CNLP 634 | Daryl Cripe on How to Reverse the Decline in Small, Mid-Sized, & Stuck Churches, How to Reach New People With No New Money, And How to Hit the Tipping Point in Church Revitalization
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
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🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Daryl Cripe has worked with hundreds of church leaders and boards of all sizes. He shares the one key (more than anything else) that can reverse the decline in small, mid-sized, and stuck large churches.
Plus, Daryl shares how your church can reach new people without spending money you don't have and how to hit the tipping point in church revitalization.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network |
| 0:03.0 | Do we have a desire to have non-believers inside our church? |
| 0:08.0 | Whoa. |
| 0:10.0 | Okay, that sounds like a really obvious answer, right? |
| 0:14.2 | And I will say, I don't believe that's as simple as it sounds, |
| 0:17.8 | and I'll give you an example of why, |
| 0:19.6 | and then I'll get to the heart of your question. |
| 0:22.0 | If we agree that we are losing culture to faith, right? |
| 0:27.2 | We're losing Christianity in the US, Canada, etc. We're losing, right? The trend lines show that. The more that we lose culture, the more my sanctuary |
| 0:37.6 | becomes my literal sanctuary. This is where, you know, on Sunday I get to gather with people who share my ideologies, who share my theology, who are my friends, my family, and for a moment I get to escape culture. This is my safe space. |
| 0:55.0 | Welcome to the Carrie Newhava Leadership Podcast. It's Carrie here and I hope our time together today helps you |
| 1:03.7 | thrive in life and leadership. Today we're in a talk all things small and mid-sized |
| 1:10.3 | church. Do you know that 92% of churches are small like under 250 people in worship? |
| 1:16.7 | How do you reverse the decline in small, mid-size and stuck churches? |
| 1:21.5 | We're going to talk about some secret sauce with my guest today. When I heard it, I'm like, wow, this is amazing. |
| 1:26.7 | So Darrell Krip is joining us. Hey, today's episode is brought to you by the Art of Leadership Academy. |
| 1:32.0 | So where do you turn to for advice about church |
| 1:35.2 | leadership and growth? Obviously this podcast, but do you ever want to go deeper? |
| 1:39.5 | You can get instant access to an entire vault of online training programs and an amazing private online |
| 1:46.1 | community at the Art of Leadership.com or click the link in the description of this episode. |
| 1:52.3 | And today's episode is brought to you by church. |
| 1:54.8 | tech. If you want to turn your sermons into small group guides, devotionals and |
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