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Upcoming Church Advance Events
Church Advance West – October 24-26, 2024 at Grand View Camp in Arizona • Israel Tour – December 2025
What’s Next for Church Advance?
Bryan unveils upcoming Church Advance events and opportunities for the next year and beyond. Learn...
Send the Rain – Kurt Skelly
A sermon from Church Advance Conference 2024 See additional show notes and resources at...
Cutting It Straight Events
The goal of this conference is to train, model, and promote expository preaching. There will be...
Chan Returns – Year 1 of Church Revitalization
Aaron Chan returns in this episode to discuss his first year as pastor of Hope Church Mayport....
Clarity in Preaching
In this episode of The Whetstone series, Bryan gives practical teaching on being clear in your...
Church Advance 2025
February 6 – 7, 2025 • Join us for the 2025 Church Advance Conference with H.B. Charles, Jr., Kurt...
Family Hurt and Division
Bryan discusses heartbreaking moments of ministry that every pastor will face at some point. See...
The Heartbreaks of Ministry
Bryan discusses heartbreaking moments of ministry that every pastor will face at some point. See...
Planting Healthy Churches with Chris Anderson
A conversation with Chris Anderson. Chris leads the Healthy Church Network with Biblical...
Top Ten Commentary Series
Bryan talks about his 10 most useful commentary series. See the full list at...
Lets Get Down to Business
A conversation with Brandon Nicely on co-vocational ministry and the role of good business...
Stay Teachable
Bryan shares insights and lessons he's learned from pastoring for 8 years at the same church....
Embrace Simplicity and Clearly Communicate
Bryan shares insights and lessons he's learned from pastoring for 8 years at the same church....
Reflections on 8 Years of Pastoral Ministry
Bryan shares insights and lessons he's learned from pastoring for 8 years at the same church....
Don’t Use People to Build Your Church
Bryan shares insights and lessons he's learned from pastoring for 8 years at the same...
The Southern Baptist Convention and Church Planters
Bryan shares his thoughts on Paul Chappell's position on accepting funding from the Southern...
Should Church Planters Accept SBC Funding?
Bryan shares his thoughts on Paul Chappell's position on accepting funding from the Southern...
Let Us Prey
Reactions to the recent "Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals" docuseries and its exposure of...
A Ministry of Scandals
Reactions to the recent "Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals" docuseries and its exposure of...
Merry Christmas from Church Advance
It's been a great year for Church Advance! Join Bryan and Luke as they look back on 2023,...
Happy New Year! Updates on the 2024 Church Advance Conference
Bryan shares some huge updates about this year's Church Advance conference! Access show notes...
Silly Songs and Weak Preaching
A conversation with Dave Malinak. Dave is an independent Baptist pastor serving at the Berean...
How Should the IFB Change?
A conversation with Dave Malinak. Dave is an independent Baptist pastor serving at the Berean...
What an IFB Wishes Would Change About the IFB
A conversation with Dave Malinak. Dave is an independent Baptist pastor serving at the Berean...
Better Sermon Outlines (The Whetstone)
Bryan gives practical teaching on creating better sermon outlines in this installment of The...
Shepherding from the Pulpit (The Whetstone)
Bryan continues his preaching series entitled "The Whetstone" as he discussed how you can shepherd...
Lessons from Spurgeon
Bryan discusses valuable insight from the life and ministry of Charles Spurgeon. Watch this...
Navigating the Grey Areas
Ministry and Christian life can sometimes present "gray areas" that are tough to navigate. Listen...
More Midlife Musings
Bryan reflects on how what he has learned from his experiences as a husband, pastor, and leader in...