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.
New to Every Church Flourishing?
Here are some great episodes to start with. Or, check out episodes by topic.
Recent Episodes
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Aug. 30, 2026
Help For Pastors and Leaders That Are Struggling: The Mental and Emotional Health of American Pastors and Why It Matters. “Tired of Plain Old White Chase.”
Every Church Flourishing with Jason Kovacs, 33-34. Guest: Jason Kovacs is not simply a biblical counselor who works with pastors, but even that is pretty special. He has also been heavily involved in church planting, pastoral ministry, adoption/orphan-care advocacy, nonprofit leadership, counseling-center development, trauma-informed care, and ministry to burned-out pastors. Jason Kovacs is the founder and Executive Director of the Gospel Care Collective, a ministry devoted to gospel-centered,
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Aug. 23, 2026
Brady Bunch Sermon Illustrations + I Want to See Healthy Churches. Churches Helping Churches Outside of Their Denomination. I would love to be funny like Alistair Begg.
Today, we continue talking with Pastor Ed Compean of Shoreline Calvary Chapel Church in Morro Bay about churches helping churches and interdenominational cooperation and unity. Tango Mango Soda Review. It’s the most honorable thing you can do to have the humility to say, “I don’t know it all, and I need help.” Resources: David Jackson - Falling in Love with Jesus Again: https://replantbootcamp.com/podcast/ep240/ Bob Bickford: Pathways to Partnership: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999418149?lv=s
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Aug. 16, 2026
Church Health Does Not Mean Sanctuary Size but Missional Mobilization. Why Should Churches Foster Other Churches? Calvary Chapel and SBC Partnership. Why Should Churches Help Other Churches? Plus a South African Soda BURSTING with Flavor.
How can churches help other dying, declining, and plateauing churches, and WHY should they? The Health of a Church is Not Found in its Sanctuary Size but in the Great Commissional Mobilization of its people. Why Should Churches Foster (Help) Other Churches? Today we interview Pastor Ed Compean, a former missionary to Nairobi, Kenya, and a current Calvary Chapel pastor in Morro Bay, California, who is helping to foster an SBC church a few towns over. Why should a pastor from a different denomina
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Aug. 8, 2026
Navigating Change: Move the Coffee Machine Away From the Men's Bathroom! How can pastors build trust in new or hurting congregations? How Vulnerable Should Pastors Be When it Comes to Confessing Sins? + Great Soda Review and Possible Home I
Every Church Flourishing Episodes 29-30 Jeff Woolstenhulme and Michael Denton Practical Wisdom on Church Change for small and medium sized churches, and church replants. How can pastors build trust in new or hurting congregations? How Vulnerable Should Pastors Be When it Comes to Confessing Sins? Benign Neglect: Not everything needs to be changed. Also, during today’s soda review, a possible home/office invasion happens - in progress - which may spell the end of Pastor Christopher Cole, co-hos
Aug. 2, 2026
Episode 29: Leading through Change. How Does Church Transformation Happen? Church Turnaround Stories: What is Church Replanting All About? Soda Review: “When I look at this can, it does not scream Ramadan to me.”
Today we talk about change, transformation, church death, church renewal, church replanting and revitalization with Pastor Michael Denton of First Baptist Nipomo and Pastor Jeff Woolstenhulme of Foothills Baptist in Los Altos. A church in FBC Nipomo that had 6 members left, and a church in Foothills Baptist that had 8 members - both on the verge of death very recently- now both churches are on the road to recovery. How could that happen both spiritually and practically? God is often more c
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July 26, 2026
Episode 28: Vision vs. Management + How Can Leaders Balance Confidence and Humility? + The Loneliness Epidemic + the Humility of “I Don’t Know.” AND Buffalo Wing Soda...SPICY!
ECF Episode 28: Vision vs. Management, How Can Leaders Balance Confidence and Humility? + The Loneliness Epidemic: Finding Connection Shortage in an Online Society. + the Humility of “I Don’t Know.” Vision vs. Management: When Vision gets tired, Management takes over the wheel and drives the organization. Only trillionaires in California have 8 acres. Intro script. We are back with Missions Strategist Chris Reinolds, and today we pick up with the interview discussing leadership and past