Influence Podcast
257 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe Influence Magazine Podcast is a chance for you to hear from the premiere voices in church leadership…voices who are redefining what church leadership looks like. It's the audio companion to Influence Magazine, a resource full of practical tools, informative news and powerful biblical principals aimed at empowering all leaders. Visit us online at InfluenceMagazine.com
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104. How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge
July 20, 2017 06:00 - 31 minutes - 57.6 MBMany people think authority is a prerequisite for influence. They look at how their church or ministry is run and think, I’ll lead differently when I’m in charge. Until that time, however, they either passively take things as they are or actively start ministries that they can lead without interference. There’s another way, writes Clay Scroggins in his forthcoming book, How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge. “Practice leading through influence when you’re not in charge,” he says. “It’s the...
103. How to Unhurry Your Leadership
July 17, 2017 06:00 - 26 minutes - 48.2 MBDallas Willard liked to say that busyness is a matter of calendar. Hurry, on the other hand, is a matter of soul. All leaders are busy; they have a lot to do. No leader--especially Christian leaders--should be hurried, however. The question, then, is how to unhurry our leadership. How do we make sure that we who lead Christian congregations integrate spiritual formation and leadership? In this episode of the Influence Podcast, George P. Wood talks with Alan Fadling about that important q...
102. Orphan Care and the Church
July 13, 2017 12:46 - 19 minutes - 36.4 MBThere are over 400,000 kids in foster care in the U.S. Of those, 100,000 are ready for adoption and 20,000 age out of the system every year. “The good news is,” says Eric Porter, “there are 348,000 churches in the U.S. We believe it’s a problem solvable. If every church gets one family to go after one kid, we kind of joke, we’ll go find some other world crisis to conquer.” In today’s Influence Podcast, Eric Porter talks with Influence magazine senior editor about the many ways churches c...
101. When Ministers Change Jobs
July 10, 2017 06:00 - 27 minutes - 49.9 MBAccording to LifeWay Research, the average tenure of a church’s senior pastor is 3.6 years. The number may be a bit higher, or lower—researchers disagree. Regardless, all agree that ministers change jobs at some point in the course of their careers. When ministers change jobs, it is stressful, for ministers, for their families and for their congregations. Change is difficult, after all. But the stresses of job-change can be mitigated by entering a new season of ministry with eyes open to t...
100. Contemporary Challenges Christian Leaders Face
July 06, 2017 06:00 - 38 minutes - 70.7 MBToday's Influence Podcast is our 100th episode. Joining Influence magazine's executive editor, George P. Wood, to celebrate are Chris Railey and John Davidson. Chris is director of Leadership and Church Development Ministries for the Assemblies of God, as well as director of Influence Resources, which includes Influence. John works with Chris as director of Discovery and Development and serves as senior editor of the magazine. After sharing their favorite moments from the past two years of...
99. Faith and the Founding Fathers
July 03, 2017 06:00 - 43 minutes - 78.9 MBTomorrow is July the Fourth, the 241st anniversary of America’s independence. In celebration of Independence Day, Influence magazine’s executive editor, George P. Wood, talked with Thomas S. Kidd about faith and the Founding Fathers. Kidd is Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, as well as associate director of Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion. A noted historian of early American history, he is author of recently published Benjamin Franklin: The ...
98. If Your Church Disappeared, Would Your Neighbors Miss It?
June 30, 2017 13:32 - 21 minutes - 39.5 MBCan a church really be part of a community, or can it only host community outreach events? That’s the question Influence magazine’s senior editor, John Davidson, asks Rachel Triska in this episode of the Influence Podcast. Rachel is co-pastor and co-executive director of Life in Deep Ellum, an innovative church in the Deep Ellum arts district of Dallas, Texas. LIDE measures success with a simple question: If we were gone, would our neighbors miss us? Learn more about Influence and subscr...