City Conversations

The City Conversations features interviews with today's most innovative church leaders, sharing their experiences, ideas and best practices for increasing participation, driving deeper engagement and fulfilling God's mission for your church. We invite you to join a scheduled live City Conversation, or listen on-demand to a previous City Conversation via the recordings below.

Closing the Back Door: It’s Not about Numbers, It’s about People

Participants: Eric Tuininga, Regional Manager for The City

Driving Congregational Engagement at Seacoast Church

Participants: Greg Surratt, Senior Pastor, and Shawn Wood, Experience Pastor, from Seacoast Church

Enabling your church mission with leadership & community

Participants: Geoff Surratt - Seacoast Church, Charleston, SC

Growing your church by engaging imperfect people.

Participants: John Burke - founder of Gateway Church and author of No Perfect People Allowed: Creating a Come-As-You-Are Culture in the Church

How Are Mars Hill and Seacoast Using The City? [excerpt]

Participants: Brad House, Mars Hill Church (Seattle); Shawn Wood (Seacoast Church, SC)

How Does The City Help You Find Volunteers? [excerpt]

Participants: Brad House, Mars Hill Church (Seattle); Shawn Wood (Seacoast Church, SC)

How has The City Helped You Connect Newcomers? [excerpt]

Participants: Brad House, Mars Hill Church (Seattle); Shawn Wood (Seacoast Church, SC)

How Has The City Simplified Your Database? [excerpt]

Participants: Brad House, Mars Hill Church (Seattle); Shawn Wood (Seacoast Church, SC)

How You and Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

Participants: Dave Ferguson and Jon Ferguson, pastors of Community Christian Church in the Chicago

Interview with Chad MacDonald

Participants: Pastor Chad MacDonald - Pastor of Ministry Development at Westside Church in Vancouver, BC

Interview with Mark Driscoll and Jeff Vanderstelt

Participants: Mark Driscoll and Jeff Venderstelt | Enabling the Church's Mission Through Technology

Making church happen everyday

Participants: Douglas Estes - Author of SimChurch

Man in the Mirror

Participants: Dr. Patrick Morley | Author of Man in the Mirror

Missionality - Spreading the Gospel through daily life

Participants: Jayson Humphrey | Vintage21 Church, Raleigh, NC

Mixing Diversity into Your Church

Participants: Mark DeYmaz - founding pastor of the Mosaic Church (Little Rock)

The Gift of Church

Participants: Jim Samra

Twitter Best Practices For Active Churches

Participants: Tim Smith - Campus Pastor of Mars Hill in Portland, OR

What are Missional Communities [excerpt]

Participants: Brad House, Mars Hill Church (Seattle); Shawn Wood (Seacoast Church, SC)

What Are Your Favorite City Stories? [excerpt]

Participants: Brad House, Community Pastor from Mars Hill Church, & Shawn Wood, Experiences Pastor from Seacoast

Why Do Small Groups? [excerpt]

Participants: Brad House, Mars Hill Church (Seattle); Shawn Wood (Seacoast Church, SC)