Desmond Barrett

Desmond Barrett is the lead pastor at Winter Haven First Church of the Nazarene in Winter Haven, Florida. He is the author of several books, most recently, Helping the Small Church Win Guests: Preparing To Increase Attendance (Wipf & Stock Publications) and has done extensive research in the area of church revitalization and serves as church revitalizer, consultant, coach, podcast host and mentor to revitalizing pastors and churches.

4 Steps to Prime a Spirit of Prayer

How do you turn around your prayer life when the spiritual well becomes dry?

Prepare for 2021 by Finishing 2020 Strong

Resetting our thinking about 2020

Finding Hope Despite Anemic Attendance

Four ways to stay encouraged when people aren't coming back.

What Do You Do When Everything Changes?

How to be OK when nothing feels OK

3 Ways to Deal With Change the Pandemic Has Brought in the Church

What do you do when nothing seems the same?

Renewing Self to Renew Others

4 encouragements to relax

4 Ways to Rebuild the Church After COVID-19

The pandemic has caused the church to reexamine the way she serves the community of believers. Many pastors have felt the pain in the...

3 Steps to Experience God’s Best for Your Ministry

Throughout Scripture, God has used challenging situations to strengthen his people to achieve greatness. Today as the world faces many crises, you may be...