Podcast Episode 38, 50 min
A Discipleship Strategy Small Churches Can Actually Follow, with Darrell Stetler (Ep 38)
Darrell and Karl talk about the importance of discipleship in the life of the church – and as a central role in our calling as pastors.

Karl Vaters: Hi, I'm Karl Vaters and welcome to Can This Work in a Small Church. My guest for this episode is Darrell Stetler. He's a small church pastor, he's a father of seven. Yes, seven. And the author of some great discipleship curriculum specifically designed ...

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Podcast Episode 36, 43 min
Why Proximity and Longevity Matter in Pastoral Ministry, with Alan Briggs (Ep 36)
Karl interviews Alan Briggs, a pastor, the author of Staying is the New Going, the host of the Right Side Up Leadership podcast and StayForth.com.

Karl Vaters: Hi, I'm Karl Vaters and I'm a small church pastor, and welcome to Can This Work in the Small Church. My guest is Alan Briggs. Alan is a pastor in Colorado Springs. He's the author of “Staying Is the New Going.” He's the host of the Right ...

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Podcast Episode 37, 57 min
Seculosity: Ministry In The Era Of Secular Religion, with David Zahl (Ep 37)
Karl Vaters interviews David Zahl, author of Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It.

Karl Vaters: Hi, I'm Karl Vaters and I'm a small church pastor, and welcome to Can This Work in a Small Church. My guest is David Zahl. He's the author of “Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics and Romance became our New Religion and ...

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Podcast Episode 035, 45 min
Should You Start a Podcast? And Positive Ministry Trends, with Aron Utecht (Ep 35)
Karl Vaters interviews Aron Utecht, a pastor and the host of the Good Ideas for Churches podcast

Aron Utecht: In a world where we're all flooded with information, what the church really has to offer is deep, meaningful relationships, and giving all of that information a context to make sense in.

Karl Vaters: Hi, I'm Karl Vaters and I'm a small church pastor, ...

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Podcast Episode 34, 45 min
Technology, Ministry, and Keeping People's Attention, with Rick Hiemstra (Ep 34)
Karl Vaters interviews Rick Hiemstra, a former small church pastor, now serving as the Director of Research at the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.

Rick Hiemstra: I take it as principle of spiritual growth discipleship that what has our attention is really what shapes us.

Karl Vaters: Hi, I'm Karl Vaters and I'm a small church pastor, and welcome to this episode of, Can This Work in a Small Church. My guest today ...

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Podcast Episode 33, 48 min
Leveraging the Strengths of Your Small Church, with Ron Klassen (Ep 33)
Ron Klassen talks about seeing the unique nature of the small church, not as a problem to be solved, but as a strength to leverage.

Ron Klassen: If there is a healthy relational dynamic between a pastor and his congregation, then his preaching is going to be more highly regarded.

Karl Vaters: Hi, I'm Karl Vaters, and I'm a small church pastor, and welcome to Can This Work in a Small Church. My guest ...

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Podcast Episode 32, 56 min
Teaching the Bible In Your Context, with Matt Whitman (Ep 32)
Karl Vaters interviews Matt Whitman, host of the Ten Minute Bible Hour podcast and YouTube channel.

Matt Whitman: This thing first and foremost, can't be about my reputation and what I get out of the exchange. It has to be about where they're at and what they're dealing with.

Karl Vaters: Hi, I'm Karl and I'm a small church pastor, and welcome to this episode ...

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