CNLP 715 | The Most Overlooked Group in Your Church: Annie F. Downs on What Many Churches Are Missing in Ministry and the Power of Human Connection On and Offline
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this live interview, Annie F. Downs returns to the podcast and explains what most churches are missing in ministry.
Plus, she discusses the most overlooked group in your church, how to connect them, and the power of human connection on and offline.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.0 | Are you checking your pastor's DMs? |
| 0:05.4 | Not for their good or bad behavior, but the people who are listening to your church online are listening to the teaching pastor. |
| 0:13.9 | Right. |
| 0:14.5 | So that's who they feel the most connected with probably over your church's Instagram account. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome to Carrie Newhoff Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:26.2 | I'm so glad you joined us today. |
| 0:27.6 | It's Carrie here, and I hope our time together today. |
| 0:30.1 | Helps you thrive in life and leadership. |
| 0:32.2 | Speaking of that, a lot of people not thriving in life and leadership. |
| 0:35.9 | And that's why I'm so thrilled to have Annie F. Downs. |
| 0:40.2 | Back on the podcast, because, you know, if you follow anything in culture, you know that it has |
| 0:45.3 | so much to do with how isolated we are in life these days. Technology has not always done us |
| 0:51.4 | a service. And yet, inevitably, you have to be online. So Annie F. Downs and I |
| 0:55.9 | talk about that. What a lot of churches are missing in ministry, the most overlooked group in |
| 1:01.1 | your church, and the power of human connection on and off line. This is a live interview that we |
| 1:07.8 | did together at a conference we were both at in Nashville, Tennessee, |
| 1:11.2 | the Connect Conference. Shout out to them. Also, shout out to Dave Hall on Spotify. Thanks for listening |
| 1:16.8 | and for leaving us a comment, Dave. Really glad the episodes are resonating with you in your church. |
| 1:22.4 | And I've loved being on the road meeting so many leaders already this early into 2025. |
| 1:27.3 | Going to be on the road a lot this year. |
| 1:28.8 | So if you're there and I'm speaking near you, come and say hey. |
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