The Church that had to Die

Josh Troester
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My name is Josh. In 2017, me and 15 other individuals set out on an adventure of a lifetime… to plant a church. Little did I know at the time, but we were unknowingly planting an unbiblical church. The following years would bring much drama, heartache, difficulties, and quite honestly failure. Then God woke us up. This is the story of how God brought a church from death to life. This is the story of the church that had to die.

Episodes

  1. 11/29/2022

    Covid, Devils, and The Stage Part 2

    Pastor Josh Troester continues the conversation about how the church he pastors drastically changed in 2020.  Many churches experienced significant modifications due to the changing climate of the world due to COVID, but there were far more reasons behind this church's catastrophic shifts. After seeing rapid growth in it's first two years, The Church that had to Die now experiences significant roadblocks and challenges that would set a pace for the foreseeable future. Josh talks about the most significant teaching series in the history of the church... The Doctrines of Devils.  The church would never be the same as they addressed many common doctrinal issues in the modern church.

    32 min

  2. 10/26/2022

    Covid, Devils, and the Stage Part 1

    Pastor Josh Troester talks about the impact of COVID on his church.  He discusses his observations within the Body of Christ during the pandemic, and how the Church failed the world in our response. Josh also discusses a critical decision made during the pandemic that forever changed the trajectory of the church he pastors.  The decision involved removing an idol that was setting the tone for the culture of the church that was not glorifying to God.  He then discusses the cost of that decision and the mass fallout that followed.

    23 min

  3. 07/29/2022

    You Get More Flies with Honey

    It was the worst sermon series that could have ever been done.  It was meant to provide a space for healthy conversation for individuals that had been hurt by the church.  But what happened was entirely different.  The effects of it would ripple throughout the church for months to come. In this podcast, Pastor Josh Troester explains one of the causes for the church he pastors to have to die.

    33 min

  4. 07/05/2022

    We Planted a... Brand

    Are we planting a church or are we simply starting a brand?  That’s the question that Josh Troester seeks to answer regarding the church that he helped plant 5 years ago.   “We were trying to sell people Jesus, but what I didn’t realize is, Jesus isn’t all that marketable.”

    40 min

  5. 06/16/2022

    Not the start we wanted, but the start we needed.

    It's not often that our journey takes us down the exact paths we expected.  There are times when the journey looks nothing like what we imagined.  Sometimes, this is the most beautiful scenario. Pastor Josh Troester and other leaders tell the story of how the church got started.  Why the story?  Because sometimes our past helps inform our future.  Almost always it speaks to how far we had to come. To know about the church that had to die, you must first experience how it started.

    32 min

  6. 06/01/2022

    The Bronze Snake

    In the Biblical text of 2 Kings, we see a new, young king rip through the sanctuary of God... taking with him the idols the that had been established by his father's apostate generation.  But he also tore down something else interesting along the way... Moses' bronze snake. In a very controversial move, Hezekiah destroyed the generational heirloom of the Israelites sending shockwaves through the nation.  The bronze snake had to go... In this podcast, Pastor Joshua Troester explains in a pilot episode some things that went wrong in the church he helped to plant.   This is the story of the Church that had to Die.

    45 min

  7. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Season 1 Trailer

    The Church that had to Die

    3 min

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About

My name is Josh. In 2017, me and 15 other individuals set out on an adventure of a lifetime… to plant a church. Little did I know at the time, but we were unknowingly planting an unbiblical church. The following years would bring much drama, heartache, difficulties, and quite honestly failure. Then God woke us up. This is the story of how God brought a church from death to life. This is the story of the church that had to die.

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  • Creator
    Josh Troester
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
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    © 2025 The Church that had to Die
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