Episode 30: Navigating Change: Move the Coffee Machine Away From the Men's Bathroom! How can pastors build trust in new or hurting congregations? How Vulnerable Should Pastors Be When it Comes to Confessing Sins? + Soda Review and Home Invasion.

Every Church Flourishing Episodes 29-30 Jeff Woolstenhulme and Michael Denton Practical Wisdom on Church Change for small and medium sized churches, and church replants. How can pastors build trust in new or hurting congregations? How Vulnerable Should Pastors Be When it Comes to Confessing Sins? Benign Neglect: Not everything needs to be changed. Also, during today's soda review, a possible home/office invasion happens - in progress - which may spell the end of Pastor Christopher Cole, co-host of the Every Church Flourishing podcast. Will PC survive? Listen to the end for the astonishing answer! Also: The conquest of Hawaii and which ECF host would be in favor of it. Pastor Christopher mentioned David Jackson's book, Falling in Love with Jesus Again, which is all about the importance of spiritual renewal in church revitalization, emphasizing soul care for leaders and congregations and helping churches by first focusing them on looking to Jesus and understanding what He desires to do with your church. Great news on that - we will have David Jackson on in the next few episodes to discuss that same book, so that's exciting! When should a church replant or revitalize team begin to emphasize outreach and evangelism? I don't trust people - and pastors - who aren't pretty transparent about confessing their sins. How can new pastors triage and determine what needs to be changed immediately and what can wait? For remaining members in a church replant situation, bring them along, don't push them aside. The B.L.E.S.S. Book by Dave and John Ferguson - How do you love people to begin to build relationships that lead to Gospel conversations? https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684510880 How can pastors build trust in new or hurting congregations?