Prof G, Scott Galloway, joins the podcast for the first time to talk about why a generation of young men are filled with rage and shame and what we can do about it. Plus, he discusses the biggest...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 645 | Jon Tyson on Secularism, Responding To The Cultural Obsession with Identity, Generational Differences in the Church, Aging Well in Leadership, Tech, AI, and Discipleship

7 days ago 1h 24m

Jon Tyson talks about secularism and how to respond to the new obsession with identity. He discusses generational differences in the church, getting older in leadership, and what he learned from...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 644 | Annie F. Downs On The Opportunity Churches Are Missing With Single Men and Women, A New Take on Sexual Purity, Finishing Well, and Lessons from 100 Million Podcast Downloads

9 days ago 1h 33m

Annie F. Downs talks about how churches are missing opportunities in ministry to and with single men and women. Plus, she discusses a new take on sexual purity, how to finish well, why your 50s,...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 643 | George Kamel on How to Effectively Pitch Yourself As a Young Leader, How to Get Noticed and Promoted in Leadership, EQ Tips, and Money Advice for Millennials and Gen Z In the New Housing Reality

16 days ago 1h 20m

George Kamel talks about his rise from a college graduate intern at Dave Ramsey to an on-air personality. He outlines how to effectively pitch yourself to an influencer as a young leader, how to get...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 642 | Willie and Korie Robertson on Duck Dynasty's Backstory, The Terrible Side of Rapid Growth, And How to Make Marriage, Family, and Friendship Work in the Spotlight

21 days ago 1h 29m

Duck Dynasty's Willie and Korie Robertson share the backstory behind the rise of their A&E reality show and how they got started. Plus, Willie and Korie discuss the terrible side of rapid growth and...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 641 | Daniel Harkavy On Imagining Your Funeral When You're a Young Leader, Self-Leadership, Team Effectiveness, and What Separates The Best Leaders from the Rest

23 days ago 1h 10m

What's the value of imagining your own funeral? Daniel Harkavy, author and top leadership coach, discusses the significance of imagining your funeral when you're a young leader. He and Carey dive...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 640 | Shauna Pilgreen on Church Planting Mistakes, Best Practices in a Post-Christian and Progressive Culture, Planting a Church Without a PlayBook, and How to Communicate with Deeply Unchurched People

1 month ago 1h

How do you plant a church without a playbook? Shauna Pilgreen discusses planting a church in San Francisco without a playbook, church planting mistakes, and best planting practices in a...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 639 | Jeff Jones on Rebranding Christianity, What the Church Can Learn from Dominos Pizza, And How to Know What the Community Really Thinks About Your Church or Organization

Mar 21st, 2024 1h 17m

Jeff Jones discusses rebranding Christianity. He and Carey talk about how to know what the community really thinks about your church or business and how to calculate the net promotor score for your...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 638 | Jon Chasteen On Leading Broken Churches and Organizations You Inherited, Leading a Church After a Moral Failure, And When to Kill What Your Predecessor Built or Leave it Alone

Mar 19th, 2024 1h 14m

Jon Chasteen talks about what he learned after being picked (at age 34) to be the senior pastor of a megachurch after the founding pastor's moral failure. He discusses the keys to leading broken...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 637 | Tim Stevens On the Dynamics of Abuse At Willow Creek, The Problem of Isolated Leaders, Leading When You Start With Zero Trust, And Building a New Culture and Finding Momentum As You Reach the Next Generation

Mar 12th, 2024 1h 10m

Former Willow Creek Executive Pastor Tim Stevens unpacks the situation at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. In a transparent conversation, Tim dissects the dynamics of abuse at Willow Creek,...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 636 | Jennie Allen on Recovering From Feeling Numb In Life and Leadership, Untangling Your Emotions, Gen Z Revival, Why There Are No Fake Christians Left, and the Value of Being Raw & Transparent

Mar 7th, 2024 1h 31m

Jennie Allen talks deeply about how to recover from feeling numb in life and leadership. She and Carey discuss untangling your emotions, Gen Z revival, and why there are no fake Christians left. ...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 635 | Cal Newport With Advice to Church Leaders on Boundaries, How Pseudo-Productivity Leads to Burnout, and Why Slow Productivity is the Future for Knowledge Workers

Mar 5th, 2024 1h 39m

Cal Newport returns to the podcast with advice to church leaders and business leaders on setting boundaries and how to not be available to your congregation and customers 24/7, every day of the week. ...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 634 | Daryl Cripe on How to Reverse the Decline in Small, Mid-Sized, & Stuck Churches, How to Reach New People With No New Money, And How to Hit the Tipping Point in Church Revitalization

Feb 27th, 2024 1h 16m

Daryl Cripe has worked with hundreds of church leaders and boards of all sizes. He shares the one key (more than anything else) that can reverse the decline in small, mid-sized, and stuck large...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 633 | Craig Groeschel On the Three Things That Are Growing Life Church Right Now, His Best Advice for Leaders, and the Power of Pre-Decisions and Batch Decision-Making

