{"podcast":{"title":"Ministry At Scale","slug":"ministry-at-scale-1132181","podcast_index_feed_id":1132181,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/ministry-at-scale/","website_url":"https://ministry-at-scale.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/08c9c77f-d4cb-4d97-8d08-2030cbe2f6ed/TvICLvvMeSLxPsvKLBy2FpXv.jpg","author":"Chad Williams - Five Q","episode_count":95,"summary":"The Ministry at Scale Podcast brings you the latest trends, interviews with experts and practical tips to help your ministry multiply it's impact. Brought to you by Five Q a digital agency with a kingdom impact. If you want to know how to grow your ministry in the digital space this podcast is for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T02:20:32.115699+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ministry-at-scale-1132181"},"episode":{"title":"#72 - 4 Steps to Preparing Your Ministry for Disasters with Pete Marra from Colson Center","slug":"72-4-steps-to-preparing-your-ministry-for-disasters-with-pete-marra-from-colson-center","published_at":"2022-07-21T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ministry-at-scale-1132181/72-4-steps-to-preparing-your-ministry-for-disasters-with-pete-marra-from-colson-center","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ministry-at-scale-1132181","url":"https://ministry-at-scale.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/fd303065-83af-4d75-aee3-c905d154d7b4/Episode-2072-20-20Pete-20Marra-converted.mp3","summary":"In this session from the Digital Ministry Conference, Pete Marra, the Vice President of Innovation at the Colson Center discusses how to get started with risk mitigation for your ministry.  Your Ministry is Like the Three Little Pigs In the story of the three little pigs, each pig picked different materials to build their house, one used straw, another used sticks and the last pig used bricks. When the Big Bad Wolf stopped by and began huffing and puffing the results were often disastrous for the little pigs. Your ministry is likely built on straw, sticks or bricks as well, though it is most likely a combination of materials and risk assessments will help you identify the areas your ministry is being held together by straw. Building Resilience Through and N+1 Mindset N+1 comes from network administration. It stands for Node plus 1 which means you have your main node (server, channel, means of communication etc.) plus an alternate or backup in case something happens to the main node. When thinking about this in your ministry you need to think beyond just your data, you need to think about N+1 in terms of people, processes, and technology.  The 4 A’s of Risk Mitigation Assessment - What is it that you are going to measure to assess the risk score of your ministry. This will be based on probability and impact. Alignment - This is about bringing agreement across your team as to what your risk is and how you will handle it. Assignment - This is where you decide who will head up your risk mitigation plan. Action - This is where you put your plan into action and start building resilience into your ministry.  Resilience Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive One simple way to ensure you don’t lose your data is to download it from the cloud and store it offline somewhere.…","meta_description":"In this session from the Digital Ministry Conference, Pete Marra, the Vice President of Innovation at the Colson Center discusses how to get started with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ministry-at-scale-1132181/episodes/72-4-steps-to-preparing-your-ministry-for-disasters-with-pete-marra-from-colson-center/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ministry-at-scale-1132181/72-4-steps-to-preparing-your-ministry-for-disasters-with-pete-marra-from-colson-center.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}