Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association

About Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association

The Every Church Flourishing podcast is all about helping churches, leaders, and pastors find health, encouragement, practical advice, soul care, and resources that work together to build up your local fellowship and the broader Kingdom of God. Join hosts Pastor Chris Cole and Dr. Chase Thompson from the Great Commission Association, led by Dr. Mike Stewart, as they explore the frontiers of ministry and aim to make every church flourish! Broadcasting from the North-Central Coast of California and the beautiful redwoods, We will focus on church growth, pastoral health, church leadership, evangelism, discipleship, denominational news, West Coast church news, California Baptists, apologetics, prayer, and other facets of church health and flourishing. In addition to church health, every show features a semi-rare and interesting soda review, choosing soft drinks from all around the world.

Publisher

Chase Thompson

Category

arts · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Jan 2026

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

20 of 42 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Uncensored Insider's View of Church Renewal - How to Confront and Help Heal Church Problems and Failures + Throwback Vietnamese Sarsaparilla Soda Review.

   Host Samuel Kommu and guest Tammi Smorynski explore the internal experience of church renewal, discussing how congregants can heal church problems and foster sustainability.

2. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Church Replanting, Church Revitalization, and Help For Struggling Churches with Bob Bickford. Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast. + Dangers of Soda Racism.

   Host Bob Bickford interviews industry experts on church replanting, revitalization, and addressing struggling congregations, offering insights into overcoming cultural challenges and fostering spiritual health.

3. 

   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   WHY leads to WHAT: Pastoring Change in Churches That Want Change But Resist It. HELP! My Church Isn't Growing…What Should We Do?! With Bob Bickford

   Executive Director Bob Bickford of the Nashville Baptist Association interviews host [Host Name] about understanding the "why" behind church decline to effectively pastor change and foster growth.

Inside a recent episode

Uncensored Insider's View of Church Renewal - How to Confront and Help Heal Church Problems and Failures + Throwback Vietnamese Sarsaparilla Soda Review.

Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Just want to make one comment on that and then Thing is, time and again, I think we see pastors for churches where the churches are fortunate enough to have pastors for a long term. Don't engage in building leaders in that church. And when suddenly that pastor leaves, at least in Pastor Chase's case, at least there was some training going on. But in most cases, there's no training at all. And suddenly it's like, OK, what do we do next? Right. Like no one knows where the records are or any of that stuff. and i think it's that's a sad state okay going to our church tell me like in the last 10 years we had four pastors at least okay and every time somebody leaves it's kind of like it has a huge impact right and almost every single one of us i mean every single one of those pastors kind of almost left suddenly and for us it's kind of interesting because What I've observed with Calvary is we reach out to GCF for help almost immediately. […]

Who has been a guest on Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association

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• Tammi Smorynski
• Samuel Kommu
• Bob Bickford
• Brandon O'Sullivan
• Cody Bryan

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

29 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

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