Church Life Team
Healthy Churches Plant Healthy Churches
What is the Church Life Team
Consider this question: is your church healthy?
Is your church really healthy?
How do you measure the health of your church?
Is it by attendance? Budget? Attractiveness? Quality of Facilities?
Unfortunately, many of us pastors have used inaccurate measures of a healthy church. We pursue programs, events, and budgets that "healthy" churches are supposed to do; oftentimes trying to model the success of another church or pastor. Deep down we know that this is not what Jesus had in mind for his Church.
I'm sure you're a fan of delcious peaches (who isn't?). Consider a peach tree. When determining if the tree is a healthy tree, we don't limit it to how much fruit is on the tree or how big the peaches are. We take into account the quality of the fruit, would we want to use the seed of this tree to grow another peach tree, is it producing peaches or apples?
A tree needs some help at times. A planter that can determine that the tree has all the nutrients it needs to not just survive, but thrive. Sometimes a peach tree needs some outside assistance to get it healthy and producing quality fruit again after a major crisis or slow deterioration. Maybe it just needs to start fresh.
Whatever state a church is in: new plant, established, or in decline, it's good to have friends to lean on.
Your HBN Church Life team is here for you. Even healthy churches often need to revitalize from time to time to stay healthy.
Is your church really healthy?
How do you measure the health of your church?
Is it by attendance? Budget? Attractiveness? Quality of Facilities?
Unfortunately, many of us pastors have used inaccurate measures of a healthy church. We pursue programs, events, and budgets that "healthy" churches are supposed to do; oftentimes trying to model the success of another church or pastor. Deep down we know that this is not what Jesus had in mind for his Church.
I'm sure you're a fan of delcious peaches (who isn't?). Consider a peach tree. When determining if the tree is a healthy tree, we don't limit it to how much fruit is on the tree or how big the peaches are. We take into account the quality of the fruit, would we want to use the seed of this tree to grow another peach tree, is it producing peaches or apples?
A tree needs some help at times. A planter that can determine that the tree has all the nutrients it needs to not just survive, but thrive. Sometimes a peach tree needs some outside assistance to get it healthy and producing quality fruit again after a major crisis or slow deterioration. Maybe it just needs to start fresh.
Whatever state a church is in: new plant, established, or in decline, it's good to have friends to lean on.
Your HBN Church Life team is here for you. Even healthy churches often need to revitalize from time to time to stay healthy.
Who is the HBN Church Life Team?
Our team consists of our AMS and Heartland Baptist Pastors:
- Dr. James Wilder (AMS)
- James Bond (Stroud, FBC)
- Clint Bryant (Tecumseh, FBC)
- Dr. Dale Griffin (Meeker, Mammoth)
- Mike Haines (Stroud, Deer Creek)
What can the Church Life Team do for me/my church?
What is your HBN Church Life team here for?
* Church Health Assessment
* Pastor/Staff/Leadership Health Assessment
* Church Revitalization Assistance
* Church Planting or Replanting Guidance
* Helping Build Church Vision/Mission
* Buy you a coffee and listen to you vent
* Church Health Assessment
* Pastor/Staff/Leadership Health Assessment
* Church Revitalization Assistance
* Church Planting or Replanting Guidance
* Helping Build Church Vision/Mission
* Buy you a coffee and listen to you vent
How do I get help?
There are several ways to get help:
* Contact a member of the Church Life Team directly* Complete the Contact form
* Complete a Pastoral Health Survey
We are excited for the opportunity to serve you!
2027 Pastor Cohorts
Let's be honest, shepherding the flock is hard work & sometimes lonely work.
* Diligently preparing for a Sunday morning sermon that sometimes feels like no one heard.
* Home, hospital, and nursing home visits.
* Business meetings.
* Administration of the church.
* Discipling new believers.
* Writing Staff evaluations.
* Training up deacons.
* Squashing conflict.
* Counseling a couple on the verge of divorce.
* Preparing for a wedding ceremony and funeral in the same week.
* Community events you need to have a presence at.
* Trying not to neglect your own family in the process.
It's EXHAUSTING! That's why we need HBN Pastor Cohorts!
It's not another event on your calendar, it's an uplifting one hour sabbatical it the midst of it.
We want to see our HBN Pastors come together for encourgement and support. These cohorts will organized regionally so you will get know the other HBN Pastors in your area. Each cohort will meet as local to their churches as possible.
There is no set agenda for each meeting except to pray for one another, read Scipture together, and talk about the highs and lows of ministry.
Every Pastor has something to add to the conversation and we all need encouragement from our Heartland Baptist Brothers-in-Ministry. Even if you don't feel this is benefical to you, you may be the one that can offer the support or encouragement that another Pastor needs that time.
* Diligently preparing for a Sunday morning sermon that sometimes feels like no one heard.
* Home, hospital, and nursing home visits.
* Business meetings.
* Administration of the church.
* Discipling new believers.
* Writing Staff evaluations.
* Training up deacons.
* Squashing conflict.
* Counseling a couple on the verge of divorce.
* Preparing for a wedding ceremony and funeral in the same week.
* Community events you need to have a presence at.
* Trying not to neglect your own family in the process.
It's EXHAUSTING! That's why we need HBN Pastor Cohorts!
It's not another event on your calendar, it's an uplifting one hour sabbatical it the midst of it.
We want to see our HBN Pastors come together for encourgement and support. These cohorts will organized regionally so you will get know the other HBN Pastors in your area. Each cohort will meet as local to their churches as possible.
There is no set agenda for each meeting except to pray for one another, read Scipture together, and talk about the highs and lows of ministry.
Every Pastor has something to add to the conversation and we all need encouragement from our Heartland Baptist Brothers-in-Ministry. Even if you don't feel this is benefical to you, you may be the one that can offer the support or encouragement that another Pastor needs that time.