Podcast: LEADERSHIP

Joby Martin and Mike Housholder both lead high-conversion growth churches. That means the growth they’re seeing isn’t coming from transfer growth. How are they doing it? As the 2025 Church Trends series continues, they share their secrets to reaching…

J.P. Pokluda and Jennie Allen join Carey to share their experiences with the college revival happening across the United States.  As the 2025 Church Trends series continues, they discuss Gen Z’s embrace of confession and deliverance and whether…

Carey Nieuwhof shares the top 5 church trends leaders need to pay attention to in 2025. Carey discusses how Gen Z is in both revival and retreat, evangelism is on life support, church closures are outpacing church plants 3-1, the rise of the…

What’s wrong with the current approach to discipleship? Lutheran pastor and author Zach Zehnder talks about what’s wrong with the current approach to discipleship and what it’s like to plant a church in a mainline denomination. Plus, Carey and Zach…

How do leaders attract and keep high performers? Brett Hagler, Y Combinator grad and New Story Founder, shares a young leader’s counterintuitive advice on how to attract and keep high performers. Plus, Brett discusses getting better before getting…

Many leaders understand the cost of decision fatigue, but very few understand the cost of indecision fatigue—the real cost of not deciding.  In this episode, Carey Nieuwhof explains what indecision fatigue is, what it costs, and offers four…

Bob Goff returns to the podcast and shares what he’s learned from millions of people who have had his phone number, how to be more available as a leader, and how to infuse whimsy and adventure into an otherwise ordinary life. 🔗  📩 …