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.

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.

5 Ways to Deal with Rebellious People

You may be leading a rebellious people, much like Moses did, but you can either obey God or surrender to the sinful nature by lashing out and fighting with others inside the church.

Leading With an Eye Toward the Goal

What is God's dream inside of you? Chasing a goal and accomplishing a dream is never more critical than finding balance in managing your time and pursuits.

Becoming a Connector Church

Instead of looking backward, the church should begin to look outward as it revamps how it reconnects with the community.