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Revitalize My Church

Revitalize My Church

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 Hosted by Bart Blair and Nathan Bryant, two respected coaches in the field of church renewal, the Revitalize My Church podcast provides real-world advice and encouragement in each episode. In addition to insights provided by Bart and Nathan, you’ll also hear interviews with pastors and church leaders who have personally been involved in a successful church turnaround. They discuss the revitalization journey, keys to renewal, and lessons learned.© 2024 Christianisme Développement commercial et entrepreneuriat Entrepreneurship Gestion et leadership Pastorale et évangélisme Spiritualité Économie
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  • Ep. 26 | Revitalizing Children’s Ministry | Lisa Rowland

    Ep. 26 | Revitalizing Children’s Ministry | Lisa Rowland
    Jul 15 2025
    Revitalizing Children's Ministry: Essential Strategies for Churches Ready to Welcome Families
    Is your church struggling to attract and retain families with children? In this comprehensive episode, host Bart Blair interviews Lisa Rowland, a seasoned children's ministry leader and consultant with Life Catalyst Consulting, who shares over 20 years of practical experience helping churches of all sizes build thriving children's programs.
    Lisa's unique journey from corporate business management to children's ministry leadership provides valuable insights for church leaders looking to create welcoming, safe, and effective programs that partner with families in discipleship. Whether your church hasn't had children in years or you're preparing for growth, this episode offers actionable strategies you can implement immediately.
    Key Topics Include:
    • Essential safety protocols and background check requirements for children's ministry
    • Creating inviting spaces for families on any budget
    • Proven volunteer recruitment strategies that work in small churches
    • Curriculum selection guidance for different church sizes and volunteer capacity
    • Building sustainable ministry teams vs. relying on solo teachers
    • Simple check-in systems that don't require expensive technology
    • Effective partnership strategies between church and family discipleship
    • Leadership skills needed to oversee vs. teach in children's ministry

    Perfect For:     Church planters, pastors of aging congregations, volunteer children's ministry leaders, church revitalization teams, and anyone interested in effective family ministry strategies.


    About the Guest:     Lisa Rowland serves at Bridgeway Church in North Texas and consults with churches nationwide through Life Catalyst Consulting. Her corporate background provides unique organizational and leadership insights that translate powerfully to ministry settings.
    Resources Mentioned:     Life Catalyst Consulting (lifecatalyst.com), church management software options, design tools, and curriculum resources for churches with limited budgets.

    This 40-minute conversation provides practical, immediately applicable strategies for churches ready to welcome families and build children's ministry programs that make a lasting impact.
    Subscribe to Revitalize My Church Podcast     for new episodes on the 1st and 15th of each month, featuring practical ministry insights and transformation stories from churches successfully reaching new families and growing younger.
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    44 min
  • Ep. 25 | Gospel-Centered Fellowship and Missional Engagement | Nathan and Bart

    Ep. 25 | Gospel-Centered Fellowship and Missional Engagement | Nathan and Bart
    Jul 1 2025
    Gospel-Centered Fellowship and Missional Engagement for Church Revitalization Episode Overview
    In this milestone episode marking one year of the Revitalize My Church podcast, hosts Bart Blair and Nathan Bryant continue their series on the 10 essentials for church revitalization, based on insights from Terry Long of the North Carolina Baptist Association. They explore two critical elements that struggling churches need: gospel-centered fellowship and missional engagement. This episode reveals why surface-level community isn't enough and how churches can become truly missionary-minded in their local context.

    What Is Gospel-Centered Fellowship and Why Surface Level Community Isn't Enough
     Gospel-centered fellowship goes far beyond potluck dinners and social gatherings. Nathan Bryant explains that many revitalizing churches function primarily around Sunday morning experiences and may have meaningful relationships, but lack the "deeper fellowship of interconnectedness that allows for true deep community where real discipleship takes place."
    Key Characteristics of Gospel-Centered Fellowship:
    • Vulnerable community: Creating safe spaces for confession, accountability, and real spiritual conversations
    • Life-on-life ministry: Moving beyond listening to teaching toward discussing application together
    • Biblical accountability: Where people confess what God is telling them to do and follow up on obedience
    • Transformative engagement: Relationships that actually change how people live out their faith

    The Problem with Traditional Church Community:
     Most churches focus on large group experiences (Sunday worship, Sunday school) where relationships remain surface-level. While these relationships may be meaningful and long-term, they don't provide the intimate context needed for true spiritual transformation.

    How to Move Your Church Beyond Surface Level Relationships to Deep Community
     Creating gospel-centered fellowship requires intentional steps and cultural change, especially in churches where people have known each other for decades but haven't experienced deeper spiritual community.

    Practical Steps for Pastors and Church Leaders:
    1. Visit and participate in churches that are successfully doing gospel-centered fellowship
    2. Create an incubator group with 4-5 solid families rather than trying to implement church-wide immediately
    3. Experience it yourself first - leaders need to understand the value before asking others to participate
    4. Teach the biblical foundation through preaching before launching programs
    5. Start slow but intentional - focus on quality relationships over quick expansion
    Essential Elements for Success:
    • Smaller group contexts where vulnerability is possible
    • Regular spiritual conversations about how God's Word applies to daily life
    • Accountability structures that encourage obedience to Scripture
    • Prayer and confession as normal parts of community life
    What Does Missional Engagement Mean for Churches Going Through Revitalization
     Missional engagement focuses on what churches do outside their building to connect with their community. Nathan defines it as "what we're doing with our lives in the corporate nature of the church, the group nature of the church, and the individual lives...
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    27 min
  • Ep. 024 | Implement the DREAM Strategy | Brian Moss

    Ep. 024 | Implement the DREAM Strategy | Brian Moss
    Jun 15 2025
    Pastor Brian Moss of Oak Ridge Church shares his proven DREAM framework that transformed a dying congregation of 30 into a thriving church with 101% small group participation over 25 years.
    Brian, a former computer engineer who didn't grow up in church, reveals how he developed a systematic approach to balance the five fundamental church purposes: worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and evangelism. He breaks down his DREAM acronym - Design services for lost people, Reach with the gospel, Engage in growth, Activate in ministry, and Mobilize for missions.
    Key topics include creating guest-friendly services without compromising the gospel, systematic discipleship through small groups, and why 80% of modern church practices are more cultural than biblical. Brian also addresses the comparison trap destroying pastors and offers practical encouragement for church leaders feeling overwhelmed.
    Perfect for pastors, church planters, denominational leaders, and anyone seeking a biblical framework for sustainable church health and growth.
    Resources mentioned:

    • "The Dream Church" book by Brian Moss
    • Dream Church Conference (held annually each March)
    • Oak Ridge Church, Salisbury, Maryland
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    44 min

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