Before You Quit

Before You Quit


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Podcast Ep.126: The 20+ Year Pastor (Mike Franklin)
April 17, 2024

Someone suggested to me recently that I interview pastors who have served in one church for twenty or more years. Great idea, I chimed. Its actually a great subject. Most pastors dont last five year

Podcast Ep.125: The Corporate Church (Mark Barnard)
April 09, 2024

In this podcast I interview author Mark Barnard on his book, The Corporate Church; Why We Need to Get Our House in Order. We live in a very individualistic time, where we fail to see Gods relationshi

Podcast Ep.124: Eleven Things Pastors Struggle With but Rarely Talk About, and How to Change That. (Mitch & Dan)
April 01, 2024

Pastors often meet together and talk shop. It takes a certain level of trust, though, for us to talk about matters of the heart than issues of the Church. I wrote this booklet, Building A Community o

Podcast Ep.123: Grace, Race and the Church (Pastor Tom Sugimura)
February 13, 2024

When you think of race and the church you likely think of the turmoil in our nation in 2020. It woke the church up, and we found ourselves asking if we are doing a good enough job understanding race,

Podcast Ep.122: Working Out Your Salvation, what it really means (Rev. John Fogal)
February 07, 2024

It was AW Tozer who wrote that what we think about God, is the most important thing about us. Paul in 1 Timothy 4:16 tells Timothy to, Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, becau

Podcast Ep.121: The Pastor and PTSD (Sean Nemecek)
January 30, 2024

Pastoring is one of the hardest jobs around. Just ask any of us. The expectations and pressures can at times become nearly unbearable.Having said that, putting the two words, PASTORING and PTSD (okay

Podcast Ep.120: The Alliance; Changing From the Inside (Pastor Jeremy Muncy)
January 25, 2024

BYQ has tackled the subject of the Alliance decision to ordain women on several podcasts. While a number of Alliance churches have left over the decision, some desire to remain and by remaining, seek

Podcast Ep. 119: What is Fruitful Vine Ministry (Mitch and Dan)
January 24, 2024

My cohost Dan Stegeman and I sit down together to discuss the history, the purposeand the impact of the first ten years of Fruitful Vine Ministry.Did you know the name comes from Genesis 49:22-24( N

Podcast Ep.118: FINDING JESUS AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH (Ken Sande)
January 12, 2024

Ive interviewed Ken Sande twice before on his ministry of Peacemaking. Here, in this podcast, Ken shares the most wonderful story of how Jesus proved himself to be the great Peacemaker, when Kens ow

Podcast Ep.117: The Voices of This Generation (Dr. Rich Griffith)
December 01, 2023

Youth and childrens ministries have become professionalized to the point where parents feel ill-equipped to disciple their children. Our culture has become so fast-paced and loud that children and y