Elevate Leadership Podcast – Cultivating gifts in the Body of Christ

What does it really look like to help someone move from sitting in the pew to serving the body? In this episode, Stephanie Prince sits down with Michelle Dyer to talk about identifying gifts and helping people use them well in the life of the church. Michelle makes the case that calling is terrain we have to tread, and that church leaders owe their people more than a vague encouragement to “get out there and serve.” They dig into the practical tools, assessments, and coaching relationships that turn good intentions into real engagement, and they share stories of what happens when a leader takes the time to see a gift in someone and call it out.

This conversation is part of our month on connections, helping churches build pathways for people to belong, serve, and grow. It’s all leading up to the Elevate Church at Brentwood Baptist Conference on September 21 and 22, 2026. Join us for this conference by registering here!

Steeple People Podcast – Sharing the stories of those called to ministry

Steeple People is a podcast devoted to sharing the stories of those who have discovered and fully engaged their calling in ministry. In the debut episode of the Steeple People Podcast, hosts Amy Jo Girardier and Michele Dyer introduce listeners to Tami Majtan, Executive Director of Scarlet Hope Nashville. Tami shares her remarkable story of stepping out in faith to minister to women in the adult entertainment industry—a journey that began with a clear calling from God and led her from Reno, Nevada, to Nashville, Tennessee.
Through heartfelt conversation, Tami opens up about the challenges and transformative power of building genuine relationships with women working in local strip clubs, the importance of trauma-informed outreach, and the life-changing impact of seeing and loving people where they are. This episode is a powerful reminder of God’s ability to work through unexpected places and courageous obedience, and it highlights practical ways listeners can support Scarlet Hope through prayer, hospitality, and tangible acts of service. Tune in for an eye-opening testament of hope, redemption, and the everyday people living boldly on mission within the Brentwood Baptist church family.Our mission is to engage the whole person with the whole gospel of Jesus Christ anywhere, anytime, with anybody.

Steeple People Podcast – Sharing the stories of those called to ministry

Steeple People is a podcast devoted to sharing the stories of those who have discovered and fully engaged their calling in ministry. In this episode of Steeple People, Joey Lankford shares how one moment of surrender sparked a global mission. From greenhouse farming in South Africa to starting Cul2Vate in Tennessee, his story is all about planting seeds of hope—through food, faith, and second chances. This is gospel work that gets its hands dirty.

Elevate Leadership Podcast – Church Membership is More Than a Card

Membership has a branding problem. For a lot of people, the word sounds like a gym contract or a warehouse club card, something transactional you sign up for and forget. In this episode of the Brentwood Baptist Leadership Podcast, Stephanie Prince sits down with Michelle Dyer to reclaim what church membership was always meant to be: a family you belong to, a mission you commit to, and a body you contribute to.

Michelle walks through how Brentwood Baptist has refined its membership process over 20 years, why systems and processes actually communicate a church’s values, and how a clear pathway helps people move from simply attending to fully belonging. She also shares where to start if your church has no membership process. Her advice is refreshingly practical: make it simple, make it scalable, and start with the bare bones.