MinistryWatch Podcast
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Ep. 577: Robert Morris Released, AI Abuse, Salvation Army, St. Andrews Chapel
27 mins; April 03, 2026
Ep. 576: Military Chaplains, Christian Radio, Charity Ratings, and a Family-Friendly Movie
9 mins; April 01, 2026
Ep. 575: Explaining MinistryWatch’s Rating System
13 mins; March 31, 2026
Ep. 574: St. Andrew’s Chapel, World Water Day, Former SBC President Steve Gaines Passes
33 mins; March 26, 2026
Ep. 573: Carl Lentz, Transparency Crisis, Duggar Family Blues, Remembering Jerry Eisley
15 mins; March 25, 2026
Ep. 572: Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives Needs To Go
12 mins; March 24, 2026
Ep. 571: Dream Center LA, Bibles for Iran, Brady Boyd and New Life Church
29 mins; March 19, 2026
Ep. 570: James Talarico, The Population Bomb, Evangelical Takedowns, and Mall Culture 2.0
10 mins; March 18, 2026
Ep. 569: We Want Your Stories
11 mins; March 17, 2026
Ep. 568: Greg Laurie Sued, Donor Advised Fund Advice, Beth Moore
29 mins; March 13, 2026
Ep. 567: Lonnie Frisbee, ACNA, SXSW, Kazakhstan, and More
10 mins; March 12, 2026
Ep. 566: Ben Sasse: The Process of Dying is Something to be Lived
10 mins; March 11, 2026
Ep. 565: Pro-War Religious Broadcasters, Christian Romance Novels, John Piper X Controversy
11 mins; March 09, 2026
Ep. 564: GOD International, ECFA’s LeaderCare Standard, Trey’s Law Goes to Washington
27 mins; March 06, 2026
Ep. 563: A Conversation with SBC President Clint Pressley
33 mins; March 03, 2026
Ep. 562: Camp Mystic Families Sue TX Officials, UMCOR Closes Relief Hub, Bethel Church Controversy
27 mins; February 26, 2026
Ep. 561: The Woman Who Is Igniting A Movement
9 mins; February 24, 2026
Ep. 560: Gateway Church, Kanakuk, Another Christian College Closes
28 mins; February 20, 2026
Ep. 559: I Have Seen The Future of Missions – Bring It On
10 mins; February 16, 2026
Ep. 558: ELCA Sues Member Congregation, Preventing Financial Fraud, Agape Flights, BSF Moves HQ
28 mins; February 12, 2026
Ep. 557: To Invent is Divine – A Discussion of Creativity and Property Rights
38 mins; February 11, 2026
Ep. 556: Waterstone Sued over DAF, “He Gets Us” is Back for Super Bowl
31 mins; February 06, 2026
Ep. 555: Royal Rangers Face Scrutiny, Following the Passion Conference Money Trail, March for Life
29 mins; January 30, 2026
Ep. 554: How Does Christianity Grow?
