The Healthy Church Staff Podcast
We're all about helping create a healthy, positive, and spiritually positive environment for church staff members and leadership teams.
Episodes
684 episodes
The Support Your Staff Says They Need (And You're Not Offering)
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the issue of burnout among church staff and what truly helps in addressing it. Recent Barna research highlights that mental and physical health support, rather than additi...
The $36/Hour Question: Are You Valuing Your Volunteers Right?
The episode discusses the economic value of volunteer work, highlighting that volunteer hours in 2025 are valued at $36.14 each. It emphasizes recognizing volunteers' sacrifices instead of viewing them as free labor. The discussion centers arou...
What Gen Z's Church Exodus Means for Your Hiring Strategy
This episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast discusses the challenge of attracting young leaders, particularly Gen Z, to church staff positions. Todd Rhoades highlights that the cultural perceptions of a church, especially political associatio...
Your Inner Circle Isn't Optional: Building Your Ministry Advisory Group
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, Todd Rhoades emphasizes the importance for church leaders to build a circle of trusted advisors to help in decision-making. He highlights the pitfalls of making decisions in isolation and pro...
The Congregation You're Losing to Their Phone
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the increasing reliance of churchgoers on AI for spiritual advice, highlighting a study showing nearly half of practicing Christians trust AI for spiritual growth. He emph...
When Your Church's Politics Are Pushing People Out the Door
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, Todd Rhoades from Chemistry Staffing discusses the impact of perceived political affiliations on church growth, especially among Gen Z Christians. Many young potential churchgoers feel alienated...
The Breaking Point_ What to Do Before You Cave Under Pressure
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the common scenario where pressured decisions might lead to compromising one's values due to exhaustion or stress. He emphasizes the importance of having a trusted advisor...
The Gap Between Vision Sunday and Tuesday Morning
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the gap between casting a compelling vision on Sunday and the execution challenges that arise by Tuesday, which often results in disengagement and inefficiency within chur...
The Idolatry Hiding in Your Calendar
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the common struggle of feeling guilty when resting, often perceived as detrimental to one's work and dedication. He emphasizes the importance of rest as an integral p...
The Senior Pastor Who Takes All the Credit (And What It Costs Your Team)
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the issue of 'credit hoarding leadership' within church environments. Todd explores the psychological impacts when leaders fail to give credit where it's due, leading...
How to Disagree With Your Senior Pastor (Without Getting Fired)
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses how church staff should approach situations where they disagree with the senior pastor's direction, focusing on distinguishing between preference and principle disagr...
When Your Senior Pastor Doesn't Actually Lead
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades addresses the frustration many church staff members face when their senior pastor fails to make decisive leadership decisions. Todd explores reasons for this leadership gap, such as...
The Three Conversations Before the Termination Conversation
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the essential steps for handling employee termination effectively and ethically. He emphasizes the importance of transparency and communication throughout the process to e...
When You Have to Fire Someone Everyone Loves
The podcast discusses the challenges of terminating an employee who is well-liked but not meeting performance expectations. It highlights the difficulty of balancing personal feelings with organizational needs and offers steps to handle the situat...
The Termination You're Delaying Is Hurting Everyone Else
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades addresses the difficult topic of delaying necessary terminations within a church team. He explains how failing to make timely decisions negatively impacts both high-performing ...
The Prosperity Gospel Conversation You Need to Have With Your Team
This episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, hosted by Todd Rhoades, delves into the issue of theological drift within church staff, particularly concerning the unintentional influence of prosperity gospel thinking. Despite church leaders ...
The Ministry Leader Who Stopped Learning (And What It Cost)
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the often overlooked issue of leaders plateauing in their growth and the impact it has on their teams. He emphasizes the importance of continuous learning for personal and...
When Your Church Staff Disagrees on Immigration
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses how church leaders can navigate tensions arising from staff disagreements on cultural issues, such as immigration, communicated through social media. Todd outlines common ...
The Generation That Won't Bet Their Family's Future on Faith Alone
The podcast episode discusses the challenges faced by churches in hiring ministry candidates due to inadequate compensation relative to current economic realities. It emphasizes the importance of fair pay and financial planning for ministry roles,...
The Three-Second Practice That Could Save Your Staff Culture
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the importance of acknowledging the small, everyday contributions of church staff. He emphasizes that true staff culture is developed through recognition of these micro mo...
The Standard Is Christ, Not Church Culture
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd discusses the common issue of declining standards and accountability within church staff environments. He emphasizes the importance of striving for excellence in ministry work and addr...
Your Ministry Resume Can't Hide Your Character Forever
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the importance of character over credentials in hiring for church staff. While resumes and references may secure interviews and jobs, it's character that determine...
When "Trusting God" Becomes an Excuse for Not Doing Your Job
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, co-host Todd Rhoades discusses the delicate balance between faith and responsibility in church leadership. He highlights how relying solely on spiritual language can sometimes mask procrastin...
The Work Ethic Conversation Your Staff Isn't Having
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the challenges of maintaining standards of excellence in church staff culture while balancing grace. He addresses the issue of staff members using spiritual langua...
Excellence Isn't a Spiritual Gift (And Why That's Good News)
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the tendency in churches to accept mediocrity under the guise of spirituality. He emphasizes the importance of striving for excellence in church work, not to impre...