

Essential Church Podcast
Essential Church Network
Meaningful and transformative conversations about important issues facing the local church today. Hosted by Pastors Brady Boyd and Andrew Arndt of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO. More information can be found at TheEssential.Church
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Nov 22, 2017 • 21min
Episode 014: Avoiding Cynicism in Ministry
As leaders in the local church, we inevitably encounter criticism from within our congregations and from the outside world. In this week's conversation, we talk about some ways of addressing this criticism in a Godly way, as well as some ways to protect ourselves from encountering criticism unnecessarily.

Nov 15, 2017 • 25min
Episode 013: Developing Ministry with the Hurting
For this week's podcast, we were joined by Matthew Ayers, CEO of Dream Centers of Colorado Springs to talk about how the local church can lead the way in serving the most vulnerable people in their cities.

Nov 8, 2017 • 29min
Episode 012: Blending the Contemplative and Charismatic
For this episode of the Essential Church podcast, we're joined by Pastor Rich Villodas of New Life Fellowship in Queens, NY to discuss the contemplative and charismatic traditions of the Church.

Nov 1, 2017 • 19min
Episode 011: The Church and Race
For this week's podcast, we're joined by Pastor Derwin Gray of Transformation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina for a conversation on race, diversity, and leading multiethnic churches.

Oct 25, 2017 • 21min
Episode 010: Lessons From Ten Years Pt. 2
We're picking up where we left off last week and continuing a conversation about the lessons learned from Pastor Brady's ten years of ministry at New Life Church. Our hope is that these lessons would resonate with and encourage you.

Oct 18, 2017 • 27min
Episode 009: Lessons From Ten Years Pt. 1
Pastor Brady recently celebrated ten years of leading New Life Church as the Senior Pastor. In this episode, we looked back on the past decade and talk about the lessons learned. We hope that these lessons will apply to your ministry and will help strengthen your churches.

Oct 11, 2017 • 24min
Episode 008: Restoring Fallen Leaders
In this episode, we're joined by two incredible leaders, Pastor Jimmy Evans and Pastor Tom Lane. Not only have they led faithfully in local churches for most of their lives, they've also played integral roles in restoring fallen leaders back to health. So we sat down with them and asked them to share their wisdom. We pray that it blesses and encourages you.

Oct 4, 2017 • 19min
Episode 007: Spiritual Parenting
In this conversation, we're joined by Dr. Michelle Anthony to talk about how parents can take the lead in the spiritual lives of their kids.

Sep 27, 2017 • 28min
Episode 006: To The Table
What role should the Table have in worship services? How can we use the Essential Practice of going to The Table to point our congregations towards Jesus? Pastors Brady Boyd, Andrew Arndt and Glenn Packiam share how The Table plays an essential role in their ministries.

Sep 20, 2017 • 20min
Episode 005: Cultivating a Team-Teaching Model Pt. 2
In the episode, Pastors Brady Boyd, Andrew Arndt, Glenn Packiam, and Daniel Grothe talk about how and why New Life Church embraced the Team Teaching mode


