The Essential Church Podcast exists to strengthen and encourage pastors and thought leaders around the world through weekly conversations about some of the most important and challenging issues facing the local church.
Hosted by pastors Andrew Arndt, Brady Boyd, and Daniel Grothe, the Essential Church podcast has featured conversations with leading theologians such as N.T. Wright, Chris Green, and Cheryl Bridges-Johns, church and ministry leaders like Sharon and Ike Miller, Pete Greig, and Warren Bird, as well as a whole host of practical conversations with our team on topics like preaching and teaching, evangelism and discipleship, developing leaders, hiring and firing, much more.
In this episode we sit down with Tim Lucas and Warren Bird to talk about their new book Liquid Church and what they are seeing the Spirit do both on the east coast and across the country. PlayStop X We call our church “bapticostal”… we are open to the Holy Spirit but...
In this episode we sit down with Pastor Ray Johnston of Bayside Church in Sacramento to talk about church health, growth, and the kind of leadership both require. PlayStop X Health is more important than growth… I always wanted to pastor a church that the closer you...
In this episode we sit down with Sean Morgan to talk about some current trends among leaders in the North American church. PlayStop X The number one thing I am encouraged by is the caliber of leaders I am meeting in the church today… I am very encouraged by their...
In this episode we sit down with Pastor Glenn Packiam to talk with him about his new book “Blessed, Broken, Given.”. PlayStop X Jesus didn’t give us a theory of the atonement; he gave us a meal… bread is the most common food item around the world… the commonness of...
In this episode we continue and conclude our conversation with Pastor Brady about his new book, Remarkable. Be sure to listen to Part 1 HERE. PlayStop X Issues of race are deep-rooted in our culture, and we in the church need to step up and say that there is a better...
In this episode (part 1 of 2) Andrew Arndt, Glenn Packiam, and Daniel Grothe sit down with Pastor Brady to talk about his new book Remarkable. PlayStop X Paul had the same challenge that we have when he went into Corinth… the city of Corinth was sexualized and...
In this episode Glenn Packiam and Andrew Arndt sit down to talk about how to walk wisely, compassionately, and pastorally with people experiencing a crisis of faith. PlayStop X I want people to know when they come to me that they are okay and that they are not the...
In this episode we pick up our conversation on summers to talk about the purpose of pastoral sabbaticals. PlayStop X Every fulltime employee on our staff gets a sabbatical at least once every seven years… More and more companies around the country are allowing...
In Part 1 of What Are Summers For?, we talk about the personal side and the organizational side of summers and how to make the best use of them. PlayStop X It’s important for pastors to plan to rest… if you don’t plan to rest, you won’t rest… so many pastors don’t...
