“Planning Your First 120 Days in Church Renewal” with Tom Cheyney hosted by Steve Sells. Tom is Founder and Directional Leader of Renovate National Church Revitalization Conferences and the Renovate Group and will be sharing about his new book.
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Join Dr. Gordon Penfold, Director of Fresh Start Ministries, with host Dr. Steve Sells, President of Operation Transformation as they discuss the typical steps that need to take place before a restart can be successful. The focus is on four “roadblocks” that usually are present in a restart effort. Those roadblocks are denominational leaders, the pastor himself, the church leadership team and the congregation.
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Join Gordon Penfold, Director of Fresh Start Ministries, and host Dr. Steve Sells as they discuss the personal and professional life of a pastor that would aspire to restart a dead church. The focus is on the spiritual preparedness of the pastor and his ability to be a transformational leader.
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Title: “Injured Relationships and their Impact on Church Vitality.”
Join Dr. Rodney Harrison, Professor of Christian Education at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, with host Dr. Steve Sells, and President of Operation Transformation. We discuss how broken relationships and unforgiving attitudes impact the well-being of the local church and the importance role “radical forgiveness” plays in the life of any church.
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Title: “The Kind of Leader it takes to navigate the Church thru Difficult Times.”
Join Dr. Lavern (Bud) Brown, one of the founders of the ministry “Turnaround Pastors,” with host Dr. Steve Sells, and President of Operation Transformation. In this episode we discuss how the church can minister in the changing societal climate of today. We examine the major hurdles the church must overcome in order to do effective ministry in its particular mission field.
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Title: “Leading Church Revitalization from an Associational Level”
Join Dr. Terry Rials, Director of Missions, Western Oklahoma Baptist Association, with host Steve Sells, president of Operation Transformation.
We discuss the importance of church revitalization from the standpoint of an association or group of churches. Strategic practices are laid out especially for a mid COVID and post COVID church. The much greater need for church revitalization in the post COVID church is discussed.
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Title: “Dealing with Unfinished Business in a Congregation”
Join Dr. Steve Smith, Church Equippers Ministry, with host Steve Sells, president of Operation Transformation.
Unresolved conflict can have a real negative impact on the future of a church like nothing else can. We discuss some of those unresolved problems, how they affect the local church and how to deal with them in order for revitalization to take place.
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Author and Pastor of New Campus Development for Christ Place Church, Flowery Branch, Georgia…with Dr. Steve Sells, host discussing: “Keys to Bringing New Life to a Dying Congregation.”
We discuss how to Resuscitate a Gasping Church with a focus on the need for special leadership and special effort to bring new life to a dying church.
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“Crucial Steps to Church Revitalization.” We have an in depth discussion about the 3 basic but powerful steps to Church Revitalization: 1) Return to the Lord, 2) Listen to God & 3) Obey God.
Kenneth Priest is Author and Director of Convention Strategies for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, Founder and Director of the Center for Church Revitalization at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and adjunct professor in Church Revitalization at Southwestern and Midwestern Baptist Seminaries…With Dr. Steve Sells as host.
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In this episode we examine the Work of the Spirit led leader. The preparation for that work. The personal life of the leader and the basis for a calling to be a Spirit led leader. We answer the questions how can a person prepare to become ad transformational leader. We specifically talk about dependence upon the Holy Spirit being the most important part of being transformational. We close by talking about the leader functioning under God’s agenda.
Steve is author, Conference Speaker and President of Operation Transformation teaching.
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