The Church Lobby

Karl Vaters interviews Todd Wilson about some of the lessons that we need to learn when we look back at the Church Growth Movement . Todd is the co-founder and founding CEO of Exponential , so he critiques the Church...

“What's wrong with being just a normal church?” That’s the question at the center of Thomas Austin’s song, Normal Church. In this episode, Karl Vaters interviews Thomas Austin about the content of his song, including...

<p>Discontent is a tricky monster. It’s so easy to spot it in others, but easy to overlook in ourselves.</p><p>Karl Vaters interviews pastor Chris Maxwell about what contentment is not (laziness or mediocrity), what it...

<p>Kevin Foster is the founding pastor of LifeBridge Community Church in Fresno, CA, a church that made a radical shift in emphasis several years ago when the brokenness of the people in their lower income city led them...

<p>Karl Vaters talks with Sam Rainer about some massive changes that are happening, and how the looming pastoral shortage will affect everything about the way churches function in the next generation or two.</p><p>Based...

<p>Prayer is a foundation of a healthy Christian life and church. Karl Vaters talks with Chris Paavola about four strategic ways his church prays that can help any church lay a more solid foundation for...

<p>Karl Vaters talks with Tim Walker about three important subjects: First, they talk about the new world of the “side hustle” culture, and why it can be an answer for pastors and churches to do more ministry with less...

<p>Karl Vaters talks with Dr. Shaunti Feldhahn and Dr. James N. Sells about the state of mental and emotional care in our culture, and how churches are uniquely situated to alleviate these needs in healthy, life-giving...

<p>Karl Vaters talks with Peyton Jones about the severe need for our churches to become better at the main command Jesus gave His church: making disciples.</p><p>Peyton is the author of several books, including the...

<p>Karl Vaters interviews Darryl Dash, a long-time pastor in Toronto, Canada. Darryl recently wrote the article, Advice to New and Aspiring Pastors, for The Gospel Coalition, Canada in which raised several issues that...

<p>Karl Vaters talks with Kurt W. Bubna about what to do if you’re a Christian leader who has betrayed people and broken trust. This conversation was sparked by the Facebook post, An Open Letter to Philip Yancey...

<p>Karl Vaters talks to Laurie Graham about some of the big ways volunteerism has changed, and how we, as church leaders, can respond to these trends.</p><p>Laurie runs smallchurchministry.com, an online ministry that...

<p>Karl Vaters talks through some helpful guidelines with Dave Ripper about how to read, meditate, and teach from the Bible in a richer, deeper way.</p><p>Dave is the lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church, a...

<p>Have you ever gone to a church growth conference and been told “all healthy things grow?”</p><p>Karl Vaters talks with Jeff Hoglen about what’s happening behind that idea, and why it can be a problem for a lot of...

<p>Karl Vaters talks with Brad Edwards about the shift that’s happened over the last decade or so in how people perceive institutions, especially the institutional church.</p><p>In this conversation they talk about how...