The Church that had to Die

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.