Episodes
6 days ago
6 days ago
Episode270: Help! I'm in a Preaching Slump!
Why do we get into a slump?
How do we get out?
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Monday Apr 22, 2024
Episode 269: How To Receive A Mission Team
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Episode 269: How To Receive A Mission Team
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Plan your projects well in advance
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Have a well thought out list of things to do
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Have contacts ready
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Have supplies ready
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Make sure you know about the team coming
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Know their leader and know that you can trust them
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Know their capabilities (Construction, evangelism, children etc.)
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Communication is key
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Communicate about expectations for the church and for the mission team
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Communicate expectations
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Communicate about sleeping arrangements and meals
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Communicate about materials the mission team is expected to bring with them.
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Communicate with your church about the team coming and expect them to be involved.
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Plan your calendar well
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6 months out -
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make sure you have all your projects planned
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make sure you have approval from your church of costs and plans
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3 months out -
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check with team and make sure their questions are answered.
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1 month out -
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check with all local leaders to make sure things are in place.
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week of -
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Pep rally for your church to get them excited and remind them of the expectations
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afterwards -
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evaluate
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Monday Apr 15, 2024
Epsiode 268: How to Call a Pastor 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
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Are the bylaws up to date, clear, and workable
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you must follow your bylaws
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Do you have an external contact for your search team. Every search team needs training
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Move past the human nature side of things...
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Know that without guidance the tendency is to swing from extreme to extreme
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pastors in the past
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good pastors - what did they do
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not good pastors - what did they do
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Make preaching the last element you discover about the candidate
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The right person is more important than the right preacher
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character
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leadership
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theology
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family
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emotional intelligence
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Use a well-stablished process, hopefully you've gotten training
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a clear job description
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a clear budget
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a clear list of qualities
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what are the non-negotiables
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know where to put out requests for resumes
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respond to everyone who sends you a direct resume
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Try to avoid going through resumes one at a time; set a date to go through them together
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Communicate
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communicate with your church often
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have your church pray for you
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communicate with candidates as needed
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communicate written and unwritten expectations
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avoid bringing in multiple candidates to see "who you like best"
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find your one candidate and interview them
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Bring them in at the appropriate time
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meet once a month and talk about how things are going
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be the first line of defense for your pastor family
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Episode 267: Planning an Excellent Mission Trip
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Episode 267: Planning an Excellent Mission Trip
Principle to keep in mind: God calls every believe to be on mission!
We can participate by Praying, Giving and Going
Jesus himself gave us the model in Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
So prayer is critical to be in tune with God through His Holy Spirit
Planning:
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Monday Apr 01, 2024
Episode266: Our Interview With Church Revitalization Pastor Matthew Timmons
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Episode266: Our Interview With Church Revitalization Pastor Matthew Timmons
Matt is the Pastor at Norwood Heights Baptist Church in Palestine, TX
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Episode 265: What You Will Experience as a Pastor Article and Our Interaction with Them
The article: 5 Things you will experience as a pastor
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Episode 264: 7 Wrong Turns in Ministry
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Episode 264: 7 Wrong Turns in Ministry
7 wrong turns in ministry
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Monday Mar 11, 2024
Episode263: Best Advice for New Pastors
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
263: Best Advice for New Pastors
From a pastors circle group
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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Monday Mar 04, 2024
Episode 262: Preaching to the 3rd Context
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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Episode 262: Preaching to the 3rd Context
Two areas of exegesis:
1. The Text
2. Your Congregation
3. Culture
1. religious culture
2. outside culture
Tim Keller’s Six Practices for Addressing Culture (103ff)
1. Use Accessible or Well-Explained Vocabulary
2. Employ Respected Authorities to Strengthen Your Theses
3. Demonstrate an Understanding of Doubts and Objections
4. Affirm in Order to Challenge Baseline Cultural Narratives
5. Make Gospel Offers That Push on the Culture’s Pressure Points
6. Call for Gospel Motivation
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Episode 261: The Most Unused Spiritual Disciplines
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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Sabbath
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Solitude
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Stillness
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Fasting
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Prayer -extended times
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Worship - individually and corporately