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 to discuss eight questions leaders should ask themselves as they follow the Lord’s leading through big decisions. PlayStop X [You can see Pastor Brady’s Eight Questions at the bottom of the podcast notes. If you are able, it...
In this episode, we sit down to talk about the “what” and “why” behind the launch of our Essential Church Learning Community. PlayStop X https://newlifechurch.brushfire.com/events/447094 On Feb 19-20thof 2019 we’re launching our first Essential...
For this conversation, we sat down with Matt Brown to talk about the joy and challenge of evangelism, and how to do it the Jesus Way. PlayStop X Matt Brown: https://www.thinke.org/ Pre-order “Truth Plus Love”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0310355249/ ...
For this conversation, we sat down with nationally recognized author and speaker, Lisa Bevere to talk about life, marriage, ministry, and her latest book, “Adamant.” PlayStop X There is a challenge in our day to merge truth and love… we have...
For this conversation, we sit down with Clayton King and discuss the leadership structure of Newspring Church and the value of healthy confrontation. PlayStop X http://www.essentialchurchconference.com/ We have lead pastors, teaching pastors, and...
For this conversation, we discuss how courageous preaching requires us to say things that are costly. PlayStop X CONFERENCE LINK: http://www.essentialchurchconference.com/. Use promo code ‘CO20’ to receive $20 OFF every registration of...
For this conversation, Pastors Brady Boyd, Andrew Arndt, and Dr. Glenn Packiam talk about the importance of prayer, and how we are called to lead ministries with prayer at their core, at their essence. PlayStop X When was the last time that you were surprised?...
For this conversation, we sit down with Louie Giglio and discuss the Passion movement, worship, and everything in-between. PlayStop X I love that crossroads of life that is the university moment… we said yes to God and 22 years later we’re still gathering...
For this conversation, we discuss the situation at Willow Creek and how this should cause us to reflect and pay attention in a deeper way. PlayStop X This situation should cause us to reflect and pay attention in a deeper way… There are three groups of...
