Sunday’s Coming Podcast

About Sunday’s Coming Podcast

Welcome to the "Sunday's Coming Podcast”, the podcast where hosts Caleb Loeppky and Kaleb Wilcox dive deep into the world of the local church. In this in-person video podcast, we go beyond the Sunday service to uncover the stories, experiences, and insights of those who are at the forefront of innovation and transformation within the local church.

Publisher

Sunday's Coming Podcast

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Apr 2024

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Episode 59: "Kaleb Signs Off" | Season 5 Finale | Caleb & Kaleb

   Welcome back to another episode of The Sunday's Coming Podcast — and this is a big one. Season 5 finale. A retrospective on nearly three years of conversations. And the announcement that this is Kaleb Wilcox's final episode as co-host of the show. For 59 episodes and five seasons, Caleb (with a C) and Kaleb (with a K) have sat across this table from over 50 guests, worked out on-air relationships without a roadmap, and beat the odds on the stat that only 13% of podcasts make it past 50 episodes. This week, they close the season the way they started it: shooting the breeze, telling stories, and making it up as they go. They dig into the guests, moments, and behind-the-scenes stories that shaped the show — from the Bryce Vaughn "Best Bass Tone on Earth" episode (still the most-listened-to of all time) to the Liquid Death bit with Brian Taylor (most-viewed clip), to the one guest they had to pull entirely from the feed (and later brought back). Plus: which guest has been on the pod the most (surprise — it's a heart guy, not a tech guy), how the format evolved into something neither of them planned, and why in-person recording was worth every logistical headache over Zoom. Then Kaleb shares the news — he's moving into a new professional chapter and won't be able to co-host going forward. Which means Caleb is going to continue leading the podcast with rotating co-hosts joining the table starting late September / early October. They talk about: 🎉 Season 5 finale + the "we made it past 50" milestone 📊 The all-time numbers: 59 episodes, 50 guests, 9 solo shows, launched April 29, 2024 🎸 Bryce Vaughn: the best-performing episode of all time ("The Best Bass Tone on Earth") 💧 Liquid Death: the clip that beat every other viral moment 🎬 The one episode that never made it to air (and why Toby came back anyway) 🔥 Which senior-pastor take blew up the comment section 🧠 Mike Goldsworthy: the accidental "resident therapist" of the show 🕊 Andy Crispin, Nick Benoit, Tony — the personal favorites 🌎 The furthest a guest ever flew in (San Diego → this table) 🎤 Why in-person recording ALWAYS wins over Zoom 👋 Kaleb's farewell + what's next for the pod 🆕 "A new normal" — how Caleb's dad's phrase reframes this whole moment 🎯 What Season 6 could look like with rotating co-hosts 🎨 Caleb's daughter wants to be an entrepreneur ("I'm gonna fail, but I'm gonna learn a lot") 🎸 The unreleased album from Kaleb's old emo band "Crime Scene After Party" (later "Running With Gnomes" — you can look them up, it's tragic) 💸 The $10 sitting in a locked TuneCore account that nobody can access This episode is for the day-one listener who's been here since Ep 1, for the guest who wondered if their conversation mattered (it did), and for anyone in ministry, business, or creative work sitting on an idea they're not sure about — because the whole show started as two guys hitting record with no roadmap and no clue where it would go. Because Sunday's always coming — and now, more than ever, we're all in this together. What's Next 📅 The Sunday's Coming Podcast returns late September / early October with new co-hosts rotating alongside Caleb\📬 Guest ideas? Co-host ideas? Send them our way Send Kaleb Off 📱 Find Kaleb on Instagram / LinkedIn — send him love, thanks, and your favorite Kaleb-ism from the last three years Extras (Want More?) 📸 Follow us on Instagram: @sundayscomingpodcast📬 Email us your guest ideas: hello@sundayscomingpodcast.com (mailto:hello@sundayscomingpodcast.com)⭐️ Leave a review and share the show with your team!

2. 

