Healthy Church Podcast

HCP - Ep. 200 - Substance Over Style On this episode of the HCP, Larry and Drew discuss the importance of valuing substance over style and how we often struggle with different aspects of ministry in this area. We sometimes prioritize things like quantity over quality or decisions over discipleship. There’s also a small celebrations for the 200th episode! Thanks for listening! You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 199 - Building Block of Systems Today on the Podcast Larry and Drew discuss 7 building blocks for systems that can help you evaluate and establish structure for growth. The 7 blocks are: 1. Attitude – What attitude or thinking needs to be fostered or corrected? 2. Behaviors - What are the behaviors that reflect ownership and commitment to the system? 3. Sequence – How? What are the steps that need to be taken? 4. Clarity – Where? When? Who? 5. Execution – Are we working the steps? Are the steps working? 6. Results – What are we measuring? (Scorecard) 7. Culture – What is the impact of the attitudes, behaviors, and heart of the organization? You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 198 - Guest Dr. Jonathan Montgomery On this podcast Larry and Drew welcome Dr. Jonathan Montgomery from BMA Global, who oversees their missionary care department. Jonathan recently finished his Phd in Biblical Counseling which is a wonderful resource for caring for missionaries around the world. You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 197 - P.R.A.Y. (P.2 - A&Y) This is part 2 of the podcast with Heidi Sorrells where we discuss the final two letters of the acronym for P.R.A.Y. and how we can be praying for the National Meeting and BMA Global churches in general. Show note links: http://bmamissions.org/prayerguide/ https://healthychurchsolutions.org/self-guided-courses/how-to-create-a-prayer-system-at-your-church/ You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook!

