Intentional Churches Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bart Rendel & Doug Parks
Intentional Churches is passionate about helping churches get back to the basics of the Great Commission and seeing greater Kingdom impact in the community that you serve. Our heart is to help you clarify vision, improve decision-making, and stimulate growth in your church – no matter the size, denomination, or context. This podcast summarizes the key principles from our book, Intentional Churches (Thomas Nelson), in a conversational format to help you learn more about the heart, philosophy, and principles behind the biblically-based system we call ChurchOS. Visit intentionalchurches.com to learn more.
Doug and Bart conclude the book series by sharing the various ways that Intentional Churches can partner with your church to help you activate the Great Commission and develop rhythms, habits, and routines for greater Kingdom impact. We’re passionate about seeing churches be more effective and are honored and humbled to serve you and your church!
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
It’s not enough to just clarify vision for your church – the way to lasting impact and effectiveness is by intentionally activating and measuring your vision rhythmically. Doug and Bart share some of the ways that ChurchOS helps you and your team to develop new habits to help you move steadily towards your vision.
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
Intentional Churches use a clear vision of double kingdom impact to inspire and inform their decisions. They refresh and communicate it often to create ownership, healthy tension, and alignment. But how is “vision” defined in ChurchOS and how is it used as a tensioning tool? Listen in as Doug and Bart share our approach to clarifying vision for greater alignment.
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
Every healthy, growing church needs a set of simple steps to help people move closer to Jesus, others, and your church. Doug and Bart talk about the Engagement Pathway, a crucial companion to the Great Commission Engine for connecting your “ONE” more effectively. No matter how clear or strong your existing pathway might be, this episode will challenge your thinking!
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
Everything in ChurchOS revolves around reaching “the ONE”, as Jesus described in the 3 parables in Luke chapter 15. Every church is called to reach the lost and we are deeply passionate about seeing churches get laser-focused on finding the lost and bringing them into the Kingdom! Doug and Bart share how ChurchOS helps churches to not just have a passion to reach “the ONE”, but to be a church BUILT for “the ONE”.
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
Every pastor and church leader loves seeing fruitful ministry happen, but there is no innocent yes – saying “Yes” to one ministry means saying “No” to something else. As ministry leaders, we have to be wise with how we invest our resources in order to see the greatest Kingdom impact. Bart and Doug talk about how ministry is a zero-sum proposition and how ChurchOS can help you to allocate your resources with greater focus and intentionality.
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
Evaluation is crucial if we’re going to improve and have success in our ministry. But all too often, our evaluation flows from subjectivity and personal experience, not an objective standard that is rooted in “true North” to help us accomplish the vision that God has put in our hearts. Doug and Bart share the 5 ways NOT to evaluate as well as why objective evaluation must be a part of our leadership disciplines.
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
The core piece of ChurchOS is called The Great Commission Engine, derived from 3 key Scriptures from the New Testament. Doug and Bart unpack the GCE and share how it all centers around a passion for reaching “the ONE”, as Jesus talked about in the parables found in Luke 15. The GCE is truly about “getting back to the basics” and is relevant and applicable to ANY church, no matter the size, denomination, or context.
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
Every pastor wants to see fruit being produced in their church, but oftentimes we implement strategies without connecting them to a deeper system and it produces inconsistent or unsuccessful results. In many cases, it’s not that the ideas or strategies are off, but that our thinking and how we implement these strategies needs an adjustment. Doug and Bart share more about the power of “operating system” thinking and how the right mindset is key to effectively accomplishing the vision that God has put in your heart. They also discuss the 21 benchmarks that describe what it looks like when a church is effectively operating with ChurchOS.
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com
2020 was a disruptive year, and it is not easy to pastor and lead in a post-COVID reality. But there is hope, and it’s not found in the next “silver bullet” strategy – it’s found in going back to the fundamentals that we find in Scripture. In this episode, you’ll get to know Intentional Churches co-founders, Doug Parks and Bart Rendel, hear their heart for the Church, and get a high-level introduction to ChurchOS.
NEXT STEPS
- Check out our book, Intentional Churches, wherever you buy your books
- Visit intentionalchurches.com to get free resources and learn more about how we can partner with your church
- Stay connected by subscribing to our monthly resource newsletter at intentionalchurches.com/blog
- Learn more about the Activate Experience at churchosonline.com