Influence Podcast

George P. Wood

george@influencemagazine.com

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Booking Overview

A Christian church-leadership interview podcast featuring ministry leaders, denominational executives, Christian authors, and academic experts discussing practical leadership, ethics, prayer, and ministry challenges. Agencies could credibly pitch senior pastors, denominational or nonprofit leaders, Christian authors, and scholars with relevant books or specialized expertise; booking difficulty is medium because guests are established within the Christian leadership sphere but generally accessible to a focused trade publication.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

george@influencemagazine.com

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Host

George P. Wood - Executive editor of Influence magazine and host of the Influence Magazine Podcast.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior church or denominational leadership, recognized Christian ministry experience, relevant academic expertise, or authorship of books addressing church leadership, ministry, ethics, or spiritual formation.
Required Achievements:  
Published books with established Christian or academic publishers, Senior denominational or ministry leadership roles, Academic leadership and subject-matter expertise

Recent Guest Discussions

Joe Oden - Prayer As The Foundation Of Christian Ministry, Spiritual Leadership, Intimacy With God, And The Role Of The Assemblies Of God World Prayer Center.

Doug Clay - Leadership Blind Spots, Spiritual Maturity, Integrity, Image Management, Healthy Leadership, And Ministerial Reflection.

Christian Miller - Honesty, Online Infidelity, Misinformation, Sermon Plagiarism, Celebrity Culture, And Ethical Leadership In Churches.

Recent Topics

Church Leadership, Ministry, Christianity, Pastoral Ethics, Church Growth

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Influence Podcast
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429. The Foundation of Ministry Is Prayer

July 09, 2026

Welcome to the Influence Podcast! I'm George P. Wood, executive editor of Influence magazine and your host. Joe Oden writes the following in his new book, Empowered to Pray: In an hour when many leaders are fixated on numerical growth, how to accommodate and make seekers feel comfortable, leadership strategies, higher education, and enhanced communications, we observe that well-intended leaders are trying to advance the kingdom of God in their own strength. However, when we look at the minist...

428. Dangers Ministers Don't See

July 02, 2026

Welcome to the Influence Podcast! I'm George P. Wood, executive editor of Influence magazine and your host. In this episode of the Influence Podcast, I talk Assemblies of God General Superintendent Doug Clay about themes in his new book, Blind Spots: The Invisible Vulnerabilities Shaping Your Leadership, published by Gospel Publishing House. Introducing the topic of his book, Clay writes: "The most dangerous threats to spiritual leaders are not external opposition or cultural pressure, but ra...

427. Solving the Dishonesty Problem

May 28, 2026

Welcome to the Influence Podcast! I'm George P. Wood, executive editor of Influence magazine and your host. "Honesty matters, and people care a great deal about it," writes Christian Miller. Yet we are facing an unprecedented erosion of honesty today — what I call an honesty crisis. Indeed, we are facing not just one crisis, but a variety of honesty crises in different parts of our society. … Fortunately, in many cases, there are concrete steps we can take to turn the tide." In this episode o...

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