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Heart the Mission Podcast
Heart the Mission is a podcast for pastors and church leaders navigating the challenges of ministry. Each episode offers practical coaching, honest conversations, and encouragement for the journey.
Episodes
7 episodes
Episode 7- Chad Merrell: I Should Not Be a Pastor
Chad Merrell should not be a pastor.He was a 22-year-old warehouse supervisor married to a full-blown opiate addict. He found his 3-year-old son locked out in ankle-deep snow, in a diaper, while his wife watched from the window upstairs...
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Episode 6- Dwight Easler: Loss, Identity, and Leading Through the Unthinkable
What do mission and identity look like when grief has taken everything from you? In this episode I sit down with pastor and AMS leader Dwight Easler, who lost his son Benji in a tragic accident. We talk about the overwhelming weight of that los...
Episode 5 - Adam Spurlock: Faith, Responsibility, and the Day Everything Changed
Adam didn’t get a pause button.In this episode, Adam shares what it looked like to lose his father and keep leading anyway. While his family grieved, he stepped into a new reality overnight, carrying the weight of pastoral leadership an...
Episode 4 - Pat Gillen: Church Planting, Burnout, and the Identity No One Talks About
This isn’t a highlight reel.It’s an honest conversation about ministry, identity, burnout, leadership, and what happens when calling costs more than you expected.Pat Gillen shares the real story behind church planting, team failure,...
Episode 3 — Hank Parker: Pressure, Identity & the Stories Leaders Never Tell
In this powerful conversation, Hank Parker opens up about the pressures leaders carry, the hidden weight of expectations, and how easily identity can get tangled in performance. This is not the side of Hank you see on TV or in the outdoor world...
Episode 2- Will Gunter: The Power of Leading from Your True Identity
So many leaders are burning out, driven by unsustainable momentum instead of a clear, God-given mission.The problem often starts with leading from a "borrowed identity." This episode is the solution.In this powerful conversation...
Episode 1- Charlie Swain: Calling, Crisis, and Clarity | Heart the Mission Podcast
Josh Bradley talks with Charlie Swain about life, leadership, and finding clarity when things don’t go as planned.From heartbreak to hope, Charlie’s story shows what it means to keep leading when the path gets hard.
