{"podcast":{"title":"The Average Pastor Podcast","slug":"the-average-pastor-podcast-7074360","podcast_index_feed_id":7074360,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcb40e68/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/averagepastor","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42296586/42296586-1730165888849-3208bd7993c14.jpg","author":"Veritas Church","episode_count":47,"summary":"In a world obsessed with \"amazing,\" what would it look like to live faithfully as \"average\" Christians? Join average pastors Mark Arant, Jake Each and Jeff Dodge as they talk about life, faith, family, friendship and more. Shoot us an email at averagepastorpodcast@gmail.com if you have a question or a topic you want us to cover on the podcast!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:17:41.489199+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-average-pastor-podcast-7074360"},"episode":{"title":"44. Transactional Relationships vs. True Friendships","slug":"44-transactional-relationships-vs-true-friendships","published_at":"2026-06-08T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-average-pastor-podcast-7074360/44-transactional-relationships-vs-true-friendships","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-average-pastor-podcast-7074360","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/averagepastor/episodes/44--Transactional-Relationships-vs--True-Friendships-e3kbf8u","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcb40e68/podcast/play/121010910/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-4%2F425517316-44100-2-3d16917b8ded1.mp3","summary":"On this episode, Mark, Jeff and Jake discuss the dangers of "networking" and the distinction between fellowship and friendship. We also finally have our official "Average Pastor Bingo" card ready to go, thanks to friend-of-the-pod Zach Rauch. You can find it at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12MNHPQvPxKPcHtJfIg4P_fJIIzmTsJdj9yAdxhGyljA/edit?usp=sharingIf you'd like to contact us, ask a question or make a comment, send us an email at averagepastorpodcast@gmail.com","meta_description":"On this episode, Mark, Jeff and Jake discuss the dangers of \"networking\" and the distinction between fellowship and friendship. We also finally…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4020,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-average-pastor-podcast-7074360/episodes/44-transactional-relationships-vs-true-friendships/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-average-pastor-podcast-7074360/44-transactional-relationships-vs-true-friendships.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}