The Church Renewal Podcast
The Church Renewal Podcast
Latest Episodes
Graciousness, Self-Awareness & Christlike Character 🌱
The fastest way to derail a church decision is to treat discernment like a technique instead of a spiritual life. We sit down to name the uncomfortable truth: community spiritual discernment depends on the kind of people we are together, especi...
Gospel Humility
Most leadership teams don’t fail because they lack information. They fail because we walk into the room needing to be right, needing to be seen, or needing the conversation to go our way. We’re naming that problem straight on: community spiritu...
Asking God Without Manipulating the Answer 🙏
Praying together can either soften a church toward God or become a polished way to avoid Him. Matt and Jeremy dig into a tension we see everywhere in church leadership and congregational life: we ask for discernment, but we come with a preferre...
Can We Really Hear God Together?👂
56 churches a day closing while Jesus still calls the fields “ready for harvest” should make every pastor and church leader stop and ask one question: are we actually listening to Christ? We’re Matt and Jeremy, and we dig into why church declin...
When Jesus Leaves the Building 🚪
Some church decisions feel routine until they quietly become make-or-break: hiring a pastor, reshaping a ministry, closing a beloved program, reallocating resources, or choosing a direction when the “right” path is not obvious. We open season f...