Pivot

About Pivot

Over the past few years, church leaders have been forced to respond to several global crises in the blink of an eye. In a moment with little information and lots of uncertainty, churches reinvented nearly every aspect of church. Season 5 of the Pivot podcast explores the changing landscape of the church. Our co-hosts will dig into difficult questions that faith leaders are asking now, and provide an understanding of the deeper cultural shifts that account for the unraveling of inherited models of church. What are the four key pivots that today's church must make? New episodes post weekly on Thursdays.

Publisher

Faith+Lead

Category

education · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 May 2020

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

13 of 198 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What Kept a Bilingual Church Together Through a Hard Winter

   Host Dwight Zscheile interviews Pastor Henry Burbano and leader Anna Schaberg about how Juntos Ministries sustained its bilingual community through a challenging winter of immigration enforcement, deepening faith and leading to baptisms.

2. 

   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Is It So Hard to Make Disciples Today?

   Dwight Zscheile, Alicia Granholm, and Terri Elton explore the challenges of modern discipleship, discussing its definition and the church's struggle to foster genuine spiritual formation.

3. 

   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What We Learned Looking Back on Season 7

   Hosts Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm reflect on Season 7's exploration of spiritual practices, church tradition, and leadership, offering insights for leaders to connect with history and combat exhaustion.

Inside a recent episode

What Kept a Bilingual Church Together Through a Hard Winter

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Fueron momentos muy difíciles que la iglesia estuvo viviendo. They were really difficult times that the church was going through. And people were scared to come to church or to go into the community. A lot of people didn't go to work anymore. And a number from our church were detained. And they weren't doing anything wrong. They were just going to their jobs and they were detained while they were going to work. Unfortunately, three of them were sent back to their home country. And they left their families here in one way or another. But the church has not let go of these people. So the church came together to do a lot of important work during that time of Metro Search. […]

Who has been a guest on Pivot

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Henry Burbano
• Anna Schaberg
• Terri Elton
• Warren Smith
• Rachael Wooldridge

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

25 ratings

Spotify

3.0 / 5

10 ratings

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