The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

For churches, finding the right people is essential to building a strong team. But how do you know what to look for in a potential higher? Today we're talking with William Vanderbloemen the founder and CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, who are regularly hired to find the right people to work in faith-based organizations. After 15 years and more than 30,000 interviews, they've extracted the data from all that experience to answer the question: what are the skills we should be looking for in young Christian leaders? What are the skills we should be developing ourselves? And inversely, what are the red flags we should be on the lookout for?   Send in your question via text to 1-800-485-3139 📲   ============================= Show Notes: ============================= - Vanderbloemen Search Group: https://www.vanderbloemen.com/ - Be The Unicorn: theunicornbook.com / https://amzn.to/3SLIPEj   ============================= Connect With Brady: ============================= Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradyshearer/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/pfArcS/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BradyShearer The Pro Church Tools Show: https://www.nucleus.church/podcast

There’s a current event that everyone is talking about and you're wondering - "should my church make a post about this?" On the one hand, you don’t want to be reactionary, but you also don't want to ignore it. So let’s talk about about two questions you need to answer before making a big statement online.   Send in your question via text to 1-800-485-3139 📲   ============================= Table of Contents: ============================= 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - When should you post on social in response to big news items? 8:32 - What traits do you look for in a creative employee/church leader? 13:13 - What's your best tips/advice for asking out an awkward introvert church girl? 16:42 - Should we do a before/after series about renovating our new church building? 21:40 - What are your favorite Christmas traditions? 28:50 - How do you balance *being* in the moment and *capturing* the moment? 33:28 - What's your max tattoo session time you can handle? 36:44 - What do you wish your designers would do without being asked? 38:56 - What's something people don't know about your home country? 42:51 - Would you reserve Posts and Reels for evergreen social ministry and things like Stories and Highlights for snapshots of what's going on right now in your church? 46:04 - Do you have any tips for missionaries and non-profit ministries? 48:26 - In honor of autumn, what is your favorite apple?   ============================= Connect With Brady: ============================= Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradyshearer/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/pfArcS/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BradyShearer The Pro Church Tools Show: https://www.nucleus.church/podcast

One of the most regretful decisions we made as a society over the past 20 years was indiscriminately embracing digital media. Even if this *is* how things typically go with new tech, it's imperative that we as Christians have some guidelines for how we behave online. In today's episode we talk about church rules for digital hygiene.   Send in your question via text to 1-800-485-3139 📲   ============================= Table of Contents: ============================= 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Automobiles vs. Digital Media 12:20 - Why I'm Still Bullish On Social 28:12 - Rules For Digital Hygiene   ============================= Connect With Brady: ============================= Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradyshearer/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/pfArcS/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BradyShearer The Pro Church Tools Show: https://www.nucleus.church/podcast

As a leader, you might think that I have it all together, that I never drop the ball or make any mistakes - but here's the kicker: I mess up all the time. How? Let me tell you - these are the costly mistakes I’ve made as a Christian leader.   Send in your question via text to 1-800-485-3139 📲   ============================= Table of Contents: ============================= 0:00 - Intro 3:08 - #1: Neglecting Core Competencies 13:23 - #2: Self Awareness Gone Too Far 24:10 - #3: The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon   ============================= Connect With Brady: ============================= Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradyshearer/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/pfArcS/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BradyShearer The Pro Church Tools Show: https://www.nucleus.church/podcast

Today on the podcast we speak with trailblazers of the online church movement - Life.Church. Our question? How can we make online church less about programming and more about ministry?   ============================= Show Notes: - Life.Church: https://www.life.church/ - Life.Church Online: https://live.life.church/ - Church Online: https://online.church/ - Church Online Hosts: The Complete Guide: https://prochur.ch/470JC8f   ============================= Connect With Brady: ============================= Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradyshearer/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/pfArcS/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BradyShearer The Pro Church Tools Show: https://www.nucleus.church/podcast

Send in your question via text to 1-800-485-3139 📲⁣⁣   0:00 - Intro⁣⁣ 1:20 - Habit #1: Walking⁣⁣ 12:10 - Habit #2: Sabbath⁣⁣ 17:47 - Habit #3: Sleeping⁣⁣ 25:00 - Habit #4: Silence⁣⁣ 34:36 - Habit #5: Being Unoffendable⁣⁣ 39:45 - Habit #6: Psychotherapy⁣⁣ 44:52 - Habit #7: Framework For Honest Evaluation

Send in your question via text to 1-800-485-3139 📲   0:00 - Intro 1:12 - How do I get leadership to take social media seriously? 13:19 - Would you ever consider using text for mass updates? 18:44 - How can we improve our email open rates? 26:46 - What advice do you have for cheap male fashion? 36:02 - How do elder millennials stay up to date with trends? 42:03 - Is it too late to join TikTok? 42:58 - What's the most interesting fact about your family histories? 52:13 - How do we promote so many ministries without over promoting? 57:29 - We're struggling with our youth who are serving in tech or worship... 1:01:44 - Best fiction book you've read recently? 1:09:01 - Does burying a link in the caption increase engagement? 1:11:08 - What are good events for both members and non-members? 1:15:07 - Is Nacho Libre a good movie? 1:18:09 - What are the essentials for a minimal church website? 1:25:43 - Why does cream and sugar make coffee so much better? 1:31:40 - Are the NCAA conference change ups a good move? 1:34:29 - How do we respond to members not buying in to social for ministry? 1:35:23 - Why is Facebook not performing well for us? 1:37:20 - What's on the fall-time fragrance rotation? 1:41:31 - Will you ever grow/cut your hair? 1:43:08 - Do you play Fantasy Football? 1:45:51 - What order do you put your socks and shoes on?

The best way for your church to reach young people is to disproportionately dedicate resources to them. At least, that's the thesis from Fuller Youth Institute and an extensive study they conducted of more than ten-thousand hours, thirteen-hundred interviews, and two-hundred and fifty churches. Today we're joined by Dr. Kara Powell to discuss the research she was a part of and also to answer the burning question we're all thinking: if the cost of reaching young people is to disproportionately prioritize them - what does that mean for everyone else?     Show notes: Growing Young - https://fulleryouthinstitute.org/growingyoung Growing Young Research Method - https://churchesgrowingyoung.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Growing-Young-Research-Method.pdf Fuller Youth Institute - https://fulleryouthinstitute.org/ The Only Denomination Not In Decline - https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/august/assemblies-of-god-grow-us-council-denomination-decline-poli.html Barna - https://www.barna.com Springtide Research Institute - https://www.springtideresearch.org Dr. Kara Powell - https://karapowell.com Dr. Kara Powell on Twitter - https://twitter.com/KPowellFYI

Send in your question via text to 1-800-485-3139 📲   0:00 - Intro 1:15 - Plenty Never Lasts 7:34 - Die A Thousand Little Deaths 12:15 - The Compounding Power of Consistency 15:30 - Learn To Die Well 22:50 - Reassess Problems From Altitude 28:40 - Be Where Your Feet Are 33:40 - Say The Quiet Part Out Loud 38:50 - Pray Without Ceasing 44:28 - Just Keep Trying And Be A Good Friend 49:42 - Follow The Leader

Send in your question via text to 1-800-485-3139 📲   0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Our Honorable Mentions 10:40 - The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter 18:45 - Sinners In The Hands Of A Loving God by Brian Zahnd 25:25 - Outlive by Peter Attia 34:29 - Working The Angles by Eugene Peterson 39:54 - The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel 46:01 - Liber Mundi