Church Budget Crisis: How Leaders Can Respond with Integrity
A church hires a production company, signs the contract, and then says it doesn’t have the money to pay the bill. Now what? That story opens...
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20 of 265 episodesMinistry Burnout: Is Serving Costing Your Health, Faith, and Family?
Ministry burnout often begins when church production and worship leaders neglect the very things their leadership depends on. In this candid...
Why Church Techs Seem Grumpy
We confront the pride and self-importance that can undermine church production teams, contrasting technical leaders who make others feel val...
The Worship Team Spent Our Budget
We tackle a recurring church leadership tension: how should worship and production share a limited budget? Examining when technical systems...
Worship vs. Production: How Church Teams Build Trust and Communicate
Why worship leaders and church production teams often struggle to understand each other—and how shared purpose, stronger relationships, and...
The "Sixth Dude" of Dude Perfect: How Their Live Show Really Works
Behind every Dude Perfect show is a team making the impossible look easy. In this episode, we talk with Jeff about live sound, touring, and...
Pastor Ignored the Timer. Again.
Should your church use timers—or are they doing more harm than good? In this episode, we talk through the purpose of timers, how they can he...
How to Build Church Systems That Actually Serve People
Building great church systems isn't about automation—it's about people. In this episode, we discuss why your systems should create more marg...
The Real Reason I Left My Church
Cody recently left his church—but not because of conflict, burnout, or scandal. In this episode, we talk about discerning God's direction, h...
How to Scale from 18 to 50 Production Volunteers
How do you grow a production team from 18 volunteers to 50 in just two years? In this episode, we sit down with Cody, who actually did it. I...
We've Got BIG News
About six months ago, Spencer called Cody out of the blue from a gym treadmill — and that call turned into the biggest move in MxU's history...
Pilots Use Checklists. Why Don't Worship Teams?
Most churches don't document any of their weekend process — it lives in the heads of a few key volunteers, and that's the entire reason you...
I Was the Reason My Volunteers Quit
Spencer and Dillan spend the next thirty minutes unpacking the honest diagnosis, which is that the volunteer almost never is the problem. Di...
Our Tech Team Collapsed After Losing One Volunteer
Spencer and Dillan open on a stat that should reframe how every worship and tech leader thinks about their team — most churches aren't one v...
Your Volunteers Are Drowning in Apps
Most worship and tech teams are running on five too many apps. Planning Center, Trello, WhatsApp, group texts, email, a Facebook group, thre...
Churches Should Stop Hiring So Many People
In this episode, Spencer, Dillan, and Jeff open with a line that's going to make some people close the tab — churches should stop hiring so...
When Did Church Become Customer Service?
In this episode, Spencer, Dillan, and Jeff dig into a stat that should reframe how we talk about church on this podcast — the median church...
How Old is Too Old?
In this episode, Spencer and Dillan are joined by Jeff Sandstrom for a follow-up to "Can You Be Too Young for Ministry?" — but flipped. When...
The Truth About AI in Worship Ministry
This week, we're tackling the conversation everyone in church tech is dancing around — what happens when AI starts running Sunday morning. S...
This Company Sabotaged Sunday Morning
This week, a text exchange between a pastor and a livestream provider went public — and the church production community lit up. We walk thro...