Conversations

"A lot of Christians welcome Jesus, but we're not real good at worshiping Jesus."

Brandon Howland is the Senior High Student Pastor at Fellowship Church in Roswell, GA. Brandon is passionate about youth not just knowing about Jesus, but truly worshiping Him through their lives. In this interview Brandon discusses his thoughts on youth ministry, youth leadership, mentoring, intentional moments, and much more.

"The Church's biggest competition is, 'Why should I get up out of bed on Sunday morning and go to church?'"

Tim Cool is the Chief Solutions Officer at his company, Cool Solutions Group. Throughout the last few decades, Tim has led churches to be intentional with the planning, development and life cycle management of the facilities God has entrusted to them. In this interview Tim discusses community, church facilities, stewardship, sacredness, intentionality, competition, operational costs, and much more.

"My biggest concern for the Church is that as we continue to focus on trends whether they be theological, cultural, or sociological...every energy we pour into that we are not pouring into the primary call, which is to trust Jesus and to love everybody that God puts in front of us."

Jamie Rasmussen is the lead pastor of Scottsdale Bible Church, a multisite church in Arizona. In this interview Jamie discusses the changing culture, the core of the Gospel, organic church, humility, the megachurch and much more.

"'Future of the Church' some of us may hear that and think of progress, that things are inevitably going to get better and better...but the truth is there have been moments in Church history where we lost what we once knew and when we needed to recover what we once knew."

Glenn Packiam is a the lead pastor of new life DOWNTOWN, a parish of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Glenn is also an author and songwriter. In this interview Glenn discusses the history of the Church, the Holy Spirit, worship, oneness, pluralistic cultures, and more.

"Church in the public mind has devolved into a picture of 'that one hour experience on a Sunday morning.' That's not only what the public perceives to be the definition of that word [church], but that's what those of us inside the Church believe."

Thom Schultz is the founder and president of Group Publishing as well as Lifetree Cafe. Thom has been involved in serving the Church for over 40 years. In this interview Thom discusses the rapid change occurring in the Church, Vacation Bible School, 4 reasons why nobody wants to go to Church anymore, and his encouragement to church leaders.