Rescuing Churches with Stan Givens

Why is it so imperative that we take time to pause a corporate worship service and allow believers to share what God has done or is doing in their lives? How is the Local Church negatively affected w…

Stan and Josh are joined by Birmingham, AL-based radio personality and speaker Rick Burgess of the nationally syndicated "Rick and Bubba Show" which airs to over 1.2 million people weekly. Rick has c…

This week Stan & Josh discuss Josh's recent blog post titled "Hey, Pastor: Here Are Ten Easy Ways To Demolish Your Reputation On Facebook." 

1. Portraying yourself and/or your life as flawless. 
2. Failing t…

Stan & Josh discuss five introspective questions every local church should ask in regards to the lost world: 

1. Does your church serve or shun the lost?
2. Does your church huddle together and speak badly o…

Stan and Josh discuss effective and practical ways that your church can impact its local community and be authentic and relational in a culture full of pointless noise and phoniness:

1. Build connections…

Stan and Josh discuss Josh's recent Church Comms blog post centering on four ways to make your church website more welcoming:

1. Have some sort of welcome message on the homepage. 
2. New Here page
3. Use real p…

Stan & Josh discuss six essential elements of what it means to be a strong church as per Paul's letter to the Church at Ephesus in 1st Timothy. Discussion topics include: 

1. Strong churches guard the co…

Managing pressures, stresses, and strains is a normal part of every leadership position and can often feel overwhelming. If you've been in Church Communications Ministry for any length of time, then …

Stan and Josh speak with Interim Youth Pastor Caleb Howell of Rocky Creek Baptist Church in Mississippi about the effects of the pandemic on teens, current statistics on adolescent depression, how to…

Due to some ministry work in Georgia, Josh & Stan were unable to meet for a recording session, so we wanted to take this opportunity to relaunch one of our old episodes in the hopes that you will con…

In this episode, Josh discusses his recent blog post What To Consider When Designing Sermon Series Graphics. Major highlights include a few warnings for Church Comms folks to consider before jumping …

Stan & Josh discuss the phraseology of "having church" and "being the church" and why we should be more focused on the latter. 

Examples of being the Church in your community: 

• Feeding the homeless 
• Tak…

Stan & Josh discuss a few of the elements of sermon preparation that pastors must go through, including: 

• The nature and heart of the preacher/individual 
• Amount of hours put into study time
• Selecting c…

Stan & Josh discuss Josh's recent blog post which takes a look at one of the major trends that has emerged during and post-COVID: The reality that well-designed, spotless, and professionally-managed …

Stan & Josh discuss the Local Church's tendency to slack off of ministry during and because of the COVID pandemic. This episode includes practical ideas and suggestions on how to reengage your commun…

Last year was certainly one of the most difficult, stressful, and exhausting for many pastors and their churches. COVID forced them to move into the digital sphere like never before and find new and …

Josh & Stan launch a new season of Rescuing Churches with return guest Karl Vaters.

Karl is the Teaching Pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Fountain Valley, California and the author of se…

Many people talk about starting the New Year off right and making New Year's resolutions. This year might be harder than ever for some of us to keep those resolutions, but when it comes to church lif…

As pastors, we all long for God to do mighty works. In fact we love the idea more than almost anything. In our simple minds we think of crowds coming to our church as a work of God. We imagine great …

Stan and Josh discuss five of the worst things pastors can do when their church is in crisis mode or decline: 

1. Whining and grumbling. 
2. Vent on social media. 
3. Doubt 
4. Despair 
5. Quit 

Scripture references ment…