Episodes
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Episode266: Our Interview With Church Revitalization Pastor Matthew Timmons
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Episode266: Our Interview With Church Revitalization Pastor Matthew Timmons
Matt is the Pastor at Norwood Heights Baptist Church in Palestine, TX
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Episode 265: What You Will Experience as a Pastor Article and Our Interaction with Them
The article: 5 Things you will experience as a pastor
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Episode 264: 7 Wrong Turns in Ministry
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Episode 264: 7 Wrong Turns in Ministry
7 wrong turns in ministry
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Monday Mar 11, 2024
Episode263: Best Advice for New Pastors
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
263: Best Advice for New Pastors
From a pastors circle group
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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Monday Mar 04, 2024
Episode 262: Preaching to the 3rd Context
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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Episode 262: Preaching to the 3rd Context
Two areas of exegesis:
1. The Text
2. Your Congregation
3. Culture
1. religious culture
2. outside culture
Tim Keller’s Six Practices for Addressing Culture (103ff)
1. Use Accessible or Well-Explained Vocabulary
2. Employ Respected Authorities to Strengthen Your Theses
3. Demonstrate an Understanding of Doubts and Objections
4. Affirm in Order to Challenge Baseline Cultural Narratives
5. Make Gospel Offers That Push on the Culture’s Pressure Points
6. Call for Gospel Motivation
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Episode 261: The Most Unused Spiritual Disciplines
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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Sabbath
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Solitude
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Stillness
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Fasting
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Prayer -extended times
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Worship - individually and corporately
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Episode 260: Love Your Congregation
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Episode 260: Love Your Congregation
Trent and Alan discuss the importance of loving your congregation.
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Episode 259: Preparing for a Long Term Pastorate
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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People don't trust a pastor until he's been there around 3 plus years
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A church can grow when their is security
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Pay
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plan for evaluations each year and opportunities for raises
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Christmas bonuses are expected
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Pastor appreciation month can be depressing if your pastor receives no encouragement - especially monetarily
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protect their vacation time
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hold them accountable to use their vacation time ( all of it )
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set up a system of sabbatical time that is available at every 5 years
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give them a month away to study a topic and to refresh
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Send them to conferences
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Episode 258: What Can I Do While out of a Ministry Position?
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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Episode 258: What Can I Do While out of a Ministry Position?
1.Get involved in a healthy church and let that church family get close to you
2.spend more time with your family
3.Serve without an angle
4.Take time to reflect
Selah - pause and reflect
1. what is God teaching me now?
2. what has God taught me in the past?
3. How am I better equipped because of what I have learned?
5.Get a clearer picture of yourself - take assessments
6. Keep learning -take a class at a local college - Remember that most churches are looking for a co-vocational minister. Make yourself more hireable.
Read lots - fill your toolbox
7.Learn new skills
8.Connect with pastors
9.Consider hybrid types of ministries
10.Trust God
Remember that God doesn't waste anything - so your time in the interim is not wasted time. God will use this. Look at this time as a time of investment!
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Episode257:A Look Back at Good Starts
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
We had some audio issues on our new episode, enjoy this look back at a an episode from the fall of 2020.
Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com
Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com
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Episode257:A Look Back at the Rule of Good Starts (episode 80)
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A good start requires pre-planning.
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Free energy
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Practice a ministry,
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run through the highs and lows of what you expect.
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COVID has revealed this is a weakness in our culture.
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Rate of change/marketing
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A good start requires intentional effort.
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Mindset
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If we don’t care about the start, it's harder to care about the results.
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Not moving too fast or too slow
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A good start sets the right tone.
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Out front making adjustments to keep you there
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Prepares you to be in a hold out versus a catch up position.
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A good start sets you up to go the distance.
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You still have the majority of the work to do
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It’s easier to embrace pain out front than in the back.
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The good news bad starts are hard to recover from, but not impossible.
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Pray more!
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