The Externally Focused Church Engagement
For churches that sense something is missing and are ready to find out what.
Most churches are organized to attract people. The programs, staff time, budgets, and weekend service are all pointed inward. And most pastors know that this wasn't the design.
After twenty-five years working with churches across North America, through the North American Mission Board, through Forge America, and through my own research and writing, I have developed a clear diagnostic eye for what keeps a church turned inward, and what it takes to begin turning outward. This isn't theory. It's pattern recognition built from hundreds of conversations with pastors, staff, church planters, and congregations who wanted something different but were not sure where to start. I offer two ways to work together.
The Missional Diagnostic
One day. One team. One prescription.
I come to your church, spend a day with your leadership team, and do a structured assessment of where you are; how your programs, budget, staff time, and community presence reflect your real missional posture (not the one in your vision statement). You walk away with a written report: what's working, what's holding you back, and a prioritized 90-day action plan you can start the following week. This is followed up with three hour-long video calls to provide ongoing support.
Investment: $3,500, plus travel.
The Missional Transformation Engagement
Six months. Sustained movement.
For leadership teams and churches who are ready to do more than diagnose, who want to shift the culture of their church over time. This is a six-month working relationship that begins with a one-day site visit. After the in-person meeting, we meet virtually every month as a team and work through a structured arc from paradigm shifts to strategy to practice. I'm available between sessions for the questions that come up in the real work.
Most churches that do this work don't simply change their programs. They change what they believe God is calling them to be and do in their context.
Investment: $6,000 for the six-month engagement, plus travel expenses.

