CHURCHES
Overcome leadership and ministry challenges
- Ecclesial Training and Leadership Development
- Strategic Planning
- Pastoral Advising and Coaching
- Equipping Engagement
Supporting your ministry
Leading a church is hard, and many pastors feel ill-equipped, overburdened, and undersupported, so much so that increasing numbers of pastors are contemplating leaving vocational ministry.
Challenges such as polarization within the church, the ever-expanding influence of technology, and the secular pursuit of a radical anthropology have created a dire need for pastors and churches who can think creatively and thoughtfully about what biblically faithful ministry looks like in the twenty-first century.
Our goal is to help you and your church navigate these challenges. We want to see your ministry move forward, strengthened and equipped to serve the Lord wisely and fruitfully.
How we can help
Ecclesial Training and Leadership Development
Red Oak Collective helps you evaluate your equipping programs (e.g., Sunday school, small groups, leadership training) and renew them to equip men and women in the church more effectively. This can involve developing new curricula or programs, mapping out a long-term leadership training plan, or providing informative ways to assess your current classes and programs.
- Curriculum design (from Sunday school to small groups to elder/deacon/leader training)
- Program development
- Establishing learning outcomes and assessment
- Long-term leadership development strategizing and cultivating leadership pipelines
- Coaching pastors in discipleship and mentoring
Strategic Planning
Red Oak Collective guides you through the process of refining your mission, vision, and strategic planning so that you can lead your congregation more effectively. This can involve facilitating planning sessions with church leaders, creating case statements suitable for fundraising and partnership building, crafting 3-5 year strategic and actions plans, or recommending internal and external messaging for your church’s vision.
- Church mission and vision refinement
- Vision and values for church communications
- Strategic and action plan facilitation (3–5 years)
- Fiscal sustainability planning
- Board and leadership guidance
- Communication and messaging assessment and recommendations
Pastoral Advising and Coaching
Churches are often unsure how to support their pastors, and pastors can sometimes be more proficient at assessing the lives of their congregants than themselves. Giving honest feedback to your pastor can also feel intimidating or cause potential conflict. Red Oak Collective offers pastoral assessment, advising, and coaching to alleviate these tensions and help pastors flourish in the process. This can involve a formal assessment of your pastoral staff and recommendations for their development, live coaching sessions, conflict resolution, and advice for pastoral leadership situations.
- Pastoral assessments and development recommendations
- Preaching and teaching coaching
- Conflict resolution
- Shepherding and discipleship
- Leadership
Equipping Engagements
- Guest preaching
- Seminars – in person or via Zoom
- Classes – in person or via Zoom
- Leadership training – in person or via Zoom
- Tailored to your audience and context
- Topics available upon request
Next Steps
If any of these services align with your organization’s needs, I’d love to begin with a free 30-minute discovery call to clarify your goals and outline a plan that fits your context.
