The Church Renewal Podcast
The Church Renewal Podcast is a conversation for church leaders eager to see our churches refreshed by the gospel. The only fully sufficient reason that today dawned is that Jesus is yet gathering a people and using the church to do it. Come and join us as we dig into the ways Jesus is renewing his church.
Podcasting since 2020 • 129 episodes
The Church Renewal Podcast
Latest Episodes
Dave Miles Pt 1: Diagnosing the System
What if the “problem person” isn’t the problem at all? We sit down with Dr. Dave Miles of Vital Church to unpack how Family Systems Theory reveals the hidden dynamics that keep churches anxious, reactive, and stuck—and how non‑anxious leadershi...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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34:38
Discernment & Differentiation: Led by the Spirit Pt. 2
We trace how discernment and differentiation work together to form courage, humility, and psychological safety in church leadership. Acts 15 becomes a live case study for speaking with clarity without control and for resisting isolation while s...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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29:27
Discernment & Differentiation: Led by the Spirit Pt. 1
What if the missing link in your leadership isn’t a new strategy but a deeper way of being? We open up the connection between differentiation and discernment, showing how identity, humility, and the Spirit’s guidance shape leaders who can face ...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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41:16
Case Study: Grace Community Church - A Fable
A slammed Bible, a 2 a.m. email, and a congregation holding its breath—our fictional case study feels uncomfortably real because the patterns are everywhere. We walk through a pastor’s unraveling and a church’s long memory, tracing how chronic ...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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47:11
The Emotional Life of a Church
Change exposes what a church feels before it reveals what a church thinks. We dive into the emotional life of congregations—why two churches with the same theology can react in opposite ways—and how leaders can read reactivity, lower anxiety, a...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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36:54