The Clearway Podcast helps pastors move their church from vision to strategy to execution, one practical move at a time.

If you’re leading a church, you don’t need more noise. You need clarity you can act on this week. Each episode gives you a proven tool, a short plan, and a free downloadable to help you lead with confidence in your real context: urban, suburban, or rural, large staff or mostly volunteers.

What you’ll get every episode:
• Talk: a quick, honest setup from your hosts.
• Tension: the real problem leaders are facing (no buzzwords).
• Tool: a Clearway framework you can use with your team.
• Try it: three concrete actions for the next fourteen days.
• Takeaway: a one-page resource linked in the show notes.

Why listen:
• Turn big vision into weekly execution your team can actually sustain.
• Build healthy leadership rhythms: staff meetings that decide, 1:1s that develop, goals that ship.
• Align board, staff, and volunteers around the same priorities and metrics.
• See how real churches untangle common knots - scope creep, culture drift, cluttered ministries, and stalled momentum.

Typical topics:
• Clarifying mission and values people can repeat
• Right people, right seats, real scorecards
• Ministry mapping: a simple pathway that helps people take next steps
• Accountability without guilt: goals, dashboards, and wins
• Seasonal planning that replaces annual wish lists
• Board updates with no surprises
• When growth is not the answer - and what is

Hosted by Chris Vacher with Hollie Charlebois from Clearway, the podcast runs 25–35 minutes, releases in 12-episode seasons, and is built to help you lead on Monday morning, not “someday.” Every episode ends with a free tool so you’re never left guessing.

If you’re ready to trade complexity for clarity and talk for traction, follow the show and start with any episode that names your current tension. Then grab the free resource in the notes, try the three steps with your team, and watch momentum build.