HCP - Ep. 197 - P.R.A.Y. (P.1 P&R) Larry and Drew welcome our friend and Pastor’s advocate from Healthy Church Solutions to the pod today to discuss the prayer initiative that BMA Global is asking churches and individuals to be a part of for the National Meeting coming up in a couple of weeks. Today we focus on the first two letters of the P.R.A.Y. acronym (Praise and Repent) and how we have to get a right perspective of the Lord in order to prepare our hearts for any work. This is where it all begins - submitting to His will and way and then once we see Him for who He is, we will REPENT as a result and our hearts will be made ready for what He wants us to ask for and yield to. Show note links: http://bmamissions.org/prayerguide/ https://healthychurchsolutions.org/self-guided-courses/how-to-create-a-prayer-system-at-your-church/ You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 196 - 4 C’s of Gethsemane Prayer On this Podcast Larry and Drew discuss the prayer of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. This was when the disciples are sleeping, before being arrested and just before His trials and crucifixion. Jesus modeled for us different aspects of what Prayer can do for us, in us and through us. Jesus communed with the Father, received clarity from the Father, was filled with composure and yet still contended for the disciples. (This concept was inspired by a podcast from Pete Scazerro). You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 195 - Spaciousness (w Heidi Sorrells) On this episode, Larry and Drew welcome Healthy Church Solutions Pastors Advocate Heidi Sorrells to talk about this idea of Spaciousness. Often in ministry we feel trapped, closed in, surrounded, but Heidi challenges us to consider that God calls us to abundance and life and that even in difficult moments of life, we can know wider places. If you’re tired and feeling like life and ministry is closing in - listen to this one! You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 194 - Kevin Marsico (3 Thirds) On this episode of the Healthy Church Podcast, Larry and Drew welcome friend Kevin Marsico to the podcast. Kevin is the VP of Acceleration for Dynamic Church Planting International - DCPI. Larry and Kevin give highlights from their time at the Exponential Conference and then Kevin shares what he calls the 3 Thirds (Belief, Skills, Practice and Looking Back, Looking Up, and Looking Forward) of Discipleship. Kevin talks about how the body of Christ can encourage one another towards obedience in Jesus through this simple process of moving believers from mainly content based discipleship to actually putting it into practice. You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 165 - Leading Organizational Change It’s never easy, but it’s necessary! We must change at times. We never change our mission or message, but we MUST change our methods in order to advance the mission of Jesus forward. On this podcast, Larry and Drew discuss what it takes to make major organizational changes. Larry gave us a process that looks like this: You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 192 - 5 Discipleship Environments On this episode of the HCP, Larry and Drew continue some of the conversation from the interview with Jeff Vanderstelt. Jeff mentions in his new book 180: A Return to Disciple making, 5 different environments for discipleship. Some refer to these as the Biblical numbers of Jesus’s ministry. They offer a great breakdown of different group sizes and focuses where discipleship can happen both individually and with others. Check out Jeff’s book at the link below. 180: A Return to Disciple-Making https://www.amazon.com/One-Eighty-Disciple-Making-Jeff-Vanderstelt/dp/1624241212/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1SWMV5P4EUPGU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9P9fy2Y7SBZkrt0TXRwwK3iFCdtOFfdSAjJFETozGN1A2hrk5U6cUezk9HF6Y6fuqzIGS8qBtQjvPlzvlz-5tsS6zXImpBeklyCM52O_kLVPM2mDEND9mET8_APwMPvn1kZxYPNgByiFBxLZer7qNIKlflMJY_y0lkKaUPAW7n4HospY-SzECc5Pv0JzFVh-xMpV8y7Nudvxvv2zkBjjupz6PLfSCbSVd3EhCuMWVuE.a5Pt8pTSnIBJQIByudykAJyVOP1PVTS0jUU8Rhw02io&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jeff+Vanderstelt&qid=1708024418&sprefix=jeff+vanderstelt%2Caps%2C366&sr=8-2 You can find more on Jeff’s Ministry at: www.SaturateTheWorld.com You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 191 - Special Guest Jeff Vanderstelt On this podcast Larry and Drew welcome Author and Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt. Jeff is the founder of the Soma family of Churches and Visionary Director of Saturate. Jeff has served at Churches as large as Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago, and as small as the house church he currently shepherds. He has a heart for soul health and discipleship in the leadership of the church. He’s just finished a new book called “180: A Return to Disciple-making”. This book is a partnership between Exponential and Jeff to help create the theme for this years conference. This podcast is a wonderful conversation around these topics and how this new book can help churches moves toward a more disciple-making culture through spiritually healthy pastors and leaders. 180: A Return to Disciple-Making https://www.amazon.com/One-Eighty-Disciple-Making-Jeff-Vanderstelt/dp/1624241212/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1SWMV5P4EUPGU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9P9fy2Y7SBZkrt0TXRwwK3iFCdtOFfdSAjJFETozGN1A2hrk5U6cUezk9HF6Y6fuqzIGS8qBtQjvPlzvlz-5tsS6zXImpBeklyCM52O_kLVPM2mDEND9mET8_APwMPvn1kZxYPNgByiFBxLZer7qNIKlflMJY_y0lkKaUPAW7n4HospY-SzECc5Pv0JzFVh-xMpV8y7Nudvxvv2zkBjjupz6PLfSCbSVd3EhCuMWVuE.a5Pt8pTSnIBJQIByudykAJyVOP1PVTS0jUU8Rhw02io&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jeff+Vanderstelt&qid=1708024418&sprefix=jeff+vanderstelt%2Caps%2C366&sr=8-2 Gospel Fluency https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Fluency-Speaking-Truths-Everyday/dp/1433546035/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1SWMV5P4EUPGU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9P9fy2Y7SBZkrt0TXRwwK3iFCdtOFfdSAjJFETozGN1A2hrk5U6cUezk9HF6Y6fuqzIGS8qBtQjvPlzvlz-5tsS6zXImpBeklyCM52O_kLVPM2mDEND9mET8_APwMPvn1kZxYPNgByiFBxLZer7qNIKlflMJY_y0lkKaUPAW7n4HospY-SzECc5Pv0JzFVh-xMpV8y7Nudvxvv2zkBjjupz6PLfSCbSVd3EhCuMWVuE.a5Pt8pTSnIBJQIByudykAJyVOP1PVTS0jUU8Rhw02io&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jeff+Vanderstelt&qid=1708024418&sprefix=jeff+vanderstelt%2Caps%2C366&sr=8-3 Saturate https://www.amazon.com/Saturate-Being-Disciples-Jesus-Everyday/dp/1433545993/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1SWMV5P4EUPGU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9P9fy2Y7SBZkrt0TXRwwK3iFCdtOFfdSAjJFETozGN1A2hrk5U6cUezk9HF6Y6fuqzIGS8qBtQjvPlzvlz-5tsS6zXImpBeklyCM52O_kLVPM2mDEND9mET8_APwMPvn1kZxYPNgByiFBxLZer7qNIKlflMJY_y0lkKaUPAW7n4HospY-SzECc5Pv0JzFVh-xMpV8y7Nudvxvv2zkBjjupz6PLfSCbSVd3EhCuM

