The Vital Podcast
Join Canon Mark Eldredge, Director of the American Anglican Council's Anglican Revitalization Ministries (ARM), and the Rev. Brian Pape, Senior Consultant at ARM, as they walk alongside you on your journey to church health, revitalization, and Holy Spirit renewal, with topics affecting the local church and her mission today and interviews with leaders on the frontlines. For more information on ARM visit www.churchrevive.org.
The Vital Podcast
Latest Episodes
What You Are Doing Is Not Good: Moses, Burnout, and Unhealthy Systems
In this episode of Healthy Leaders, Holy Limits, Mark Eldredge and Brian Pape continue the conversation on clergy burnout by asking: what if some exhaustion is not simply personal, but systemic? Rooted in Exodus 18, they explore Jethro’s counse...
Provincial Council 2026: Healthy Churches, New Life, and Gospel Growth
What does it mean for the Church to be a mother? In this special Provincial Council 2026 episode, Canon Tony Melton of Always Forward and Canon Mark Eldredge of the American Anglican Council join us to discuss their workshop on church planting ...
Burnout Is Not a Personal Failure (and What’s Really Driving It) — with Alan Briggs
In this episode, we take the next step: If limits are holy… then what do we do with burnout? Canon Mark Eldredge and Rev. Brian Pape are joined by leadership coach and author Alan Briggs to explore a critical reframing: Burnout is not a persona...
Healthy Leaders, Holy Limits
In the opening episode of Healthy Leaders, Holy Limits, Mark and Brian lay the theological foundation for the series by naming the exhaustion many leaders carry quietly and faithfully. Drawing on Jesus’ example in Mark 1:32–39, they ex...
The VITAL Stories Series: Revitalization in Catonsville, MD
In this second episode of VITAL stories, Canon Mark interviews the Rev. Cedric and Sarah Benner from Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church in Catonsville, MD. Since engaging with Canon Mark through Revive, there has been steady growth, engag...