Church Talk TV

If you have a blurry vision, your church will have a bleak future. It amazes us how often we see the deer in the headlights look from church members when we ask, "What is your vision for the future of this church?" A church without a unified and compelling vision is a church that is going nowhere pretty rapidly. In this episode, Drs. Kris and Bill have a lively conversation about developing strategies to focus your Church's future.

Join Drs. Kris and Bill as they dive into the crucial topic of crafting an effective church mission statement. They’ll explore what sets a great mission statement apart, how to anchor it in biblical principles, and how to make it a living, guiding force for your church. Discover the power of a clear, compelling mission statement.

Every church has more than its fair share of bullies – I call them Rats in my Herding Cats book. The truth is, it only takes one to make life on earth a bit of hell for the pastor and for those who are trying to lead the church in Mission fulfillment. However, ultimately the bullies aren't the real problem. It's the rest of the zoo that's killing churches. In this episode, Drs. Kris  and Bill  Have a lively conversation about your church’s possums, ostriches, pheasants, and hyenas.

It’s a perpetual problem. A visitor manages to make their way to your worship service, but before you can make a real connection, they’ve darted out the door without a word to anybody. TRUTH: If you can’t retain your guests, you can’t grow your church. In this week’s episode, Drs. Kris and Bill have a lively discussion about four things you can do to turn your visitors into returning guests.

Join Drs. Kris and Bill for a lively conversation on crafting sermons that resonate deeply, presenting simple solutions to complex problems, and embedding actionable calls to action for transformative impacts. Discover the 10 things your sermon must and must not have to transform lives today.

Every week, you sweat bullets to create a sermon that invites your church members and guests to live a transformed life. But studies have shown, all that work you've done is little more than a foggy memory by Monday and forgotten completely by Tuesday. This week, Drs. Bill and Kris are doing something different ... join them as they dig into the world of ChatGPT and show you how to leverage your sermon so that by next Friday, everyone's still talking about it.

The stats are in and they're not pretty. 53% of US Churches have not yet reached their pre-COVID numbers (Hartford Research, 2024) and 66% of US Churches are in some state of decline. And to that the recent report that pastors (and by extension, churches) are falling lower in the "We Trust You" polls and that spells T.R.O.U.B.L.E. At least part of the reason for the failures is that most of those in our pews are "Hobbyist Church Members" rather than sold-out disciples of Jesus Christ with a deep spiritual center. In this episode, Drs. Kris and Bill have a lively conversation about what it will take to raise YOUR church's S.Q. – it's Spirituality Quotient.

Quick question: you've been tasked with finding a new church treasurer. Which of the following traits will you prioritize in the selection process? (1) Experience in Accounting; (2) Longevity as a Church Member; (3) Church Giving History; (4) Personal Spiritual Practices; (5) Financial Education. In this episode, Drs. Kris and Bill have a lively conversation about getting the right people into the right seats on the right bus.

Easter's coming ... the busiest, most stressful time of the year for most pastors. Let's face it, there's a lot on the line – it's likely the best attended worship service you'll have all year! But then comes the let-down: the week after Easter when none of those visitors return. In this episode, Drs. Kris and Bill have another lively conversation. This time they're talking about about how to turn CEO – that Christian-Easter-Only Crowd – into returning guests.

Artificial Intelligence is here ... and it looks like it's here to stay. But is that a GOOD thing, especially in the church? Rumors are that some pastors are letting the "godless" cloud-based computers to write their sermons for them. This week, Drs. Kris and Bill share what they've learned about AI and how church leaders can use this new tool without compromising the truth of the gospel.