Church Ops 500: Doing the Impossible with Less
The podcast has been created to help those tasked with managing operations for churches and non-profits with super-small budgets, and minimal staff. Specifically churches with 500 or fewer in attendance.
Episodes
20 episodes
Church Ops 500 The Impact of Strategic Relationships
Synopsis of Church Operations Podcast TranscriptIn this podcast episode, Van Dobbins discusses the critical role of relationships in church growth and operations, particularly for church plants and smaller ministries. He emphasizes tha...
Church Ops 500 Podcast Keys to Effective Meetings Van Dobbins
The presentation focused on improving meeting effectiveness through four key questions and four essential roles that should be present in every meeting. The speaker emphasized that while they've gotten better at asking the first two questions (...
Church Ops 500 Podcast Assimilation Systems Part 2 with Ps Mike Cantrell
The podcast features Pastor Van Dobbins and Pastor Mike Cantrell discussing part two of their conversation about church assimilation systems, focusing on how churches can effectively integrate new visitors into their community. This episode pic...
Church Ops 500 Podcast Assimilation Systems Part 1 with Ps Mike Cantrell
This transcript discusses church assimilation systems with Pastor Mike Cantrell and host Van Dobbins, focusing on how churches can effectively integrate new guests into their community.Cantrell defines the assimilation system as an inten...
Church Ops 500 Podcast Worship Systems Pt 2 with Ps Mike Cantrell
The podcast features Pastor Mike Cantrell discussing church operations systems, focusing on the worship planning system and the importance of creating an annual preaching calendar. Key points include:The worship planning system is c...
Church Ops 500 Podcast Worship Systems with Ps Mike Cantrell
The podcast features Pastor Mike Cantrell discussing church operations systems, focusing on the worship planning system. The conversation emphasizes the importance of developing effective systems to manage church operations efficiently.K...
Church Ops 500 Podcast The Hidden Gems of Great Volunteer Impact
In this episode of Church Ops 500, host Van Dobbins discusses the "hidden gems" of great volunteer impact in church operations. The podcast focuses on strategies to build and maintain strong volunteer teams, particularly for growing churches.
Church Ops 500 Podcast How To Stay in Ministry For The Long Haul w/Chris Kelly Part 2
This episode of Church Ops 500 continues an interview with Pastor Chris Kelly from Mid Cities Church on how to stay in ministry for the long haul. It covers points 3-5 of his advice, following up on the first two points discussed in the previou...
Church Ops 500 Podcast How To Stay in Ministry For The Long Haul w/Chris Kelly Part 1
This episode of Church Ops 500 features an interview with Pastor Chris Kelly from Mid Cities Church, discussing how to stay in ministry for the long haul. Pastor Chris has been in ministry for over 20 years and currently serves as the executive...
Church Ops 500 Podcast Proactive Problem Solving
In this Church Ops 500 podcast episode, host Van Dobbins discusses the importance of cultivating a problem-solving culture within church organizations. Rather than waiting for problems to arise, he suggests that churches should proactively deve...
Church Ops 500 Podcast Servant Leadership Featuring Kendra Parker
The audio features a conversation between Van Dobbins and Kendra Parker, the Director of Ministries and Women's Ministry Leader at Bethel Community Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The discussion focuses on the importance of servant leadershi...
Church Ops 500 How to Manage an HR without an HR Department
We started the conversation about finding great team members and needed to keep going! Fellow ops team members Charles Haith Ops Director at Orlando World Outreach Center in Orlando, FL, and Simone Strange Executive Administrator at Bethe...
Church Ops 500 Finding the Right Kind of Team Member
This episode features two regulars on the podcast, fellow ops team members Charles Haith Ops Director at Orlando World Outreach Center in Orlando, FL, and Simone Strange Executive Administrator at Bethel Murfreesboro Church Murfreesboro, TN. We...
Church Ops 500 Interview with Mike Cantrell at Mid Cities Church
Pastor Mike Cantrell joins us from Mid-Cities Church in Texas. He has worn many hats in ministry from campus ministry to several # 2 church operations roles, to church planter and senior pastor, to missions director for a global ministry ...
Counting What Matters
We have Pastor Charles Haith of Orlando World Outreach back again to talk about what matters when it comes to evaluating the success of your ministry. Knowing what to count and why it matters can have a huge impact on your ministry!
Avoiding The Big Mistakes in Church Ops
We have Simone Strange from Bethel Murfreesboro back again sharing how she avoids some of the pitfalls of new leadership and she shares some stories of how she overcame some of the challenges of church operations.
Time Savers & Time Thieves of Church Ops
We have Pastor Charles Haith of Orlando World Outreach and Simone Strange from Bethel Murfreesboro back again sharing how they stay on track and avoid the time theives of their very depanding positions.
Strengths & Weaknesses The Impact Managing Church Ops
Returning for another episode my fellow ops team members Charles Haith Ops Director at Orlando World Outreach Center in Orlando, FL, and Simone Strange Executive Administrator at Bethel Murfreesboro Church Murfreesboro, TN. We discuss the follo...
The Skill Sets For Church Operations. Feat Pastor Charles Haith & Simone Strange
This episode features two of my favorite guest, fellow ops team members Charles Haith Ops Director at Orlando World Outreach Center in Orlando, FL, and Simone Strange Executive Administrator at Bethel Murfreesboro Church Murfreesboro, TN. We di...
