Episode 3: Church Vital Signs, How to Invite Unchurched People to Your Church and Peanut Butter Soda?!
Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association
Release Date: 02/09/2026
Episode 4: Church Trends, The Walmartization of Church, Big Church vs. Small Church + A British Soda Made from Garden WEEDS.
Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association
Big Churches are Growing, Small Churches are Shrinking. Is this good? Literally rich churches are, on average, getting richer, and poor churches are, on average, getting poorer, budget-wise. Trends in the church, diagnostics, growth. The Walmartization of the Church. Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer - big churches are growing, and smaller churches are, by and large, plateaued and shrinking. The trend in the U.S. of senior citizens going to church less, and how the church should mobilize its seniors to ministry and not just forget about them, or bench them. Why older people...
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Episode 3: Church Vital Signs, How to Invite Unchurched People to Your Church and Peanut Butter Soda?!
Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association
This week's episode features discussion of diagnostic ways of measuring a church’s health. How can you take the pulse and vitals of your church? What are the signs of health and warning signs? How can you know whether or not your church is healthy? Chase and Chris became senior pastors in their 20s and were clueless. Lester’s Fixins Peanut butter soda - 2 Spurgeons from Chris, 2.5 Spurgeons from Chase. + Is Tab the WORST Soda ever?? Chris Cole, “Jesus’ first miracle was at a party, and after His resurrection, when He shows up with His disciples, He even makes...
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Episode 2: The Most Important Key to Church Health and Flourishing + Baptizing More People + The Most Disgusting Soda in History!
Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association
In this episode of the Every Church Flourishing Podcast by the Great Commission Association of California, hosts Pastor Christopher Cole and Dr. Chase Thompson interview the senior directors of the GCA, including Dr. Michael Stewart, Ms. Lannette Lozano and Dr. Se J. Won about topics ranging from prayer to mission fields, to prayer and great pastoral resources. Chase and Chris also taste test Lester's Fixins Ranch Dressing Soda and barely survive the experience. In terms of what makes a church healthy and flourishing, there’s no good answer to that question that doesn’t begin with what...
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Episode 1: You Need a Team! Introducing the ECF Podcast, the Great Commission Association Directors and A Fascinating Korean Soda.
Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association
On this inaugural episode, hosts Dr. Chase Thompson and GCA Assistant Director Pastor Chris Cole discuss the importance of ministry TOGETHER, and interview the directors of the Great Commission Association of churches located in North/Central California. Rational Ministry Topics covered: Interview with the senior directors of the Great Commission Association, including Dr. Mike Stewart, Dr. Se J. Won, Pastor Christopher Cole and School Superintendent Ms. Lanette Lazano. A move of God at a local church in Salinas, California that took the pastor by surprise. Free...
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Trailer - Church Renewal, California a Mission Field, Alabama Another Country and Ranch Dressing Soda?!
Every Church Flourishing by the Great Commission Association
In this trailer for the ECF Pod, you will hear several clips from the first four episodes, including discussions of church revival and renewal, as well as a discusson of California as a mission field, and the most disgusting soda ever made. The Every Church Flourishing podcast is all about helping churches, leaders, and pastors find health, encouragement, practical advice, soul care, and resources that work together to build up your local fellowship and the broader Kingdom of God. Join hosts Pastor Chris Cole and Dr. Chase Thompson from the Great Commission Association, led by Dr. Mike...
info_outlineThis week's episode features discussion of diagnostic ways of measuring a church’s health. How can you take the pulse and vitals of your church? What are the signs of health and warning signs? How can you know whether or not your church is healthy?
Chase and Chris became senior pastors in their 20s and were clueless.
Lester’s Fixins Peanut butter soda - 2 Spurgeons from Chris, 2.5 Spurgeons from Chase. + Is Tab the WORST Soda ever??
Chris Cole, “Jesus’ first miracle was at a party, and after His resurrection, when He shows up with His disciples, He even makes them breakfast, and throughout His ministry you see Him eating with the Pharisees and the tax collectors, so try and get people to come over to your house and [feed them] and use that time to do some listening.”
Jordan Raynor - Redeeming Your Time. https://www.amazon.com/Redeeming-Your-Time-Principles-Purposeful/dp/0593193075