11 mins; January 27, 2026
Ep. 553: Cities Church in Minneapolis, Explaining Family Offices, and Apologia Church Sues Former Member
30 mins; January 23, 2026
Ep. 552: A Conversation with GRACE’s New President Laura Thien Organization fights sexual abuse in the church
34 mins; January 22, 2026
Ep. 551: Not All Help Is Helpful Government money often comes with conditions, creates dependency
12 mins; January 20, 2026
Ep. 550: Arise Vineyard, Ministry Provides Medical Debt Relief, Baptist Publication Sued for Defamation
27 mins; January 16, 2026
Ep. 549: A Conversation with Musician, Band Leader, Producer Ben Shive
47 mins; January 15, 2026
Ep. 548: Sin, Grace, Philip Yancey, and Me
10 mins; January 13, 2026
Ep. 547: Kingdom of God Global Church, Philip Yancey, Mandatory Reporting, Highly Paid Ministry Execs
32 mins; January 09, 2026
Ep. 546: All Things ACNA with Religion News Service’s Kathryn Post
33 mins; January 07, 2026
Ep. 545: What’s in Store for MinistryWatch in 2026
11 mins; January 06, 2026
Ep. 544: A Round-Up of the Top MinistryWatch Stories of the Year
16 mins; December 30, 2025
Ep. 543: A Conversation with MinistryWatch Founders Rusty and Carol Leonard
32 mins; December 29, 2025
Ep. 542: Data Guru Ryan Burge Laments “The Vanishing Church”
41 mins; December 22, 2025
Ep. 541: Bishop Ruch Acquitted of All Charges, Elevation Church Launches College, iServants and Belize
28 mins; December 18, 2025
Ep. 540: Elizabeth Urbanowicz on God’s Good Design for Sexuality and Gender
31 mins; December 16, 2025
Ep. 539: DOJ Sues Life Surge, Lawsuits Against Greg Laurie and Harvest, Missionary Plane Crash Report
28 mins; December 11, 2025
Ep. 538: Daniel Darling In Defense of Christian Patriotism
33 mins; December 10, 2025
Ep. 537: Understanding MinistryWatch’s Donor Confidence Score
15 mins; December 09, 2025
Ep. 536: The Skit Guys, Renihan Resignation, Religious Liberty Wins
29 mins; December 05, 2025
Ep: 535: Understand Before You Give: Matching and Challenge Gifts
16 mins; December 03, 2025
Ep: 534: Doug Cobb and The Finishing Fund on “Venture Capital Philanthropy”
31 mins; December 02, 2025
Ep. 533: Andrew Osenga Calls Us To The “Old Paths”
31 mins; November 25, 2025
Ep. 532: Vineyard Controversy, ACNA Archbishop Suspended, My Faith Votes
33 mins; November 21, 2025
Ep. 531: Caleb Morell and Capitol Hill Baptist Church
34 mins; November 18, 2025
Ep. 530: Moody Bible Institute Sue, Camp Mystic Parents Sue, Latest ACNA Accusations
27 mins; November 13, 2025
Ep. 529: Remembering Our Veterans – And Ministries That Serve Them
11 mins; November 10, 2025
Ep. 528: Gen Z and Missions, ACNA’s Archbishop Takes Leave, Churches Deal With Gov’t Shutdown
31 mins; November 06, 2025
Ep. 527: Recommendations For Fixing ACNA
17 mins; November 04, 2025
Ep. 526: Churches and Autism, Samaritan’s Purse and Gaza Airlift, The Law and Restricted Gifts
26 mins; October 30, 2025
Ep. 525: What Is True Revival?
13 mins; October 28, 2025
Ep. 524: Olivet University, The Anglican Church, and Possible closing of 100 thousand Churches
30 mins; October 24, 2025
Ep. 523: Peter Greer on Finishing Well
28 mins; October 21, 2025
Ep. 522: Sean Feucht & Rob McCoy, Amy Grant, Danny Akin Announces Retirement
31 mins; October 17, 2025
Ep. 521: How Ministry Leaders Should Respond To A PR Crisis
38 mins; October 15, 2025
Ep. 520: Franklin Graham Trashes The “Modesto Manifesto”
11 mins; October 14, 2025
Ep. 519: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Samaritan’s Purse Exit ECFA, Pro-Life in a Post-Roe World
29 mins; October 09, 2025
Ep. 518: Thinking Out Loud About The Dissident Right
12 mins; October 08, 2025
Ep. 517: The Future of Christian Higher Education with Ed Stetzer
29 mins; October 07, 2025
Ep. 516: IHOP, Ethnos 360, Camp Mystic Parents Unhappy
25 mins; October 03, 2025