HCP - Ep. 190 - 10 Biblical Fasts On this episode of the HCP, Larry shares 10 fasts from scripture that deal with different aspects of fasting and what we’re hoping to accomplish or how we’re asking god to move. These 10 ideas come from Elmer Towns book “Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough” “Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough” - Elmer Towns https://www.amazon.com/Fasting-Spiritual-Breakthrough-Practical-Biblical/dp/0764218395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XDQWK3FYW5IC&keywords=fasting+for+spiritual+breakthrough+elmer+towns&qid=1707517229&sprefix=fasting+for+spiritual%2Caps%2C471&sr=8-1 You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 189 - Prayer and Fasting (P.1 - 5 Steps) The Bible talks about fasting as something that is expected in the life of the believer, and on this podcast Larry and Drew discuss how this is a difficult but important spiritual discipline to learn. Larry gives 5 simple considerations to begin your fasting journey and the guys discuss the benefits and Biblical precedence for how fasting is a blessing when added to your prayer life. You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 188 - Dealing with Ism’s - Radical Individualism Every church pastor is dealing with “radical individualism” either in his own heart or in his congregation. Part of our sin nature is to make everything about us. Part of being American is to celebrate our “rugged individual spirit”, it’s the American way - but is it Jesus’ way? Without exception Jesus and the Apostles call us to connectedness and life together. On this podcast Larry and Drew discuss what it means to have Interdependence over Independence as follower of Jesus and leaders of His church. When The Church Was A Family - Joe Hellerman https://www.amazon.com/When-Church-Was-Family-Recapturing/dp/0805447792/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+church+as+a+family+-+hellerman&qid=1706221405&sr=8-2 You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 187 - 5 Spiritual Laws On this podcast Larry shares 5 Spiritual Laws that can help guide leaders in their calling. You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 186 - Identity In Christ As leaders we often attach our personal identity to our successes, failures, titles, or other faulty foundations. As believers in Jesus, we should always find our identity in Him alone, not our wins or losses, not our numbers or failures, but only in Jesus. Larry offers some great examples of lies we believe and postures we should have to truly find our IDENTITY in Jesus. You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 185 - 10 Things to STOP Doing This Year! On this podcast Larry picks 10 things from Carey Nieuwhof’s list of 42 things to stop doing for more productivity this year. It’s so easy as church leaders to fill our calendars and lives with a million things and before we now it, we can become exhausted, jaded, or even completely burn out. Maybe you need to slow down this year a little bit and this list can help you rethink some priorities this year. For Carey’s List - https://careynieuwhof.com/things-you-can-say-no-to/ You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 184 - 5 Priorities for the New Year (plus 1) What should we as church leaders be focused on for the new year? It’s easy to start the year on the wrong things. On this episode of the HCP, Larry and Drew discuss 5 important things to consider and focus on this year. After breaking each of those down, Larry adds one important one that MUST be considered. You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook!

HCP - Ep. 183 - 5 Steps to SOLITUDE On this pod, Larry and Drew talk about the extremely overlooked and under realized spiritual discipline of SOLITUDE. Many times in the Gospels, we see Jesus slipping away to have time with the Father for solitude, so what excuse do we have? Busyness, control, apathy may be some of the reasons we choose to not make moments of solitude happen in our lives. The guys challenge listeners in this Christmas season to be intentional about some moments of solitude as we reflect on a year ending and a new one beginning. Larry mentioned author Andrew Murray and his book on Surrender. And Bob Sorge's book on Secrets from the Secret Place. Also - BillElliff.com for his free resources on Prayer. Also, email us for info on the PRAYER RETREAT. You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

HCP - Ep. 182 - The Goal (Intimacy) and Means (Discipline) On this podcast Larry and Drew discuss the ultimate goal as a believer in Jesus to have INTIMACY with the Father, but the only way to get there is through Spiritual disciplines. It’s easy to have passion and more challenging to follow through further with discipline. The guys discuss different ways to have a disciplined walk/ministry with Jesus and for it all to flow from your intimacy with Him. You can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com or To find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to: http://www.healthychurchpodcast.com or find us on FaceBook! For a video of today’s podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!