   7 Sept 2026

   Episode 58: "This Trailer Does Not Contain Donuts" | Shane Nixon

   Welcome back to another episode of The Sunday's Coming Podcast! This week, Caleb and Kaleb sit down with Shane Nixon — Nashville-based (well, Gallatin — Nashville is a "region") longtime Amplio team member, head of the box sales / gear side of the business, and the legendary bartender behind Amplio's 2021 prohibition-donut speakeasy at FILO.Shane walks us through his story: starting out as a 12-year-old bass player who wanted to be in POD and Skillet, becoming Audio Director at Metro City Church in Detroit right out of high school, following his wife to Chicago for her master's at Loyola, doing a brief unfulfilling stint as a recruiter, and being introduced to Jeff VanderGiessen through his small group after asking them to pray for what was next. Fifteen employees later, he'd land at Amplio (in 2015) — with no clear seat on the bus, just the right person for the room.Plus: Producer DJ makes his podcast debut running a wild round of "Church, Bank, Bar, or Dispensary?" — the guys have to guess what "Rise," "The Vault," "Sanctuary," "Current," "Cornerstone," and "Communion" actually are (spoiler: they were surprisingly good at spotting dispensaries).Along the way: the story of the 8x12 trailer Amplio turned into a full 1920s speakeasy at FILO 2021 to smuggle donuts past Willow's COVID food ban, the day Shane had to extract a stuck in-ear bud from a bass player's ear canal with needle-nose pliers, why every church needs a Jodi Vac, and a defense of the "right person, wrong seat" hiring philosophy that runs deep in Amplio's DNA.They talk about: 🍩 The Prohibition Donuts caper — inside the FILO 2021 speakeasy trailer 🚪 "This trailer does not contain donuts" — the greatest cover story in Amplio history 🎸 Being 12, playing bass, and wanting to be POD or Thousand Foot Krutch 🎚 Getting handed the console at Metro South before you were ready for it (and why that's the model) 🙏 The small group prayer that turned into a career at Amplio 🚌 "Right person, wrong seat" — why the best hires start without a defined role 🍔 The Cheeseburger / Gripple problem — knowing a solution exists but not knowing what to Google 📕 The Rose Brand catalog that changed the way Shane saw production forever 🎤 Why monitoring is the hardest technical AND relational problem in portable church 🎧 The Jodi Vac — and the drummer whose in-ear bud got stuck WAY too deep 👕 The Deep V-Neck Worship Pastor era (is it coming back?) 🎸 The seven-string bass player who forgot his bass 💥 The blown SB850 subs Shane got called about while in Bogotá, Colombia 📱 Church, Bank, Bar, or Dispensary? — Producer DJ's podcast debutThis episode is for anyone who's ever been thrown behind a console before they were ready, learned to Google "cheeseburger" instead of "cable clip," lived through a Christmas Eve monitor mix meltdown, or wondered if that guy on the New Life Worship album cover really was using stock Apple earbuds as his in-ears (he was).Because Sunday's always coming, and we're all in this together.Connect with Shane & Amplio Box Sales📱 @shanemixinnixon on Instagram 📧 gear@ampliosystems.com — the fastest way to reach himExtras (Want More?)📸 Follow us on Instagram: @sundayscomingpodcast📬 Email us your guest ideas: hello@sundayscomingpodcast.com🎮 DM us game ideas for Producer DJ to run next time⭐️ Leave a review and share the show with your team!

3. 

   24 Aug 2026

   Episode 57: "Great Sundays Aren't Stumbled Into" | Sheldon Andrus

   Welcome back to another episode of The Sunday's Coming Podcast! This week, Caleb and Kaleb sit down with Sheldon Andrus — Cleveland-based church consultant, former Executive Pastor of Experience at Union Church (where he watched attendance grow from 1,200 to 15,000+ in four years), and the author of the new book Sunday by Design: The System Behind Growing Churches.Sheldon walks us through a journey that starts with hitting record on a cassette deck as a 13-year-old in a Pentecostal megachurch, includes 13 years in marketing and advertising while serving the church "five to nine," and lands in the front row of what he calls his "PhD in leadership" — helping steward what the Outreach Magazine list named the fastest growing church in America in 2024.Now he consults with churches across the country, doing what he calls a "church audit" — arriving before call time, watching how volunteer teams interact, listening to what the worship leader says to the MD, and holding up a mirror to what most pastors never actually see about their own culture.Along the way, he drops hot takes he says he'll die on: services shouldn't run more than 90 minutes, worship shouldn't run more than 24, your church has two cultures (the one on the wall and the one you refuse to correct), and the entire New Testament is basically an argument for having a clear avatar.They talk about: ⏱ "I'll die on this hill" — the 90-minute service rule (and the 24-minute worship rule) 🚪 The six-door house analogy that explains why your next steps aren't landing 🍓 The jam study — why too much choice creates paralysis in church too 🎯 "60% of the New Testament is absolutely avatar" — Paul, Saddleback Sam, and the case for specificity 🏛 "Sundays can't be everything — they have to be specific things" 🔥 Union Church: 1,200 to 15,000 in 4 years (and what actually drove it) 📖 The book thesis: design Sunday, Monday through Saturday 🎧 What a sound check tells you about the health of a whole music ministry 🧠 "The culture of your church is what happens when the leader's not in the room" 🧱 The two cultures every church has — the one on the wall and the one you refuse to correct 🥊 "Don't do Aaron. Be Joseph." — pushing back against complaints with a way forward 🎠 The Disney chef analogy — Sunday should feel natural, not scripted 🗣 Why you have to say your next step 4–6 times in a single service 📉 The "who cares" test — a Stephen Chandler question that changes everything 🌊 Why he thinks the American church is in a revival right now — and what "radical simplicity" has to do with itThis episode is for the executive pastor stuck babysitting the worship team, the senior pastor who's stopped confronting the culture, the church planter drowning in too much programming, and anyone building a Sunday experience that should feel encountered — not endured.Because Sunday's always coming, and we're all in this together.Connect with Sheldon📱 @sjandrus on Instagram📕 Sunday by Design: The System Behind Growing Churches — pre-order at sundaybydesign.comExtras (Want More?)📸 Follow us on Instagram: @sundayscomingpodcast📬 Email us your guest ideas: hello@sundayscomingpodcast.com⭐️ Leave a review and share the show with your team!

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YouTube views

11,205

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

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Quality

83

Social presence

94

YouTube

76

Engagement

51

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