EquippingU Podcast

Building Faith in Kids featuring Leah Broach - Season 4 Episode 7

Tune and listen as Leah Broach, Alliance Director for Children’s Disciplemaking Ministries, shares her heart for why giving kids a safe environment where they can get grounded in God’s big story must be a high priority in every church.

Your Church Can Be a Conversion Community featuring Rick Richardson - Season 4 Episode 6

Is it normal for people in your congregation to share the good news of Jesus with others?  If not, then you have company.  Rick Richardson, professor of Evangelism and Leadership at Wheaton College and founder of the Church Evangelism Institute, says that only 10% of churches in America are growing through conversions to Christ.  If you want sharing the gospel to be normal for your congregation, then tune in for this passionate and practical conversation with Rick Richardson.  You may be surprised and encouraged to find out what Rick says is the #1 key to a church becoming what he calls a “conversion community”. For more information, check out Rick's book, You Found Me: New Research on How Unchurched Nones, Millennials, and Irreligious Are Surprisingly Open to Christian Faith.

An Insightful Look at Pastor’s Kids featuring Barnabas Piper – Season 4 Episode 5

Barnabas Piper, son of well-known pastor John Piper, joins Terry and Alan for an honest and insightful conversation about pastor’s kids. This episode includes helpful ideas for grown pastor’s kids and for those who are parenting while in ministry today. We guarantee you will be both challenged and encouraged by this episode.

Leading Church Revitalization featuring Ken Priddy - Season 4 Episode 4

Ken shows us that the reason many churches end up in decline is because they have lost the will and the skill to do evangelism and then explains how engaging in outreach again leads to revitalization. Some of the resources discussed in this episode are, “The Nehemiah Code” by O.S. Hawkins as well as, “Changing Course: Leading Older Churches in a New Direction” by Terry Smith – available at www.churchsmart.com.

Recruiting and Developing Female Leaders featuring Kadi Cole - Season 4 Episode 3

This episode, Terry and Alan are joined by author and speaker Kadi Cole. In this conversation Kadi shares how you can empower the women in your church to use their God given gifts, no matter where you align theologically. Get out a notepad, cause this is one you will want to take notes on!

Sabbath: An Act of Trust featuring Matthew Sleeth - Season 4 Episode 2

In today's world, everything is working to take Sabbath away. Join Terry and Alan as they unpack why God's rest is more powerful than human work. Also, you won't want to miss Alan's alter call at the end where he promises to give up his unhealthy loyalties to the Red Sox and Patriots. 

Politically Polarized Culture with Scott Sauls - Season 4, Episode 1

If you’re feeling the burden of our polarized culture and tired of people attacking people instead of attacking problems, then tune in for this encouraging and equipping conversation with Scott Sauls, pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville.  Scott shows us how the gospel equips us to be salt and light in our world and how the church can lead the way with grace and truth and gentleness.

Learn more about the Nashville Institute for Faith and Work – www.nifw.org

Special Episode: Racial Reconciliation with Reggie Screen

Reggie is the Assistant to the Superintendent in the Alliance South and he joins Terry and Allan for an honest and optimistic conversation about race in The Alliance and beyond.  Reggie shares difficult stories, reflects on his relationship with John Perkins and provides steps all of us can take to contribute to change.

Special Episode: AB the Book with David Jones

Terry and Alan invite David Jones onto the show today! David is a former International Worker and Director of Global Link. While he has since moved on from those roles he is still a committed member of the Alliance family! How committed? Well, he wrote A.B.: The Unlikely Founder of a Global Movement, a biography about Alliance founder A.B. Simpson! You can pick up a copy of A.B. here.

S3 EP10 – Steve Grusendorf: Developing Ourselves and Others

Terry and Alan welcome Steve Grusendorf, Director for Ministry Studies at The Alliance. Steve talks about the importance of our own character formation and how the way we develop ourselves has a significant impact on how we develop others.