How do you bring church online? Jay Kranda, Online Campus Pastor at Saddleback Church, shares the vision and strategy for doing ministry in the online world. Churches are starting to better utilize technology to reach people around the world. Saddleback Church is embracing the digital age by creating a new role, Online Campus Pastor. The focus is […]
Episode 13: How to Reach College Students? (Andy Kim)
How do you reach college students? Andy Kim, Intervarsity Staff and worship leader, shares his learnings while doing ministry at the IV chapter at Northwestern University for seven years. Andy currently helps and assists over the IV chapters in 600 colleges and universities. His heart is helping college students become more aware of how culture and […]
Episode 12: Pastor vs. Professor: Insights to Help You Decide (Ben Shin)
Pastor vs. Professor? Insights on how to make that decision Ben Shin, Professor at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, has lived in both worlds as a pastor and a professor. Listen to Ben share his call and journey into ministry as well as how God nudged him into the academia. He gives great insight and […]
Episode 10: How do you build healthy small groups? (Steve Gladen)
How do you build healthy small groups? Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, shares his passion and journey of creating healthy small groups since 1998. Listen to how Steve helps roughly 8,000 groups at Saddleback to become healthy and growing. He describes the principles from his book to create small groups with purpose. […]
Episode05: Multi-Ethnic Worship with Sandra Van Opstal
What’s worship going to look like in this diverse world? Sandra Van Opstal, worship pastor, shares her thoughts on how worship will be changing in a more diverse and multi-ethnic country. She provides insights on the difference in worship styles based on culture and ethnic background. Her newly released book, Next Worship: Glorifying God in […]
Podcast Episode 03: “DK” Daniel Kim- How to Hear God’s Voice and Obey?
How do you recognize God’s voice and obey? “DK” Daniel Kim, worship pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, shares his story of listening to God’s voice to quit his dream job to be missionary with his family to Mexico. Listen to his journey of living by faith and how you can also hear God’s voice. DK also shares […]
The Ministry That Often Gets Overlooked By Pastors
I love being productive. I love seeing results. And it is especially rewarding when I am able to produce good results for something I believe in with a great team of people. To this end, our leadership team invests in carving out time to strategize and plan. There are many brainstorming sessions, evaluations, and meetings […]
Why Pastors Need be in a Small Group at Church
Most pastors would agree that small group ministry is important to the growth and discipleship of believers. They herald the importance and urge others to participate, but many pastors aren’t actually a part of one themselves. Why is this the case? Why aren’t more pastors involved in small groups at their churches? From my own […]
How to Know You are Called to Ministry (Part II)
I want to be a pastor” Making the decision to make ministry your vocation can be a thrilling moment in life. You are full of dreams and hopes of being used by God to change the world for the better. But how can you know you are making the right decision or as it is […]
7 Reasons Why You Should Not Be a Pastor
“I want to be a pastor…” I’ve heard many people share this great news with me. I’m always excited for them because this world needs quality pastors who will truly love and serve people. However, before taking the plunge into this vocation, it is important to test one’s heart. Is the pastoral life truly the […]