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In the Trenches: Church Health
Adding value to pastors and church leaders to create healthy churches with a specific focus on: -Vision & Strategy for the modern era. -Revitalization & Renewal for the plateaued church. -Leadership Development. -Pastoral Ministry and all the ups and downs. -The Stats & Trends that will define the church this year and in the years ahead. keith@hudsonleadership.com
Episodes
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Stop Looking for a Silver Bullet: Rebuilding Church Health from the Basics
Is your church stuck in a cycle of chasing the next big thing, hoping it will finally spark growth? In this episode of In the Trenches: Church Health, we…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Grace Fallacy: Why Clarity is Kindness
Unclear expectations usually just mask a leader's personal discomfort with directness. Blurring the lines allows us to dodge a 5-minute awkward conversation…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
When Growth Breaks the System: Structural Realignment in Acts 6
When a church grows, its original structures will inevitably fail. That friction isn't a sign of spiritual decline—it's a mechanical reality. In this episode…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Is Your Church a Convenience Store Church?
Today we are looking at a blog post by Dr. Chuck Lawless (link below) as he looks at different characteristics of what he calls Convenience Store Christianity…
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Doer vs. Equipper: Breaking the Moses Complex
If you are currently handling every administrative task, visiting every single hospital bed, managing every committee, and running on the relentless treadmill…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Finish Line: 5 Ways to Ensure You Leave a Godly Pastoral Legacy: Part 2
In Part 1, we broke down the first two structural choices you have to make to ensure you finish well: burning the pedestal so you build a culture instead of a…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Finish Line: 5 Ways to Ensure You Leave a Godly Pastoral Legacy- Part 1
Whether you stay at your current church for 4 years or 40 years, a day is coming when you will pack up your books, walk out of that office, and turn off the…
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7 Signs Your Church Will Never Change- Blog Post Reaction
Today we are reacting to the blog post, 7 Signs Your Church Will Never Change (And What to Do About It), written by Carey Nieuwhof. I encourage you to read the…
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The Community Expert: Discovering the Open Doors in Your Community
Today, we’re talking about Discovering Needs. Not the needs we assume people have, but the actual heart-cries of your specific community. Why? Because as…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Defining Reality: The Map, The Compass, and the Tyranny of the Week-to-Week
Max DePree said, 'The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.' In other words, a leader who doesn’t know the true health of their organization…
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The Diagnostic: Using a Snapshot to Measure What Matters
Most pastors I know lead based on 'feelings.' If Sunday felt good, the church is healthy. If the offering is up, we’re doing great. But a 'feeling' is a…
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Beyond the Umbrella: Finding your Specific Mission in the Local Church
As you pastor, is there something specific the Lord is leading you toward as a focus? Because 'Pastor' is the umbrella, but underneath that, God often gives us…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
God's Plan A
The local church is Plan A. And there is no Plan B. That realization brings a certain 'weight' to your Monday morning meetings and your Saturday night prayers…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Pivot to Focus on Church Health
We are making a change. In the Trenches is officially pivoting to In the Trenches: The Church Health Podcast. Starting today, this show is the headquarters for…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Character Audit: Strengthening the Foundation
Today, I’m giving you a practical tool to do just that. Based on the principles from John Maxwell’s Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 and Gordon MacDonald’s…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Why Character is Your Ultimate Ceiling
In my years of coaching leaders in small businesses, non-profits, and churches, I’ve seen a recurring tragedy: talented leaders who build incredible…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Toxic Truth: Why Your Culture is Killing Your Mission
Today, we have to talk about something that is killing organizations from the inside out and driving away your best people. We have to talk about Toxic…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Stop and High-Five! It’s Not Fluffy, It’s Fuel
Today, we're talking about the fuel that makes the engine run—the secret ingredient that keeps the team from burning out. We’re talking about The Power of…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Execution Gap: Why Great Strategies Fail
You’ve got the vision. You've got the strategy. You just came from the big leadership retreat, the whiteboards are full of amazing ideas, and everyone is fired…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Power of the Pause: Mastering Tactical Patience
Today, we're talking about: Tactical Patience. This is the secret weapon of high-performing leaders. It’s the strategic use of time to allow a situation to…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Kill "Try": The Action Culture
Today, we're building on that idea of trust and tackling a single, simple word that is silently killing organizational health. That word is "try." It's the…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Speed of Trust
In this episode, we are diving into the topic of trust and low-trust in your organization and the effects both positive and negative it has on your…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Enemy Isn't New Ideas: It's Your Ego
Today, we're talking about something that is oftentimes overlooked and so often you don’t even think about this as keeping organizations stuck. It's not having…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Danger of Running Your Organization Like a Hobby
An easy trap for small business owners, non-profit leaders, or church leaders, because your work is often born from a passion, a calling, or a personal…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
The Lifeblood of Your Organization: Mastering Cash Flow
Cash flow is always a big question. For many of us, it can feel like a constant struggle – a puzzle we can't quite solve. It's the difference between having a…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Leaders Lead by Example: People Do What People See
Today, we're diving into perhaps the most fundamental aspect of bridging that gap: leadership modeling. The core truth we'll explore is this: People do what…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Do You Walk the Talk? Building the Values Gap
Today, we're diving deep into a topic that is absolutely critical for true organizational clarity: the difference between your organization's actual values and…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Climbing the Ladder: Understanding John Maxwell's 5 Levels of Leadership
In the episode, we're going to break down one of the most powerful and widely recognized frameworks in leadership development: John C. Maxwell's Five Levels of…
- In the Trenches: Church Health
Influence: The Cornerstone of Organizational Health
John Maxwell says, "“Leadership is influence. That’s it—nothing more and nothing less.” If leadership is influence, what does that mean for organizational…