Feb 22nd, 2024 1h 21m

Craig Groeschel is back on the podcast talking about the three things that are helping Life.Church grow right now. Plus, he spends time reflecting on his life and leadership over the last four...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 632 | Jamie Kern Lima on Overcoming Failure and Rejection, The Difference Between Self-Confidence and Self-Worth, And the Real Reason Success Is Never Enough to Satisfy You

Feb 20th, 2024 44m 51s

Jamie Kern Lima, best-selling author, Founder of IT Cosmetics, and former CEO of billion-dollar company L'Oreal, talks about overcoming fear and rejection. Jamie discusses the difference between...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 631 | Dan Clark on the How to Raise More Money for Your Church from High Net Worth Donors, Why 89% of Potential Major Givers Don't Give to Their Potential To Your Cause and Scarcity v. Abundance Mindset

Feb 13th, 2024 1h 4m

Dan Clark, CEO of Westfall Gold, talks about how to raise more money for your church or cause from high-net-worth donors. Dan also shares why 89% of potential major givers don't give to their...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 630 | Adam Hamilton on What United Methodists Are Learning About Denominational Divorce Over LGBTQ, On Building a Church Whose Growth is 66% UnChurched People, and on Fusing the Best in the Evangelical and Mainline Traditions

Feb 8th, 2024 1h 33m

Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in America, returns to the podcast to share field notes for other denominations and churches on what the United Methodists are learning...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 629 | Tod Bolsinger On Canoeing the Mountains, Disappointing People At a Rate They Can Absorb, and How to Handle Sabotage and the Anxiety of Leadership

Feb 6th, 2024 1h 4m

Tod Bolsinger discusses why leadership is like canoeing the mountains these days, how to disappoint people at a rate they can absorb, and how to handle the sabotage and anxiety that come from leading...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 628 | Kara Powell On Why The Next Generation is Deconstructing Their Faith and Walking Away, The Toxicity of Social Media, & What the Next Generation Wishes the Church Will Stop and Start Doing

Jan 30th, 2024 1h 7m

Kara Powell brings her latest research explaining why the next generation is deconstructing their faith and walking away from church. She discusses how to combat the toxicity of social media and what...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 627 | John Ortberg Breaks Down the Divide Between Leadership and Spiritual Formation, Why It's Not True That If You're Not a Leader You're a Loser, And His Reflections on Willow Creek and Church Moral Failures

Jan 25th, 2024 1h 22m

John Ortberg returns to the podcast and breaks down the divide between leadership and spiritual formation. John and Carey discuss the old adage, "If you're not a leader, you're a loser." Is it true?...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 626 | John Mark Comer On The Crisis in Discipleship, Why Weekend Sermons and Services Aren't Resonating Like They Used To, Determining Your Real Motives, and Why He's No Longer Travelling and Speaking

Jan 23rd, 2024 1h 40m

In Part 5 of the Church Trends series, John Mark Comer talks about the crisis in discipleship. John Mark also dives into the stages of spiritual growth, why weekend services and sermons aren't...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 625 | Brady Shearer on Social Media Trends for 2024, How TikTok is Disrupting Social Media, The Best Social Media Strategy for Churches, and The New Metrics for Digital Church

Jan 16th, 2024 1h 9m

In Part 4 of the Church Trends Series, ProChurch Tools founder Brady Shearer outlines the social media trends for 2024. Brady talks about how TikTok is massively disrupting social, why most...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 624 | Ryan Burge On The Rise of the Nones, Christianity as a Luxury Good, The Threat To Democracy With the Decline in Religion, And Why The Nones Are Very Reachable

Jan 11th, 2024 1h 20m

In Part 3 of the Church Trends Series, Political Scientist and Author Ryan Burge talks about the rise of the nones—people professing no religion. Ryan discusses the threat to democracy that the...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 623 | David Kinnaman on Why 84% of Americans Are Now Spiritually Open, Why 25% of People are Still Deconstructing, And Why Your Ministry Might Want to Target Women (Not Men) If Your Church Wants to Reach and Keep Families

Jan 9th, 2024 1h 39m

In Part 2 of the Church Trends series, David Kinnaman shares the very latest from Barna on a surprising spiritual openness that’s growing in America while more people than ever are deconstructing...Read the whole entry... »

CNLP 622 | J.P. Pokluda and Gabrielle McCullough Talk 2024 Church Trends: Why the Stable Church is Disappearing, How to Engage the New Core of Your Church—Millennials and Gen Z—in Serving, Giving, And Confession, & a New Breed of Megachurch Pastor

Jan 2nd, 2024 1h 38m

In Part 1 of the Church Trends series, J.P. Pokluda and Gabrielle (Brie) McCullough of Harris Creek Baptist join Carey to talk about church trends for 2024. They discuss why the stable church...Read the whole entry... »