Practical Church Podcast

Many older and traditional churches are suffering from being tied to tightly the past and disconnected from the now. Rivertown Community Church is an incredible example of a church transitioning into the 21st century.

Among many other things, Bob Russell is a lead pastor and an accomplished author. His most recent book “After 50 Years of Ministry: 7 Things I Would Do the Same and 7 Things I Would Do Differently” was released in summer of 2016. Bob has a real honest conversation with us about some things he's learned, and what he would do differently.

In this episode, we listen to a piece of the second session of the 2017 Practical.Church conference where Pastor Chris teaches how to maximize the opportunity of your weekend experience and preach the clear, simple gospel each and every week.

In this episode, we listen to a piece of the first session of the 2017 Practical.Church conference - where Pastor Chris teaches about creating a "Come & See" culture of inviting.

Mentoring is pretty much a core mandate of Jesus. In this episode, we have a conversation about how to better engage in life changing, effective mentoring.

You Meet WHERE? We have a conversation with pastor Tim Owens about being resourceful, flexible and down right scrappy when it comes to creating a worshipful environment.

What exactly is the Practical.Church Conference? We explain it here. Register now at http://practical.church/conference - We hope to see you there!

Each week people will attend or participate in some sort of activity at your church. Do you make the most of it? We discuss the urgency of not just talking about the Gospel, but actually engaging in a rescue mission, preaching the Gospel, AND giving a clear response!

We live in a fast paced world and the church can be no exception. How can we engage our community in practical ways?

Multisite church is not going away, and it has proved to be a great opportunity to reach people far from God. We have a conversation with Joshua Gagnon discussing the current trends, and look at the practical future of growing a life giving church. You can find the show notes for this episode at practical.church/005

Matt Chewning of Netcast Church in Beverly, MA talks about making the most of an odd or old space for your ministry meeting space. Practical tips for making the old, crusty, weird and almost impossible possible!

Message Prep - It's doesn't have to be complicated! No matter what your teaching or preaching role, its important to have a practical, sustainable calendar plan and study structure. Pastor Chris Goeppner gives us his practical tips and tactics to being a true message prep assassin.

A former Student Pastor at Newspring Church; Sandy Gibbes has taken his degree in Architectural Design and used it to help over 100 churches through the process of facility design and construction. Sandy tells us the mistakes he sees many churches making when it comes to planning to build, and gives us the best practical tips to consider when building or repurposing your church space.

Welcome to the Practical Church podcast! This episode is an introduction to the podcast and why it exists. Pastor Chris Goeppner tells the story of Riverbank Church and explains the importance of being practical with resources and opportunities.