CNLP 735 | 280% More Likely to Come Back: Jason Mitchell on How to Get Visitors To Come Back to Church, The Emotion of Succession and How Preaching Has Changed
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Imagine if your biggest question was, why did our church grow so fast? Jason Mitchell, Lead Pastor of LCBC, talks about what you need to do to see a 280% greater spike in first-time visitors returning to your church, what's changing in preaching, and the emotion of succession.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.0 | Someone asked me over dinner one night, they go, why do you think LCBC is growing like it is? |
| 0:08.0 | And I had a, I didn't, I was so exposed. I didn't have a good answer. That bothered me. |
| 0:14.5 | And so I went back and I dug in and by the way, everyone should have an answer to that question. |
| 0:19.7 | Why is God? You know, if your church is growing, why, why? |
| 0:22.9 | And the way to get to that answer is not complicated. |
| 0:26.0 | All you need to do is... |
| 0:26.6 | Welcome to the Kerry Newhoff Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:33.4 | It's Carrie here, and I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership |
| 0:37.1 | wherever you find yourself. |
| 0:38.8 | Thanks for tuning in. Hey, I love the developing story of next generation pastors who are taking over for founders. |
| 0:46.4 | Today you're going to meet one. Jason Mitchell took over one of the largest and fastest growing churches in America a few years ago, LCBC, in based in Pennsylvania, |
| 0:56.9 | but kind of all over the place. We're going to talk about how do you get guests who are |
| 1:00.8 | 280% more likely to come back, the emotions of succession, and how preaching has changed. He's been |
| 1:08.1 | preaching for decades, so we're going to talk about all of that. |
| 1:15.6 | Jason is a senior pastor at LCBC, which these days stands for Lives Change by Christ Church. |
| 1:21.7 | It's a thriving church, 25 locations across Pennsylvania. By the way, if you're like, you know, |
| 1:25.9 | the churches are going to grow in my neighborhood. You need to pay attention to LCBC. It's growing in places you never would think churches would grow. |
| 1:29.1 | Jason is passionate about keeping the church focused on the relentless pursuit |
| 1:32.7 | of introducing more people to Jesus and following him with their lives. |
| 1:36.5 | We have a lot of next-gen leaders listening. |
| 1:39.2 | I think Jason's going to be a role model for you and inspiration for you. |
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