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 and most recently the co-author with Charlotte P. Holter of Missional Reset: Capturing the Heart for Local Missions in the Established Church (Resource 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.

Put Out the Welcome Mat

There are endless opportunities to turn unused space into community space, but it will take a flexible and agile leadership eye to embrace change.

Repurposing Your Space

The one thing a faltering church typically has is space: empty classrooms, parking lots, education buildings, or offices. How can your local church leverage that area to help the community?

Change Your Church’s Scorecard

The way the world measures effectiveness must not become the way the church does. The scorecard that the church has used for decades has become broken.

How Do You Prepare to Share Jesus?

Prepare your heart by preparing your mind, body and soul. Read the Word, remember the Word, recite the Word, and live out the Word.

Lessons From Two Sisters

Refrain from allowing the distractions of ministry to overwhelm your sense of servanthood by sometimes being served by others.

Plug Into God’s Power

A church that prays is a church that changes its focus from self to the Savior and redeems the time for God's will in the church's life.

Growing Relationships Rather Than Numbers

When a church focuses on the person as a whole and not the transactional relationship often, they see Christ in the person and not the person inside the local church, which begins to tare the veil of developing relationships to become pew warmers.

Coming Back From Decline

You must focus not on what is missing but instead on what matters: the person in front of you and the community that needs your church.