Leadership

Renovate by Innovating

Desmond Barrett - April 10, 2024

It sounds so simple, but it will take grit to overcome self-doubt and strategic decline to push forward with an innovative spirit to reach the community and bless them as the hands and feet of Christ.

Create Community Through Technology

Desmond Barrett - April 1, 2024

There are five practical ways in which I have personally seen my church transform from Sunday gatherings only to table fellowship that extends fellowship well into the week.

Flee, Fight, or Pray?

Desmond Barrett - March 20, 2024

Fleeing may not be the answer, but falling on one's knees in open repentance to God for their part in the disagreement enables healing to begin in one's heart.

Resources

Identifying Potential Church Leaders

Raul Rivera - February 6, 2023

Although you may not feel like it, as the senior pastor, you act as the CEO of your ministry. As such, it is your responsibility to implement leaders that will take on the vision God has given you.

Resources

4 Ways to Regain a Vision for Your Church

Ashley White - January 30, 2023

Be specific about what God is showing you. Does the vision mean fine-tuning your church’s youth ministry, growing your outreach department, building up leaders within the ministry, or growing your church's deeper understanding of God’s Word?

Resources

To Stay or to Go?

Desmond Barrett - January 23, 2023

As a pastor who has served in the season of ‘in-between,’ not knowing if one should stay or go from the current assignment, my heart goes out to you. But I want you to ask yourself, why do I serve?

Books

Winning the New and Old Front Doors

Desmond Barrett - January 16, 2023

Nine times out of 10, guests will not just show up unsure of what to expect because they will have reviewed the church's website and social media pages looking for the flavor of your local church.

Resources

Battling Familiarity in Your Church

Desmond Barrett - January 9, 2023

Has your church become so comfortable in the familiar that it misses what guests are experiencing? Guests will break through the confines of the comfortable and see Christ, or they will see the church stuck in the familiar and never return.

Resources

3 Ways to Finish Strong in an Ending Season

Desmond Barrett - January 4, 2023

Leading the local church is hard enough, but leading when you’re unsure what to do next is challenging. Finishing strong will look different for everyone. But everyone can complete the overall tasks they have been called to and meet them with God’s excellence in mind.

Books

3 Ways to Help the Church Navigate Change

Desmond Barrett - December 19, 2022

As a church leader, you want to see God's will done in the local church. Change, however, takes work. Any amount of change causes...

Resources

Develop a Mindset of Service

Desmond Barrett - December 14, 2022

The missional leader understands it takes all (children, youth, and adults) to develop a mission mindset. Transformation does not happen overnight but will occur once everyone across all demographics strives to live out their daily missional tasks.

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