Church Health, Great Resources, Spiritual Encouragement & Weird Soda Reviews
Every Church Flourishing

EVERY CHURCH FLOURISHING

BY THE GREAT COMMISSION ASSOCIATION

The Every Church Flourishing podcast is created to share stories and insights that encourage churches in gospel ministry.

We’re thrilled to introduce our host, Pastor Chase Thompson. A longtime podcaster with over 1,000 episodes since 2005, he sees podcasting as a powerful tool for disciple-making and sharing the good news.

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Recent Episodes

Prayer is a Non Negotiable With Dr. Se J. Won + You Ain't Got This Alone + Learning From Ministry Failure And The Mysterious Missing Bos Rooibos Tea Crime and Review
March 1, 2026

Prayer is a Non Negotiable With Dr. Se J. Won + You Ain't Got This Alone + Learning From Ministry Failure And The Mysterious Missing Bos Rooibos Tea Crime and Review

Episode 6 of the Every Church Flourishing Podcast features Pastor Chris Cole and Dr. Chase A. Thompson interviewing Dr. Se J. Won the Director of Mission Operations for California's Great Commission Association. Here's some r...
Artificial Intelligence and the Church + GCA Director Michael Stewart   + The Soda That Never Plays It Safe!
Feb. 23, 2026

Artificial Intelligence and the Church + GCA Director Michael Stewart + The Soda That Never Plays It Safe!

On today's episode, we interview Great Commission Association Dr. Michael Stewart, the second longest serving director of missions in the entire United States, and we talk to him about church planting on the West Coast...shou...
Episode 4: Church Trends, The Walmartization of Church, Big Church vs. Small Church + A British Soda Made from Garden WEEDS.
Feb. 15, 2026

Episode 4: Church Trends, The Walmartization of Church, Big Church vs. Small Church + A British Soda Made from Garden WEEDS.

Big Churches are Growing, Small Churches are Shrinking. Is this good? Literally rich churches are, on average, getting richer, and poor churches are, on average, getting poorer, budget-wise. Trends in the church, diagnostics,...
Episode 3: Church Vital Signs, How to Invite Unchurched People to Your Church and Peanut Butter Soda?!
Feb. 8, 2026

Episode 3: Church Vital Signs, How to Invite Unchurched People to Your Church and Peanut Butter Soda?!

This week's episode features discussion of diagnostic ways of measuring a church’s health. How can you take the pulse and vitals of your church? What are the signs of health and warning signs? How can you know whether or not ...
Episode 2: The Most Important Key to Church Health and Flourishing + Baptizing More People + The Most Disgusting Soda in History!
Feb. 1, 2026

Episode 2: The Most Important Key to Church Health and Flourishing + Baptizing More People + The Most Disgusting Soda in History!

In this episode of the Every Church Flourishing Podcast by the Great Commission Association of California, hosts Pastor Christopher Cole and Dr. Chase Thompson interview the senior directors of the GCA, including Dr. Michael ...
Episode 1: You Need a Team! Introducing the ECF Podcast, the Great Commission Association Directors and A Fascinating Korean Soda.
Jan. 27, 2026

Episode 1: You Need a Team! Introducing the ECF Podcast, the Great Commission Association Directors and A Fascinating Korean Soda.

On this inaugural episode, hosts Dr. Chase Thompson and GCA Assistant Director Pastor Chris Cole discuss the importance of ministry TOGETHER, and interview the directors of the Great Commission Association of churches located...

Reviews

I’m a CBU Student

"Hi I’m a CBU student and a follower of Christ this podcast is a great listen to especially while on a long drive I rate this podcast 5/5 Spurgeons!!!"

GENEFRYE | Feb. 2, 2026

A great podcast for church goers and soda enthusiasts alike!

"I am a California Baptist University student and I really enjoyed this podcast. 5/5 Spurgeons."

The Coolest CBU Student | Feb. 2, 2026

Great for pastors and church leaders!

"This is the kind of encouragement we need here in the field! Real pastors and leaders encouraging real pastors and leaders!I appreciate the spiritual input and thoughtful conversations but also the…"

surfpastormike | Jan. 30, 2026

Encouraging, helpful, interesting, and even a bit zany

"Just found this podcast, and as a Christian in California I completely appreciate the encouragement to not do life or ministry alone. Love the soda reviews, the resource recommendations and the dee…"

Rebecca Hall | Jan. 31, 2026

Podcast review

"Such an encouraging podcast! (GCU student)"

Izzy Nuss | Feb. 1, 2026

Podcast review

"I love this podcast I go to gcu and I listened and it’s amazing"

Tbass12 | Feb. 1, 2026

Podcast Review

"I am a current student at GCU and I enjoyed listening to this so much, the messages are very powerful and easy to understand. Definitely recommend."

Derek Gablenz | Feb. 1, 2026

a great resource and entertaining

"It's wonderful to hear what is happening within the Kingdom currently. The soda reviews are also incredibly entertaining."

K.W. | Feb. 2, 2026

Excellent!

"Great podcast, the host Dr. Chase Thompson shares great practical tips for leaders and anyone in the church community. Very enjoyable to listen to!"

faris_5902 | Feb. 2, 2026

Review (gcu student)

"Great podcast! They cover good church topics and it’s super easy to follow!"

07394715 | Feb. 2, 2026

Accurate info, great soda review, and Wonderful to see the GCA doing this.

"Love this podcast, and I love that the Association is taking proactive steps like this to strengthen our churches.As for Singapore, I visited there once in 1985, and later learned that I had narr…"

Og Keep | Jan. 29, 2026