Ep. 515: The Triumphs, Troubles, and Tragedies Faced by Retiring Grove City College President Paul McNulty
51 mins; October 02, 2025
Ep. 514: Voddie Baucham’s Advice to Parents
11 mins; September 30, 2025
Ep. 513: Burk Parsons, Christopher Yuan, David Sills and Jennifer Lyell, ACNA Military Chaplains
28 mins; September 26, 2025
Ep. 512: Justin Murff and Digital Church’s Role in Reaching Closed Countries
38 mins; September 24, 2025
Ep. 511: Why Christian Ministries Should Pay Attention to The Jimmy Kimmel Debacle
12 mins; September 23, 2025
Ep. 510: World Vision, Largest Christian Schools, Why Pastors Quit Ministry
28 mins; September 18, 2025
Ep. 509: A Few Thoughts on the Life and Legacy of Charlie Kirk
13 mins; September 16, 2025
Ep. 508: Charlie Kirk, Assemblies of God, Unlikely Heroes, and Arkansas Gambling
32 mins; September 12, 2025
Ep. 507: Michael Reneau of The Dispatch on Doug Wilson, Jen Hatmaker, and More
42 mins; September 10, 2025
Ep. 506: Eventide’s Robin John on Biblically Responsible Investing
33 mins; September 10, 2025
Ep. 505: Assemblies of God, American Bible Society, America’s Largest Christian Colleges and Universities
32 mins; September 05, 2025
Ep. 504: Trevin Wax and Thomas West on the Power of Catechism
34 mins; September 02, 2025
Ep. 503: David E. Taylor Arrested, Kentucky Church Encourages Members to Take Library Books, Flagship SBC Church Sells Property
33 mins; August 28, 2025
Ep. 502: Remembering Dr. James Dobson
12 mins; August 26, 2025
Ep. 501: Liberty University, SBC’s New Abuse Hotline, Remembering Dr. James Dobson
33 mins; August 22, 2025
Ep. 500: Hunter Baker on “Postliberal Protestants”
37 mins; August 21, 2025
Ep. 499: Don’t Let Exvangelicals Drive Your Ministry
10 mins; August 19, 2025
Ep. 498: World Vision Prevails, Seminaries Should Examine Faculty Screening Process, and Trust in Churches Rebounds…Slightly
34 mins; August 15, 2025
Ep. 497: How Do You Measure Ministry Effectiveness? A conversation with True Charity's Nathan Mayo
23 mins; August 13, 2025
Ep. 496: “Shiny Happy People” Grows Dull
14 mins; August 12, 2025
Ep. 495: ACNA and Stewart Ruch, T.D. Jakes, the ERLC
31 mins; August 08, 2025
Ep. 494: Remembering Bob Case and His Impact on MinistryWatch
12 mins; August 05, 2025
Ep. 493: My Faith Votes, Christian School Tax Credits, The King’s College, and Bill Gothard
32 mins; August 01, 2025
Ep. 492: Dr. K Believes Artificial Intelligence Provides Us With A “Gospel Moment”
39 mins; July 30, 2025
Ep. 491: Burk Parsons and St. Andrew’s Chapel, Church Security, Child Evangelism Fellowship Pursues Ambitious Goal
32 mins; July 25, 2025
Ep. 490: Will Repeal of the Johnson Amendment be Good or Bad for the Church?
11 mins; July 23, 2025
Ep. 489: Amanda Ripley on Why and How We Get Trapped in Conflict
42 mins; July 22, 2025
Ep. 488: John MacArthur, the Johnson Amendment, and a Giant Ponzi Scheme in Georgia
32 mins; July 18, 2025
Ep. 487: Is Traditional Religion Obsolete? Christian Smith Says “Yes”
39 mins; July 16, 2025
Ep. 486: Baylor University, The Church and AI, and How To Help Texas Flood Victims
29 mins; July 10, 2025
Ep. 485: Conflict Entrepreneurs, David Platt, and McLean Bible Church
15 mins; July 09, 2025
Ep. 484: Dana and Bill Wichterman:  “Stewards, Not Owners”
44 mins; July 09, 2025
Ep. 483: How Charisma Shaped Both American And Church History A conversation with Molly Worthen
45 mins; July 01, 2025
Ep. 482: Dave Ramsey, Brady Boyd, and Kris “Kdub” Williams
30 mins; June 26, 2025
Ep. 481: Glenn Packiam: What Is a Christian, Anyway?
34 mins; June 24, 2025
Ep. 480: Gateway Church, Trinity Broadcasting, Burk Parsons and the PCA
26 mins; June 20, 2025
Ep. 479: What an Obscure Itinerant 19th Century Preacher Can Teach Us Today
11 mins; June 18, 2025
Ep. 478: Brad Edwards and “The Reason for Church”
41 mins; June 17, 2025