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This week on Where the Rubber Meets the Road, Pastor Rile Baucom, Preacher Tony Baucom, Phillip Bowers, and Chris Tucker pick up where last episode left off and dig into a big reason so many people never get plugged into the church: they’ve been church hurt. The guys get vulnerable about their own stories, including Tony’s six-year season of carrying resentment toward someone he felt let him down, only to realize later that he had to own his part of it too. They talk honestly about how most church hurt isn’t intentional, how a wounded spirit will quietly steal someone’s worship and keep them sitting on the sidelines, and why running from the person who hurt you is the wrong move — going to them humbly, even when it’s hard, is where real healing starts. Rile shares a powerful story about a visitor from another church who found healing right in the middle of communion. The conversation lands on a clear charge: the church needs every person, hurting or not, to be part of the body, and the first step toward healing is getting it out instead of holding it in.

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This week on Where the Rubber Meets the Road, Pastor Rile Baucom, Preacher Tony Baucom, Phillip Bowers, and Chris Tucker tackle a question every growing church wrestles with: how do you get people from the pew into actually serving? With an average of 280 in attendance but far fewer plugged in, the guys walk through what it really takes to move someone from sitting to serving — starting with prayer for God to send laborers, serving with real joy and enthusiasm instead of going through the motions, and helping people discover their purpose by asking what they love and what they’re genuinely good at (even if, as they joke, it’s definitely not singing for some of them). They talk candidly about the danger of rushing someone into a role before they’ve healed or found their calling, and what true partnership looks like — leading by example, having each other’s backs, and building trust instead of tearing each other down. It’s a practical, heart-driven conversation for anyone wondering how their church, or they themselves, can move from just showing up to truly serving.

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This week on Where the Rubber Meets the Road, Pastor Rile Baucom, Preacher Tony Baucom, Phillip Bowers, and Chris Tucker get real about serving in ministry the mountaintops and the valleys, and everything in between. Drawing on Moses, Joseph, Hannah, Esther, and Paul, they talk about how it's usually the valley, not the mountain, where real growth happens. The guys share their own highs and lows: preaching a message that falls flat and hearing the devil whisper "you're a fool," pouring hours into a ministry only to see six people show up, watching people you've mentored walk away, and having to tell someone lovingly that a role just isn't their calling. They dig into the fundamentals that keep them steady you can't control people, lost people are going to do lost people things, ministry isn't measured by response, and you don't serve for a paycheck because the real payday is watching a life change. It's an honest, encouraging look at what it really costs, and what it's worth, to serve with a reminder that for every valley, there are two mountains.

If you're on the fence about getting plugged into ministry, or you're in a low season and need encouragement, reach out through hopelesstohope.com or find the show on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

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