REACHRIGHT Podcast

What the Fastest-Growing Churches Know That Most Don't

Every year, Outreach Magazine publishes a list of the fastest-growing churches in America, and buried in that data are clear patterns most pastors never notice. This epis

AI Just Changed the Rules for Church Marketing (Again)

AI has changed the rules of church marketing again, and this time the shift is moving faster than most churches can keep up with. This episode is for pastors and church l

The Biggest Mistake Churches Are Making on Social Media Right Now

Most churches are active on social media, but almost none of them are reaching anyone beyond their own congregation, because 95% of the people who see their content don't

The Church Growth Strategy Nobody Is Talking About Yet

Most churches pour nearly all their energy into attracting new visitors while ignoring the fact that only 10 to 20 percent of first-time guests ever come back a second ti

AI in Churches: Where Does It Cross the Line?

https://www.chmeetings.com/  With 93% of pastors now using or exploring AI, the question for churches is no longer whether to use it, but where the line actually is. In

We Ranked the Most Common Church Growth Advice (Some of It Is Terrible)

Every pastor has been handed a book, framework, or five-step plan promising to fix their church's growth problem, and most of the time it wasn't built for their context.

The AI Church Workflow That's Saving Entire Staff Teams Hours Every Week

Most church teams know AI is supposed to help but have no idea what a real workflow actually looks like in practice.  In this episode Thomas and Shiloh walk through the

What the Top Church Websites Have in Common (That Most Don't)

Your church website is the first impression for thousands of people who will never tell you they visited it. Seventy-five percent of people judge a church's credibility b

How Churches Should Think About TikTok in 2026

TikTok is stable, it has 1.5 billion monthly active users, and it is now functioning as a real search engine where people are looking for churches and spiritual content e

5 Things Growing Churches Stopped Doing (And What They Do Instead)

Sixty percent of Protestant churches are plateaued or declining and most of the conversations about fixing that focus on what churches should add. This episode flips that

Your Church's Follow-Up Strategy Is Broken (Here's How to Fix It)

Most churches invest significant time and energy into creating a great Sunday experience for first-time visitors and then do almost nothing with that investment after Mon

The New Rules of Church SEO in 2026

If someone searched "church near me" in your city right now would your church show up?  For most churches the honest answer is no and this episode is the practical fix f

Your Church Needs a Social Media Manager (And the Intern Doesn't Count)

Most churches treat social media like a task to check off and hand it to whoever has a little free time. A volunteer, an intern, the pastor's kid who knows how to use Ins

The Social Media Playbook Successful Churches Are Running Right Now

Most churches have a social media presence. Very few have a social media strategy and that gap is exactly what this episode closes.  Thomas and Shiloh break down the com

Which AI Tools Are Actually Saving Churches Time (And Which Aren't)

The AI tool landscape for churches in 2026 is overwhelming and most church staff do not have the time to figure out what is actually worth using. In this episode Thomas a

Ranking Every Social Media Trend for Churches in 2026

Every year a new wave of social media trends hits the church world and most ministry teams do not have the time, budget, or bandwidth to chase all of them.  In this epis

Every Church Is Chasing Young People (Here's Why That's Backwards)

Gen Z is already showing up to church more than any other living generation and most churches are repelling them with the exact strategies designed to attract them.  In

Which Church Staff Roles AI Will Replace First

AI is already inside your church and the staffing questions it raises are not coming in the future. They are here right now. In this episode Thomas and Shiloh get specifi

New 2026 Church Data Just Dropped (7 Things Pastors Must See)

Seven fresh data points from 2026 just landed and most of them challenge what pastors think they know about who is coming, who is giving, and where their marketing time s

I'd Stop 80% of Church Marketing Tomorrow (Here's Why)

Most church marketing teams are working hard and getting almost nothing back for it. In this episode Thomas and Shiloh apply the 80/20 principle directly to church market