Season 3

Rich Cathers has written a book. He didn't write a book to write a book; he wrote a book that would advance a ministry passion of his ... the discipling of God's people into the Word of God. Helping them make Bible reading, Bible study, and Bible contemplation and appl...

Pastor, is counseling a burden or a blessing to you? How is your one on one ministry oriented? What's your end game? What are you aiming to accomplish with the many hours you spend with people? Paul LeBoutillier speaks with program host Bill Holdridge about counselin...

This is a podcast consisting of a message delivered by Pastor Gary Hamrick on June 4, 2023. He has graciously allowed us to replay it, in its entirety, and with the attached link to the sermon transcript. From Pastor Gary: "...What we are now is a culture in chaos. We a...

In podcast 146 we’re dealing with a subject that is (or should be) on the heart of every pastor or elder in any church anywhere. It’s an important, paradigm shifting, vision altering approach to ministry. Patrick Farrell, senior/lead pastor of Calvary Chapel Wichita, Kansa...

Pastor Jeff Birmingham started River Rocks Church in 2012. But after about five years into the effort, he and his wife Jessica were worn out ... about ready to throw in the towel. It was then that things started to happen. A new focus emerged, the strategic leadership develo...

Kevin Green is the founding pastor of Calvary Chapel in Fort Bragg, California. He's been serving there for 25 years. Kevin is passionate about Jesus, the scriptures, about teaching the whole counsel of God, about making disciples, and about the fellowship that he feels very pr...

Bob Claycamp has been there, done that. He's been a church planter, a longtime senior pastor in North Phoenix, a Christian commune Bible teacher, a senior pastor in Exeter, England, a transitional senior pastor, and since 2010, has served with our team of Poimen Ministries...

Prayer is God's idea. His great invitation. Prayer is essential. Prayer is the primary means by which God involves His children in what He wants to do in His world. Prayer was a primary focus of the best church ever—the apostolic church, as in Acts 2:42. Yet, way too often our ...

This subject is coming up more and more every day. We at Poimen Ministries are finding ourselves in conversations every week with pastors who are looking to the future, and wondering what they should do now with regard to their own pastoral transition. The bottom line is t...

This is a very interesting and inspirational testimony ... Tadd and Charity Scheffer tell their story. Tadd is the founding and senior/lead pastor of Calvary Ellensburg, Washington. Charity, in addition to being a wonderful wife and mother, has an amazing side hustle (i.e. j...

It's an amazing thing to watch how the Lord sovereignly brings two people together and then uses that union for His greater glory. Such is the case in the lives of Tadd and Charity Scheffer. Tadd is the senior/lead pastor of Calvary Ellensburg, in Ellensburg, WA. When ...

Alan Stoddard is the author of the Stoke It Up Podcast, and is a former Calvary Chapel Senior/Lead pastor. He is currently prepping for a new church plant in Granbury, Texas. Alan recently discovered that Bill Holdridge had been a church planter himself back in the day ... s...

Pastor Paul Berry's passion is to “equip the body of Christ with the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the accompanying Spiritual gifts given for the work of the ministry and the flourishing of the church.” This is also the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Of course, Jesus...

You may have heard this phrase, or even used it in a message: “I’d rather burn out than rust out!” Let’s be honest, many of us have worn that phrase as a badge of honor, as though it’s an honorable thing to burn out for God. Today, that phrase is a painful one … far too ma...

Acts chapter 19 opens with this narrative: "And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples, he said to them, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?' " Eventually, the...

What can be said about The Unconference?  When the concept was first introduced, many senior pastors on the West Coast were intrigued, and the 1st annual had good participation. But probably no one ever imagined what might happen in a mere 24 hours together with other...

There are many examples in the scriptures that highlight the callings of men and women of God.  In this podcast episode, show host Bill Holdridge dives into the calling of the prophet Jeremiah, and makes applications for pastors in our day. It has never been more impo...

Today, many churches are hindered in their growth and spiritual health due to the lack of training/discipleship of potential leaders. Bill Holdridge sits down and shares his heart and experience with regard to raising up a vibrant, healthy ministry team made up of consistent, g...

Check this out! Making disciples. It's a primary command of Christ for His church, but is rarely actually done. Most Christians have never been discipled by another believer, and most churches do not have a discipleship focus for new converts.   Alan Stoddard believes...

Pastor Alan Stoddard wrote his doctoral thesis for Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary on the subject of sermon based small groups.  That thesis eventually became a book, entitled Groups that Revitalize: Bringing New Life to Your Church through Sermon-Based Small Groups...

Pastoral ministry—especially as it pertains to the office of pastor-teacher—can be extremely multi-faceted. For most pastors, there is far more to do than hours in which to do them. Especially considering the fact that pastors have wives and families. Especially considering tha...

The Bible is replete with examples of men and women who were clearly called by the Lord unto something He would work through them to do. Abraham, Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Paul, Timothy, etc. are a few of many such examples.  Calling is one thing. Living out one's call...

From hippie commune to the business world; from the business world to planting and pastoring a wonderfully fruitful church FOR 30+ years, from senior pastoral ministry to Poimen Ministries, and then on to the mission field with Poimen Ministries, and now back in the U.S. str...

Nick Cady's book The God I Won't Believe In : Facing Nine Common Barriers To Embracing Christianity is an amazing apologetics book like no other.  Written in response to on online poll he initiated, The God I Won't Believe In responds to the top nine responses to the ph...

In this podcast we’re with Doug Eagle of Eagle Retirement Plans, Inc.  John Wesley once famously stated in a sermon entitled “The Use of Money” that believers should “earn all you can, save all you can, and give all you can.” It’s good to have Doug Eagle with us today...