Church Talk TV

This week Drs. Kris and Bill have a lively conversation about "Capital M" Mission – and how to make your church's mission the #1 priority.

With guest Realtor, author, and entrepreneur Jen Jones. A lively conversation about how pastors – even introverted pastors – can effectively network in their communities. 
Episode Goodies:
Designing Your Avatar – Identifying Your Target Audience by Bill T-B
Intropreneur by Jen Jones
ConnectAndElevate.com – Jen's network training website

This week Drs. Kris and Bill talk about Easter Hospitality with Kyle Ermoian, founding pastor of Celebration Church in Hays, Kansas. 
Resources for the week:
Hospitality Short List – A free workbook on key church hospitality practices
Church Turnaround A to Z – Kyle's best selling book on Amazon.com
40 Ways to Increase Easter Attendance – The blog that inspired this episode

Drs. Bill and Kris face a real-life crisis in their lives and draw from their experience to share best practices of how to lead when chaos reigns.

Hey Pastor, what exactly is in your job description? You obviously do more than preach on Sundays, but a study done by Thom Rainer some years ago suggested that your church members think you should work approximately 114 hours each week – at least based on the amount of time they think you should spend on your pastoral responsibilities.
In this episode, Drs. Bill and Kris take a hard look at the role and responsibilities of the the pastor and offer some best practices advice for making your job more manageable.

If your church is like most, your first-time visitor return rate hovers between 6–15 percent – that is, 8 out of 10 people who visit your church decide, "Nope, that's not the church I want to ever come back to." Now, we know you have the friendliest church in town, so what's up with those kinds of numbers?
Scott Musselman at Our Saviors Lutheran Church was faced with the same quandary. And yet, a year later, he ratcheted up their hospitality to the point that 85% of all first time visitors returned ... and keep coming back. And that statistic has held true now for over half a decade.
Learn the secrets to getting your first-time guests to return time and time again as Bill and Kris interview Scott in this, the second part of a two-part interview with Dr. Hospitality.
Part 2

If your church is like most, your first-time visitor return rate hovers between 6–15 percent – that is, 8 out of 10 people who visit your church decide, "Nope, that's not the church I want to ever come back to." Now, we know you have the friendliest church in town, so what's up with those kinds of numbers?
Scott Musselman at Our Saviors Lutheran Church was faced with the same quandary. And yet, a year later, he ratcheted up their hospitality to the point that 85% of all first time visitors returned ... and keep coming back. And that statistic has held true now for over half a decade.
Learn the secrets to getting your first-time guests to return time and time again as Bill and Kris interview Scott in this, the first part of a two-part interview with Dr. Hospitality.
Part 1

Funny thing. Over the past couple of decades, when I've asked life-long Christians to tell me about their relationship with Jesus, mostly what I get is a conversation about how the church has been there for them. While that's all well and good, if you can't articulate who Jesus is to you, how will you ever be able to share your faith effectively?
In this episode, Drs. Bill and Kris share five paradigms to help you find the answer to the ultimate question.