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Churches Should Stop Hiring So Many People
In this episode, Spencer, Dillan, and Jeff open with a line that's going to make some people close the tab — churches should stop hiring so many people. They pull that...
When Did Church Become Customer Service?
In this episode, Spencer, Dillan, and Jeff dig into a stat that should reframe how we talk about church on this podcast — the median church size in America is 70 peopl...
How Old is Too Old?
In this episode, Spencer and Dillan are joined by Jeff Sandstrom for a follow-up to "Can You Be Too Young for Ministry?" — but flipped. When is it time for older worsh...
The Truth About AI in Worship Ministry
This week, we're tackling the conversation everyone in church tech is dancing around — what happens when AI starts running Sunday morning. Spencer and Dillan dig into ...
This Company Sabotaged Sunday Morning
This week, a text exchange between a pastor and a livestream provider went public — and the church production community lit up. We walk through what happened, why it's...
The church is full of incompetent people?
Dillan and Spencer get honest about church hiring practices — why churches often fill positions with low-risk, low-talent people instead of investing in the pros who c...
Why Churches Should Treat EVERY Sunday Like Easter
Is your church pulling out all the stops for Easter... only to go back to normal the very next week? Dillan and Spencer get honest about the Easter "Super Bowl Sunday"...
Can You Be Too Young for Ministry?
If you’re asking “can you be too young for ministry?”… you’re not alone. The church often pushes people into leadership too early—or holds them back for the wrong rea...
The BEST Way to do Auditions for Worship Teams
If your auditions feel awkward, intimidating, or ineffective… you’re probably doing them wrong. Here’s how to build auditions that actually grow your team. Check out o...
5 Ways You're Overproducing Your Worship Services
Most churches don’t have a content problem… they have a flow problem. In this episode, we break down the tension between underproducing what matters (transitions) and ...
The Fastest Way to Lose New Volunteers
Someone walks up after service and says, “How do I get involved?” The worst thing you can do is say you’ll follow up… and then never respond. In this episode we talk a...
5 Reasons People Leave After Worship
First-time guests are showing up at churches every week… but many of them never come back. In this episode, we talk about why that happens and what leaders often miss ...
How To Defeat Burnout
Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=burnout FREE RESOURCES 🆓 Take adv...
Jesus Hates This Kind of Worship
Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=why-serve-pod Jesus said, “These ...
Production Matters (Even If You’re a Church of 200)
Check out Toby's new book: https://churchgear.com/pages/toby-walters Production isn’t just for mega churches — it matters at every level. In this episode of the MxU Po...
How to Handle That One Church Volunteer
Bad attitudes on worship teams aren’t a personality problem — they’re a leadership and systems problem. In this episode, we explore why worship teams become frustrated...
The Fix for Inconsistent Worship Teams
Most churches don’t measure their worship or tech teams — they just feel when something is off. That’s the problem. In this episode, we break down why worship and prod...
Worship Trends to Leave in 2025
In this episode of the MXU Podcast, the team breaks down the production, worship, and leadership habits that look impressive online—but quietly hurt volunteer teams, t...
Small Church is Harder
Is Instagram shaping church leadership more than we realize? More and more church advice is coming from people with platforms — not necessarily people who share the sa...
We Left the Cool Kids Table
In the early days, this community felt like a table everyone wanted a seat at. Over time, that same table started to feel exclusive — even unintentionally. In this epi...