In the latest Pivot podcast, the primary challenge facing the church in North America is a crisis of discipleship.
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Grow your ministry with Faith+Lead’s October offerings: the School for Lay Ministry begins October 10, and New Christian Communities Leadership Incubator applications close October 31. Explore on-demand learning in adaptive leadership and congregational care, plus free resources for faith reflection, a four-week Acts study, and preaching informed by Indigenous scholars.
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Applications are open for Faith+Lead’s New Christian Communities Leadership Incubator, a 12-month online program equipping leaders to listen, discern, experiment, and cultivate Jesus-centered communities among people not connected to a local church. The $249 program combines courses, workshops, monthly gatherings, coaching, and peer learning—and synod leaders are encouraged to personally invite emerging leaders who may be ready to take this next faithful step.
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Season 7 of the Pivot Podcast asked how the old treasures of the Christian tradition, its practices, liturgy, scripture, and doctrine, can reach people today and shape the way we lead, pray, and live among our neighbors.
To accompany the season, we've created a free guide, Rooted for the Road Ahead: A Season 7 Guide from Faith+Lead's Pivot Podcast. Each episode page has a short description, a key quote, and a few questions for reflection or group discussion. At the end you'll find books from our season guests. Download the guide.
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Considering seminary? Register by October 5 for Luther Seminary’s October 9–11 Seminary Sampler Weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota. Meet faculty and students, connect with ministry leaders, and explore your call through study and conversation. Learn more and register, or share the invitation with someone discerning ministry.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, what we learned looking back on season 7.
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Faith+Lead’s September roundup includes Bible courses, a Scripture certificate, a free Matthew study guide, leadership formation, a new-Christian-community incubator and fresh podcast resources.
Explore opportunities to deepen your learning, discern your next step and strengthen ministry in your context. Read the full September roundup.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Warren Smith, professor of historical theology at Duke Divinity School, joins Dwight and Terri to talk about his new book, Early Christian Theology: A History, and what the first several centuries of Christian thought have to say to church leaders today.
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Join Luther Seminary online Tuesday, September 22, at 4:15 p.m. Arizona/Pacific time for the 2026 Fretheim Lecture in Biblical Theology. New Testament scholar Craig Koester will explore how John’s Gospel understands Jesus’ crucifixion as a revelation of God’s life-giving love—and what that cruciform love means for Christian witness today.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Associate Vicar Rachael Wooldridge talks with host Dwight Zscheile about the discipleship program her church built to meet them.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Pivot producer Joey Goodall traces an unexpected path from a moment in the 1994 Australian film Muriel's Wedding to a nearly 500-year-old prayer practice, the Examen.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Aaron and Ayana Teter join Pivot to talk about the history of Eastminster Church in Pittsburgh, which spent decades becoming what its own members call a cross-cultural church.
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Most churches, without ever meaning to, teach people that faith and work belong to two separate worlds. Katie Roelofs joins Pivot to make the case that it doesn't have to be that way.
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Faith+Lead’s August roundup offers new opportunities for rostered ministers, lay leaders, and congregations to learn and grow, including courses on purpose and money, a new Christian communities incubator, Susan Beaumont’s supervision training beginning August 18, and the fall School for Lay Ministry cohort.
The roundup also includes free resources for The Bible in a Year and the Narrative Lectionary’s upcoming Year of Matthew. Read the August 2026 Faith+Lead Monthly Roundup.
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In this episode, Johnny Sertin and Meg Fry talk with hosts Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm about what it takes to build trust in a neighborhood before ever bringing up faith.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm talk with Joey Sherrard about what changed when he started reading Augustine as a pastor for pastors.
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Faith+Lead’s Stepping Up to Supervision cohort (Aug. 18–Sept. 1, 2026) equips pastors, ministry staff, and lay leaders with practical and theological tools for supervising staff faithfully. Through three live Zoom workshops and a year of access to resources, participants will explore how to balance grace, accountability, and effective leadership in ministry settings.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, hosts Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm reflect on a full season of conversations.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, Wesley Ellis makes a case that will reframe the way you think about prayer.
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In the latest Pivot podcast, why is Christian community so hard? Jeff Galley & Phil Smith have answers.
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