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
April 13, 2026
Great Teaching Tips from Preaching Giants, Mental Health Crisis Among Pastors, Rest and Relief in Ecclesiastes and Psalms + Dirty Dew Review!
Today Pastor Christopher Cole of the Great Commission Association and Dr. Chase Thompson discuss mental health among church leaders, how to lead without wearing people out, great preaching tips, helping people to tap into Jes...
April 6, 2026
Grappling with Grief and Helping The Grieving, Friendships in the Church Part 2, and Fruity Pebbles Soda?! With Dr. Michael Stewart, Pastor Grant Combs, and Dr. Chris Smith.
“They don’t need you to bandaid their gaping wound; they need you to be present in their grief.” Dr. Michael Stewart, the head of California’s Great Commission Association of Churches, and podcast host Dr. Chase Thompson inte...
April 4, 2026
Silent Saturday And the Grief (and Hope!) of Good Friday.
We know about Good Friday...What about Saturday? What happened on that Silent Saturday as the disciples stewed in their hopelessness? They weren’t waiting for anything, because it really appeared that they did NOT believe Jes...
March 30, 2026
Church Friendships: The Loneliness Crisis in Ministry + 10 Resurrection Quotes for Easter Sermons and C.S. Lewis on Do Pets Go to Heaven?! With Dr. Michael Stewart, Pastor Grant Combs and Dr. Chris Smith
Our focus today is on relationships in the church and the loneliness epidemic among pastors and church leaders. Hosted by Dr. Chase Thompson and Dr. Mike Stewart with guests Dr. Chris Smith of the Great Commission Training Institution, and Lighthouse Baptist pastor Grant Combs.In today’s roundt…
March 22, 2026
NO Supermen! Leaders: Take Off Your Capes. With Counselor Immanuel Marsh. Also: 2 Things I wish I knew sooner about defending the Faith. + Clearest Signs of Anxiety from My Clients. Are Christians who Believe the Bible weak-minded? + Inca
This week we continue out talk with counselor Immanuel Marsh about burnout, and helping church leaders and pastors stay healthy spiritually and emotionally. Can pastors have deep friendships with people in their churches? How...
March 16, 2026
Sneaky Burnout With Immanuel Marsh + Free Resurrection Book + Top 5 Apologetics Books + Healthy Orange Creamsicle Soda Review.
We have a great discussion today on a sneaky enemy of church leaders, a potentially delicious soda to review, a resource for church leaders that sells for $60, and we will tell you how to get it for free, AND, we will review the top 5 books on the resurrection of Jesus to get you ready for resurrec…