Building a Stronger Sunday with Steven J Barker

In this month’s podcast, Steven talks about disappointment and why it feels like the curse of leadership. We talk about how to combat it and some practical ideas to help overcome disappointment.

In this month’s podcast, Steven talks about why every pastor should practice PechaKucha. We talk about how to flex some new preaching muscles and broadening our skill set.

In this month’s podcast, Steven talks to Gabe Kolstad about a simple switch every church can make to move your church forward. We talk about the balance every church needs to find between being Church Only vs City Only.

In this month’s podcast, Steve talks about how a shift in mass marketing and entertainment is changing the expectations of the people in our communities. We talk about how it changes the ministries we offer, what we talk about on Sundays and the new strategies we may need to consider.

In this months podcast, Steven talks about why an audience disengages. Whether you are leading a meeting, leading a small group, or preaching to a large room of people, your audience can disengage. You look around the room and glassy look that comes over someones eyes. It’s that moment you realize you’ve lost them. 

As church leaders, we don’t want to be the only one coming up with new ideas but at the same time, it can be draining to sit across the table from someone telling you how much better this other church was. We want to encourage creativity, not be the place where ideas come to die.