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40: What’s the Research Telling Us About Church Trends? Guest: Glenn Packiam
Untangled Faith: Recovering From Spiritual Abuse
English - April 20, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 186 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality spiritual abuse church hurt christianity amy fritz Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
For over 30 years, The Barna Group has conducted research in the area of faith, culture, leadership and vocation. In 2020 they conducted a new study and collaborated with Glenn Packiam to author a book that shared their recent research results in a way that helped pastors grapple with how to pastor in this rapidly changing culture. The result was The Resilient Pastor: Leading Your Church in a Rapidly Changing World. In this episode Amy chat with author, Glenn Packiam about what he learned through this study and what it means for church health and ministry going forward.
{00:02:13} Who is Glenn Packiam and what is his ministry background?
{00:05:59} Is the current model of pastor sustainable?
{00:10:40} A visit with Eugene Peterson
{00:13:17} The pastor credibility problem
{00:21:15} How Glenn came to be an ordained Anglican preach at a nondenominational church
{00:27:16} How do we measure discipleship?
{00:31:26} Is "Becoming more Christlike" the same as "Learning to live a more consistent Christian life"?
{00:33:43} Pluralism, Paganism, and Individualism
{00:39:35} Jesus walks with the disciples on the road to Emmaus.
Links/Resources
Willow Creek's troubles can be found in its word cloud (religionnews.com)
The Resilient Pastor Initiative
The Pastor in a Secular Age book
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