More Than a Pastor Rich Avery

Despite years of underwhelming sales and the added challenge of a global pandemic that forced its stores to close for months and endangered its future, book retailer Barnes & Noble is currently enjoying a revival. What's driving this unexpected turnaround?
Surprisingly, it's the nostalgia that Millennials and Gen Zers have for physical books and bookstores! In this episode I'll outline four key takeaways that the church can glean from Barnes & Noble's revival among younger generations.
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Show Notes for Today's Episode: 4 Lessons the Church Can Learn from the Revival of Barnes & NobleBrian Kilmeade Show: James Daunt on How He Saved Barnes & NobleNew 8-Week Course: Earn $250 a Day from Your Own Online PlatformJoin our Private Facebook community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebookGet the Free PDF: How to Know if Starting a Business is Right for YouRead My Last Post: David Steininger on Navigating the Less-than-Fun Aspects of Working for YourselfSupport the showFind us online at www.morethanapastor.com.

So do you love the idea of starting your own business….but you get a little overwhelmed thinking about the tech, admin, and financial stuff that’s involved?

What if there was a guide who could help you navigate the less-than-fun aspects of building your own business? Well the good news is that there is! And we’ll introduce you to your new self-employment sidekick on this episode of the More Than a Pastor Show.

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Get the Blog Post Show Notes for this Episode: David Steininger on Navigating the Less-than-Fun Aspects of Working for Yourself New 8-Week Course: Earn $250 a Day from Your Own Online PlatformJoin our private Facebook community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebookGet the Free PDF: How to Know if Starting a Business is Right for YouRead My Last Post: The Power of Creating a Memorable ExperienceSo, starting a business or side hustle can “sound” easy and fun to many of us, especially if we’re making money…what’s not fun about that?
But there’s a B side to business that’s not fun for everyone, and that often holds us back or slows us up from accomplishing what we know we need to do.
On today’s show I want to introduce you to someone who definitely can help you out with the B side of your new business. My friend David Steininger. Dave is the host of the Self Employment Sidekick show, and he’s an expert at helping business owners navigate the less-than-fund aspects of working for yourself. He is also the co-owner of Brerro, which helps businesses design their marketing strategy.
Before we get into the interview with Dave i want to share briefly how we met. We’re both members in a community called Platform Launchers, hosted by our mutual friend John Stange. John’s a pastor who’s built several successful online platforms that have created life changing income for his family.

I’m telling you this now because next week John is launching a new 8-week course called “How to Earn $250 a day from your own online platform,” and he’s going to share the pathway he followed to gradually build and grow his online businesses. Note that I said gradually…because this is NOT get rich quick. I’m not into that, and neither is John. So if you’ve been wondering if starting an online business is right for you, why not check this out and see if it’s right for you?

The regular price for the course is $500, which, to be honest, is a bargain for an 8-week course like this. But right now John is offering a 50% discount if you use the promo code EARLYBIRD.  I’m not sure how long that discount will last. 

So, check it out and see if the course is right for you. If it is, I look forward to seeing you there, and building our online businesses together.
And now let’s dive into our interview with David Steininger...
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What is it that makes some experiences so memorable that they really touch us, and make us want to tell our friends all about them? And how can we tap into this power to create meaningful, memorable experiences for the people we serve? That's what we're talking about in today's episode of the More Than a Pastor show!


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Get the Blog Post Show Notes for this Episode: The Power of Creating a Memorable ExperienceJ Schwanke's TV Show: J Schwanke's Life in BloomJoin our private Facebook community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebookGet the Free PDF: How to Know if Starting a Business is Right for YouRead My Last Post: Charity Goodwin on Coaching Where Faith and Feelings Meet What Makes an Experience Memorable?
We've all been impacted by memorable experiences in some way, haven't we?

An experience is memorable because of how it touched or spoke to us, stuck with us long past the experience, and motivated us to some kind of action, which could be as simple as telling others about it, or something else.

Sometimes memorable experiences just happen - like when we take the family camping and it rains for days and we're stuck in the tent the whole time playing games. No one would have asked for a washout camping trip, but it created a memorable shared experience that the family still talks about years later.

But memorable experiences can also be created, and certain businesses, like Disney and Apple, are famous for creating memorable experiences for their customers....
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Could every pastor have a second calling as a coach? And how could coaching around emotional intelligence help pastors and other leaders to live and lead more like Jesus in a church and culture that is rapidly changing? We’ll talk about that in this episode of the More than a pastor show.



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Find Charity Goodwin Online: www.charitygoodwin.comPlatform Launchers: www.morethanapastor.com/platformJoin our private Facebook community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebookGet the Free PDF: How to Know if Starting a Business is Right for YouRead My Last Post: 5 Ways Pastors and Churches can Profit from the Creator Economy Charity Goodwin on Coaching Where Faith and Feelings Meet
Charity Goodwin is an elder in the United Methodist Church. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri and currently serves as the pastor of spiritual formation and groups at The Gathering, a UMC church in St. Louis. She has had experience as a site pastor and a lead pastor.
In addition to her pastoral role in the church, she coaches other pastors and teams or boards/councils. Leadership development, vision casting, ministry start-ups, especially coaching around emotional intelligence, to help people take a more holistic view of transformation, change, and transition. And she's just launched new new podcast, Where Faith and Feelings Meet.
I met Charity through an online community we’re both members of called Platform Launchers, hosted by our friend John Stange. If you’ve been dreaming of starting your own message-based business or online platform, `I’d encourage you to give Platform Launchers a try. You can get a free 30 day trial, join in on the weekly live calls, dive into the massive online learning library, and find your pathway to building and growing your own online business by going to morethanapastor.com/platform.
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Today I want to talk about a topic I hear almost no one talking about: why churches should tap into the Creator Economy. And I’ll share 5 ways that pastors and churches can put the power of the creator economy to work for them. 
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Chapter-A-Day Audio Bible: www.DesireJesus.comPlatform Launchers: www.morethanapastor.com/platformJoin our private Facebook community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebookGet the Free PDF: How to Know if Starting a Business is Right for YouRead My Last Post: How Judgmental Christians are Killing the Church...And What Comes Next5 Ways Pastors Can Profit from the Creator Economy
So what comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “Creator Economy”? Do you immediately think of an Instagram influencer, TikToker or YouTuber with hundreds of thousands of followers? Or how about a pastor recording himself reading the Bible, one chapter a day, and sharing it as a podcast? Or someone who sells crafts on Etsy?
Or maybe you have no idea what I’m talking about.
Well, never fear, because in today’s episode I’m going to explain what the creator economy is, why churches should tap into it, and I’ll share 5 ways that pastors and churches can profit from it.
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As the church in America faces a steady decline in attendance and giving, many church leaders are quick to blame outside forces like secularism, progressivism, wokeism, or even the COVID-19 pandemic, for why people are leaving their church.
But what if judgmental Christians are to blame for killing the church? And what comes next for churches and pastors? We’ll talk about it in this episode of the More Than a Pastor Show. Let's get started!
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The Guardian story mentioned: Losing Their Religion: Why US Churches are on the DeclineJoin our private Facebook community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebookGet the Free PDF: How to Know if Starting a Business is Right for YouRead My Last Post: Ditch the Resolutions. Instead, Focus on Your One Thing for 2023Support the showFind us online at www.morethanapastor.com.