Practical conversations about church marketing, digital ministry, and reaching your community online.
Seven fresh church-data points for 2026 — and most of them flip what pastors assume about who's actually in the pews and how they find you. Here's what the numbers say, and what you can change this week.
Most of what churches do online in 2026 is busy work dressed up as ministry. Here's what's actively wasting your time, what's actually moving the needle now, and the one move with more leverage than any of it.
Pastor burnout has hit a level the church has never seen. The conversation has been about workload for years — the new data points somewhere darker. Here's what the numbers are actually saying, and what church boards should fund this year.
A third of practicing Christians say they trust AI's spiritual advice as much as their pastor's. Here's what's behind the number, what AI gets wrong, and what your church can do this week to close the gap.
Most churches are still trying to figure out Instagram while a quieter — and bigger — shift is already underway. Here's the honest list of digital trends actually worth your church's attention right now, and the ones that are just noise.
Most churches are stretched across five platforms and doing none of them well. Here's an honest, platform-by-platform breakdown of where churches should actually be spending their time in 2026.
Most church websites are built for members, not visitors. Here's what a great church website actually needs in 2026 — from the hero section to mobile experience to the photos that make or break your first impression.
How people discover churches has fundamentally changed. We break down the biggest shifts — from Google searches to AI recommendations to social media first impressions — and what your church needs to do about it.
Ed Stetzer and Corey Alderin join the show to draw the line on AI in sermon prep, unpack why short-form video is harder now, and share what's next for churches leaning into technology.
AI is everywhere in ministry right now. But the way most churches are using it is doing more harm than good. We break down the biggest AI mistakes churches make and what actually moves the needle.
Not every shiny new tech trend deserves your church's time and budget. We break down which technologies actually move the needle for churches and which ones are just hype dressed up in a good sales pitch.
Most churches are still running the same tired outreach playbook they've used for years. But growing churches do things differently — and the difference comes down to one word: intentionality.
