AVAIL Podcast

Small towns may not seem like fertile ground for a thriving church, but small-town pastor Johnny Moore believes otherwise! On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, Pastor Johnny Moore encourages all small-town pastors to remain faithful where God has planted them and allow Him to give them the raw materials they need to grow their church.

What ministry and organizational teams need is cohesion and forward momentum—the sweet spot for team coach Michele A. Aikens. On this episode of the AVAIL podcast, Michele highlights the value of coaching teams to bring a perspective free of internal biases so that team members can find their untapped potential, adapt to each other’s leadership styles, and build stronger dynamics for greater impact.

Leadership isn’t formulaic—the greatest leaders in the Bible were more than a little “different”. . . . they were wildly unorthodox, answering God’s wildly unorthodox calls. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, author of Unorthodox Martijn van Tilborgh explains why coloring outside the lines of traditional thinking and outdated business paradigms is the engine for good Kingdom stewardship because God doesn’t need cookie-cutter leaders—He needs trailblazers!

Greatness is not something you strive for, earn, or hold within you—greatness is at the very core of who you are. Lean in, leaders, because on today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, we sit down with “The Workplace Fixer” and author of At The Pinnacle of Greatness, LaShawn Davis. Today, LaShawn addresses how leaders are called to lead from a place of confidence in their irrevocable God-given design to enable others to discover theirs. His design for you must be discovered—and that starts with you!

Ministry is an ever-evolving calling, but perhaps the greatest adjustment the Church needs is in her leadership paradigm. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, seasoned ministry leader Shaun Smit discusses a key observation he has made throughout his journey as a ministry leader—too many leaders are drawing the bride to themselves instead of to Jesus. Today, Shaun calls for a kingdom-centered leadership paradigm shift as stewards and imparters of God’s grace and glory to the Church.

The Creator of the universe made us to be like Him—His very own creators. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, professional photographer Andrew van Tilborgh discusses his lifelong journey as a photographer, the heart of photography as a creative expression, and the intimacy built between a photographer and his subjects as the Father knits their hearts together!

Church planting is quite an undertaking, but on today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, founding pastor of Coastal Community Church TJ McCormick shares the lessons he has learned along the way as a church planter, including sticking to models that work, training others to be leaders, fostering good culture and community inside and outside the church, and stepping out boldly in faith!

The way we conduct business should model Jesus’s charge in Matthew 16:33—to seek the Kingdom of God first and everything else will be added. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, Troy Korsgaden unpacks this principle in the context of business. He advises all industry leaders to make service the primary goal of business and watch the money follow, and he urges us to always welcome failure!

In this episode of the AVAIL podcast, Paul Godin, author of Uncut Gems, discusses what many leaders in the marketplace have been missing: they are looking outside of their organization for their diamonds when their diamonds may be right under their noses. Paul describes the process of surveying, excavating, shaping, setting, and reproducing your human capital to build a people-centered organization.

Churches are wildly unprepared for one of the most common and unfortunate events that erupt in every church—scandal. On today’s episode of the AVAIL podcast, we sit down with church crisis prevention and management expert Phil Cooke. Phil discusses the prevalence of scandal within the church, the devastation left in its wake, and then equips ministry leaders and pastors with the knowledge to do something about it.