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  • Bonus Content | Leadership Conference 2024 Church Planting Q&A
    on March 5, 2025 at 11:58 am

    From CCPB Leadership Conference 2024, this is the Church Planting Q & A from Session 4. You will hear the incredible stories of local and international church planters. This is how God is moving in the world today! Enjoy.

  • Ruth Munce
    on March 4, 2025 at 8:00 am

    Ruth was born in 1898 and lived to be 103 years old. She began writing Christian fiction when her mother, Grace Livingston Hill, passed away and left her current novel unfinished. Ruth finished her mother’s book and went on to write […]

  • Communicating Truth with Wonder: Preaching, C.S. Lewis, and the Power of the Word - Dwain Tissell
    on March 4, 2025 at 6:30 am

    Dr Dwain Tissell—preacher, scholar, and teacher—joins Expositors Collective to share insights from his 38 years of pastoral ministry and his deep love for biblical literacy and preaching. Now an adjunct professor at Western […]

  • What Can Leaders Expect From Their Volunteers?
    on March 1, 2025 at 5:00 pm

    In this episode, Brenda and Kelly sit down with Gia Lucid to talk about cultivating a healthy culture for church volunteers and what you can reasonably expect from those giving their time in service to ministry.We pray that this […]

  • From Pulpit to Planting: Alan Stoddard’s Church Planting Journey”
    on March 1, 2025 at 10:00 am

    In this episode of the Cultivate Church Planting Podcast, Brian Kelly talks with Alan Stoddard about his journey from pastoring to planting Imagine Church in Cresson, Texas. They discuss the importance of cross-cultural ministry, […]

  • Carmen Imes Part 2
    on February 25, 2025 at 8:00 am

    Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Being God's Image: Why Creation […]

  • Helping Others to Understand God's Word with Matt Pettit
    on February 25, 2025 at 6:30 am

    How can local churches train their people to study and apply God’s Word with confidence? In this episode of The Expositors Collective Podcast, Matt Pettit, executive pastor at White Fields Calvary in Alberta, Canada, joins Mike […]

  • The Journey of Faith: Chris Kitts' and Rivers Church Story
    on February 24, 2025 at 6:16 pm

    SummaryIn this episode of the Stoked Up Podcast, Chris Kitts, pastor of Rivers Church in Glen Rose, Texas, shares his personal journey to faith and ministry. He discusses the importance of building relationships within the church […]

  • 170- Retirement from Ministry- Really?
    on February 19, 2025 at 8:00 pm

    Comments? Questions? Send us a message!Pastor Brian Heminger has been in pastoral ministry for a lot of years, most recently as the founding and longtime pastor of Calvary Chapel Half Moon Bay. As such, Brian was bi-vocational. His […]

  • Understanding the True Meaning of Church Revitalization
    on February 19, 2025 at 6:53 pm

    SummaryIn this episode of the Stoke It Up podcast, Alan Stoddard and Kenneth Priest delve into the topic of church revitalization. They discuss the importance of small churches in making a significant impact, the true meaning of […]

  • Bonus Content | The Message We Preach | Conor Julien
    on February 19, 2025 at 12:49 pm

    Bonus Content | The Message We Preach by Conor Julien Conor Julien, church planter and missionary (and graphic designer) in Belgium, talks about the message we preach—the gospel, and lessons we can learn from how the Apostle Paul […]

  • Carmen Imes Part 1
    on February 18, 2025 at 8:00 am

    Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Being God's Image: Why Creation […]

  • Say Goodbye to Polished Platforms - Justin Thornton
    on February 18, 2025 at 6:30 am

    Justin Thornton packs a LOT of soul-stirring and heart-searching truth into this short and powerful message that he delivered in Indianapolis, Indiana back in October 2023. He speaks about the irreplaceability of a preacher's heart […]

  • An Interview with Janice Orate - Transitional Ministry
    on February 17, 2025 at 11:40 pm

    In this episode, Brenda sits down with Janice Orate to talk through her years serving her church community and preparing to transition ministry leadership as the Lord leads. Janice, alongside her husband Jim, have faithfully served […]

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