More Than a Pastor

Want to launch a podcast to help you grow your business or organization, and establish yourself as an authority in your niche, but you’re not sure how to get started, exactly what your show should be about, or you let the tech hold you back?
Well, you’re going to love today’s show, because launching a podcast is easier and more affordable than ever before, and Erik K. Johnson, the Podcast Talent Coach, is here to show you how, in this episode of the More Than a Pastor Show. Let’s get started!

Links for Today's Show

• Erik's Podcast Launch Checklist: www.podcasttalentcoach.com/launch
• Erik's Free Podcast Strategy Call: www.podcasttalentcoach.com/apply
• 48 Days Eagles Community: www.morethanapastor.com/eagles
• Leave Me a Review: More Than a Pastor on Apple Podcasts
• Join our Private Facebook Community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebook
  

Erik K. Johnson on How to Build Authority with a Podcast

Launching a podcast is one of the fastest ways to gain an audience and establish yourself as an authority in your area of expertise. But people get hung up when they don’t know how to get started, and they have fear of the tech that might be required.

I know that’s what held me up and kept me from launching the More Than a Pastor show for several years. I’m so glad I found someone who could demystify the whole process for me, explain the basic tools I needed to get started, and show me how to launch my show and connect with and serve my audience. That person was Erik K. Johnson, the Podcast Talent Coach.

I had the privilege of connecting with Erik for the first time back in 2020 through Dan Miller's 48 Days Eagles community for entrepreneurs, where Erik is the Dean of Podcasting. I participated in a 4-week podcasting course that Erik taught, and it was just what I needed to finally take action and launch the More Than a Pastor show.

One of the things I’ve discovered, in building and growing my business, is how powerful a podcast is for helping you find your ideal audience - the people you most want to serve - and building a real connection with them.

I believe every pastor who is launching a business should consider how launching a podcast could help you find your ideal customers and grow your relationship with them as well.

That’s why I’m so glad to have Erik as my guest today. There are many podcasts and coaches who teach you the technical side of podcasting. Erik K. Johnson is the premiere coach focused on the art of podcasting with Podcast Talent Coach.

He has been atop the radio ratings since 2000 and coached many others to even greater success. Erik uses what he mastered in radio to help coaches attract their ideal clients with their podcast.

Erik is a nationally recognized podcast and radio talent coach, on-air personality and radio program director seen on stage at Podcast Movement, New Media Expo, Authority & Influencer Summit and more. Find him at www.podcasttalentcoach.com.

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.

Links from Today's Show

• Find Charity Goodwin Online: www.charitygoodwin.com
• Platform Launchers: www.morethanapastor.com/platform
• Join our private Facebook community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebook
• Get the Free PDF: How to Know if Starting a Business is Right for You
• Read 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.

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.

Links for Today's Show

• Chapter-A-Day Audio Bible: www.DesireJesus.com
• Platform Launchers: www.morethanapastor.com/platform
• Join our private Facebook community: https://www.morethanapastor.com/facebook
• Get the Free PDF: How to Know if Starting a Business is Right for You
• Read My Last Post: How Judgmental Christians are Killing the Church...And What Comes Next

5 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.

We often think making money is the number 1 reason for going into business. But today I share 7 great reasons why pastors should start a business or side hustle today...and only 2 of them are about money. And yeah...about that money thing? The church in America is on the front-edge of a generational shift that will bring a decline in tithes and offerings. This will lead many churches to look for other ways, besides tithes and offerings, to sustain their ministries, and will mean that many pastors will have to get creative in providing for their family and funding their life and work. Get the show notes, and all the links to things I mention in this episode, at morethanapastor.com/2.

So what does the word “leverage” mean? And how can you tap into the power of leverage to create sustainable income for your family outside the church? We’ll talk about that in this episode of the More Than a Pastor Show. Let’s get started!

Hello my friend! Welcome to the More Than a Pastor Show. I’m your host, Rich Avery. This is where we help pastors leverage your ministry know-how into sustainable income outside of the church, through a business or side hustle that’s right for you. So you can serve God and provide for your family, no matter what.

If you’re a pastor who desires to create more income for your family, you’re in the right place! Thanks for joining me today - it really means a lot.

If you’re new to the show, you can learn more about me, get the show notes for today’s episode, and download tools and resources to help you launch and grow your business or side hustle at morethanapastor.com/29 for episode 29.