Andrew Root: Life Together in Turmoil & Bonhoeffer’s Experiment in Community In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Andrew Root. We discuss Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his time in the experimental underground seminary at Finkenwalde. This community became a site for him to enact his broader theological and ethical intuitions in community. We unpack the significance…
133: Finding Resonance with Author Andrew Root Slowing down and “waiting” to impact pastor health Join my discussion with guest Dr. Andrew Root, author of “When Church Stops Working.” Together, we dissect how the relentless drive for growth impacts pastoral health which then leads to burnout and and the threat of early departure from ministry….
Beyond Church Growth Strategies: Is Innovation a Helpful Category for the Church? Part 1 Explore the limitations of traditional church growth strategies and the potential of “faithful innovation” in this thought-provoking discussion. Dr. Andrew Root , the Rev. Dr. Michael Binder, Dr. Terri Elton @terrielton, and the Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile debate whether innovation is…
We’re Making it Way too Complicated Ministry Collaborative program staff Adam Borneman and Beth Daniel continue our series “Faith Overflowing with Hope” with the Rev. Dr. Joe Scrivner (Stillman College, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church) and Dr. Andrew Root (Luther Seminary) about secularism’s influence on worship, having our being in Christ, and the importance of clearing the way to…
Sacred Waiting in the Secular Age with Andy Root n this episode of The Biggest Table, host Andrew Camp discusses with Andy Root, a professor of Youth and Family Ministry, the intersection of faith, hospitality, and our secular age. Root elaborates on his six-volume series, ‘Ministry in a Secular Age,’ emphasizing the challenges and opportunities…
Navigating Faith & Ministry In A Secular World with Dr. Andrew Root oin us at the Bible Bistro as we welcome Dr. Andrew Root, known as Andy, from Luther Seminary, to discuss faith and secular challenges. We dive into Andy’s insights from his academic work and life in a small church community. Our conversation revolves…
Actively Waiting in the Accelerating Age with Dr. Andy Root If you are having conversations about innovation in the church, chances are that Andy Root’s name has come up. Writing books like, When the Church Stops Working and The Church After Innovation and The Pastor in a Secular Age, Dr. Andrew Root is leading the…
Andrew Root on why Pastors are focused on the wrong crisis. Most Pastors would agree that the American church in the midst of a crisis of decline, as lagging attendance, giving, and influence continue to cause havoc in local congregations. Yet, despite all this, Andrew Root argues the real crisis that should keep pastors up…
Finding Faith in a Secular Age (with Andrew Root) As Dave Schmelzer and Vince Brackett talked about in a recent episode, faith looks very different than it did a few hundred years back–and even than it did sixty years back. Professor Andrew Root–who was Vince’s enthusiastic teacher on the subject–walks us into some of the ins and…
Episode 128: Andrew Root Andy joins us for the third time! The first two conversations were great and you can go back and listen to those after you listen to this one. Andrew Root and I have a great discussion around his new book The Church in the Age of Secular Mysticisms. Because we live…
This week on the Beardcast we sat down with Andrew Root to talk about his latest When Church Stops Working: A Future for Your Congregation beyond More Money, Programs, and Innovation listen here
NEW CREATION CONVERSATIONS 093 – DR. ANDREW ROOT ON WHEN CHURCH STOPS WORKING Welcome to episode ninety-three of New Creation Conversations. It is fun for me to bring you a third conversation with one of my favorite authors and scholars, Dr. Andrew Root. Andy is Professor and Carrie Olson Baalson Chair of Youth and Family…