home. Tech is one of the most dangerous realities in most of our homes. The free flow of the world's media and messages should not go unchecked or unregulated in our kids' lives.Jeff gives you 8 ideas around creating guidelines for technology in your home, and w...2022-05-1808 min
200churches Podcast: Ministry Encouragement for Pastors of Small ChurchesEpisode 381 - Dan Reiland Says That Leadership Alone Isn't EnoughDan Reiland wrote a unique kind of book last year - a devotional book specifically for leaders! He has never written one like it, and it is to nurture the hearts of leaders in 2022, when they might be beaten down some by the past few years. Jeff and Jonny spoke with him for Jeff's "Coaching For Pastors" podcast, but they intended to air it on the 200churches Podcast as well - and this is that episode! Here's the link to Dan's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Alone-Isnt-Enough-Strengthen/dp/1664261478/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KEL5XZCT9PZC&keywords=leadership+...2022-05-1843 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 56 - Are You In Danger Of Losing All Your Momentum?What is your mission as a church, and, are you moving in the direction of your mission? Churches left to themselves will drift toward that inevitable inward focus. They will ask "what is good for us, for OUR church?" They will forget about the lost in their community and around the world. So what is your church's mission Pastor? And are you leading them in a hot pursuit of it? Jeff references Rob's episode from this past Saturday where he described leadership to be like "pushing a boulder up hill." Jeff encourages you in this short episode...2022-05-0508 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsEpisode 55 - Might Your Kids Need Just A Little More?On Wednesdays Jeff coaches pastors on the topic of family. Today he redirects us toward thinking about our kids. Sometimes the roll of ministry gets our focus diverted from our family just a tiny, teeny bit - and if that's you today, Jeff communicates an idea that maybe, just maybe your kids might need a little bit more of your attention. Even though his kids are married adults, he said he still needs to give them attention, time, conversation, etc. Enjoy today's challenge!Support the showFor more great content and conversations for pastors, check...2022-05-0408 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsWeekend Edition 04 - Why Do Most Churches Not Attract Lost People?Rob Tarnoviski is the Lead Pastor at Bethel Church Philadelphia Mills in beautiful Northeast Philadelphia. He has been pastor there since Easter Sunday of 1996 - 26 years!Rob's heart beats for the mission of Jesus - to seek and save the lost. This is a Masterclass of inspiration to lead your church to share the same Gospel passion that Rob has, and the same Gospel mission that Jesus had! Jeff and Rob talk about why most churches are not attractive to lost people, and what they can do about it. Rob is in Northeast P...2022-04-301h 02
200churches Podcast: Ministry Encouragement for Pastors of Small ChurchesEpisode 378 - Is It Worth It? with Jeff & JonnyJeff and Jonny talk about making ministry changes in a church, but first asking the question - "Is it worth it?" Is the cost you will have to pay to make the change, worth the benefit that will result, and how do you determine that?Jonny remembered literally all the way back to Episode 02 - Handling Sacred Cows In Your Church, and decided this episode is the part 2 update on sacred cows in the church!Maybe you have some changes you want to make in your ministry, and you are trying to decide...2022-04-2740 min
Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for PastorsWeekend Edition 03 - Pastoral Ups & Downs with Mark Messmore and Scott DalenOn this weekend's edition of the podcast Scott Dalen from Underwood Lutheran Church in Southwest IA joins Mark Messmore from Mount Olivet Christian Church in Williamstown KY to talk with Jeff about their ministries, the highs and the lows, and the most important lessons from both.Scott is "your friendly Internet pastor", so check him out on YouTube!Mark can be found at MarkMessmore.com - so check him out there!Get quick coaching and encouragement Monday through Friday from Jeff on this podcast - about 8 minutes...2022-04-2352 min