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Brought to you by Forbes Nonprofit Strategies and Incite Futures Labs , Signal Café, hosted by Chris Forbes, explores the signals, trends, and drivers shaping the future of ministry . Each episode invites pastors, nonprofit leaders, and faith-based strategists to think ahead, discern cultural shifts, and respond with clarity and conviction. It’s a space to scan the horizon and prepare faithfully for what comes next. At Signal Café, we apply the best practices of strategic foresight to spark meaningful conversations about the church’s future. Episodes cover topics such as digital discipleship, spiritual formation in a fragmented culture, rebuilding trust in institutions, generational transitions, the rise of global Christianity, and emerging models of funding and cooperation. This podcast is for those called to lead with wisdom in uncertain times. Whether navigating denominational change, rethinking missions, or anticipating
Chris Forbes hosts Signal Café Podcast with Chris Forbes, a religion show with 13 episodes published.
In this special compilation episode of The Signal Cafe, we bring together two separate podcast conversations into one extended discussion. First, Chris Forbes and Matt Tullos interview Steve Lacy from StreamingChurch.tv
Chris Forbes and Matt Tullos talk with Dennis Draeger, Foresight Director at Shaping Tomorrow, and Chris Turner, Director of Communications for the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, about artificial intelligence, sentienc
Chris Forbes and Matt Tullos talk with Rick Presley about recognizing overlooked environmental signals and why they matter for ministry and the future. They explore how bias, political framing, and cultural assumptions c
In this episode of The Signal Cafe , Chris Forbes, Matt Tullos, and Mike Mirabella explore how digital environments and AI are shaping identity, relationships, and formation. They describe a “crossfade” era where physica
In this episode of Signal Café, we step inside a local Edmond, Oklahoma community group that spent nine weeks using Incite Futures Labs tools to ask a pressing question: What will shape lifelong learning and leadership f
In this episode of the Signal Café, Chris Forbes and Matt Tullos reflect on how leaders navigate uncertainty when signals are noisy and direction feels unclear. Using weather forecasts, seasons, and biblical language of
In this episode, we identify metamodernism as an emerging cultural signal with significant implications for the future of ministry. Younger generations are holding doubt and hope together, showing renewed openness to spi
In this Signal Cafe episode, Chris Forbes and Matt Tullos talk with Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight director Dennis Draeger about the craft of horizon scanning and why ministry leaders must learn to identify early signals o
"The sons of Issachar understood the times and knew what Israel should do" (1 Chronicles 12:32). That same wisdom is needed today as ministry leaders face a changing world. The Future Commission 2050 Project (FC50) cohor
In this episode of Signal Café , we delve into how to identify and utilize legal signals in strategic foresight. Legal developments often shape the future in subtle ways, but with a trained futurist eye, they can provide
The next ten years will change everything. Is your ministry ready? Economic instability, cultural shifts, technological disruption, and institutional decline are reshaping how churches and mission organizations serve in
Exploring the signals, trends, and drivers behind the rise of network leadership and what it means for missions, local churches, and the Great Commission today. In our second episode of Signal Café , we talk with veteran
In this first episode of Signal Café , Matt Tullos interviews host Chris Forbes about his new book, The Next Era of the Cooperative Program . They discuss how strategic foresight can help Southern Baptists respond to cha
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