We coach pastors and equip teams
to lead fruitful churches.
Your church can become more fruitful.
Our Why
Let’s start with our WHY. We exist because we’re passionate to see people find hope and life in Jesus and to see God’s Kingdom advance. This is the only hope for peace on earth and life in eternity.
We believe in you and in your church. We think your church can grow in its fruitfulness. We long to see people experience salvation and transformation through Christ. This can happen in churches that make a difference outside their walls. And we think your church can be such a place.
We want the church in America—in your city or town—to rise up. We believe your church can be part of that movement. We’re confident this can happen for you because we’ve seen it happen in churches like yours. Many times.
If this resonates, we invite you to join us. You’ll learn more effective leadership paradigms and behaviors. By the Spirit’s power, your church can see a different future of Kingdom impact.
While the global church is rising, the American church is slumping. America has become the world’s third largest mission field. America offers opportunity to become more fruitful. Is it possible to bend the curve in America?
We say “Yes.” But here’s what’s real: if churches keep doing … what they’ve always done … they’ll keep getting … what they always got. If you as a leader want different results, you must lead differently.
Thankfully, leading differently is entirely possible. And we launched 360 Pastor to walk alongside you as you sharpen your tools and elevate your leadership. We exist to help you lead your church to greater fruitfulness.
We exist to coach pastors and equip teams to lead fruitful churches.
“What set this experience apart was the intentionally relational executive coaching.
“It was personal, practical, and deeply impactful.
“Nothing short of transformative.”
Dr. Jeremy Bratcher, Pastor
Cornerstone Church
Crystal, MN
How It Works
We believe the church is the hope of the world. God’s response to the realities of pain, suffering, and evil in our world is the church. God’s “Plan A” is local churches acting in the world as a redemptive force for Kingdom good.
God’s glory is magnified when local churches are fruitful. “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit” (Jn 15:8).
What’s a fruitful church? It’s one that prioritizes the mission Christ gave (Mt 28:19-20). In Great Commission churches, new people discover Jesus and grow up in faith (Lu 15:3-32). “The least of these” are served (Mt 25:31-46). The Spirit is alive, Christ is exalted, and the Father is glorified. Churches like this don’t focus primarily on serving the already converted. They reach people for Christ (mission), grow them in faith (apprenticeship), increase their influence (leadership development), and transform their communities (impact).
SO WE OFFER TO YOUR CHURCH, ON A COMPLEMENTARY BASIS, A RESPONSE TO THE MALAISE OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH.
We offer a process of learning and growth that has enabled many pastors and churches to become more fruitful. This involves thinking differently about church leadership. And it includes acting differently as leaders.
HOW SPECIFICALLY WE SERVE YOU:
WHO: We work with senior pastors and church leadership teams (including board members, senior staff, and key volunteers).
HOW: We equip leaders with biblical principles during three, two-day events, using an in-person seminar format.
Then we help pastors apply these principles, using bi-weekly, one-on-one, Zoom coaching sessions.
WHEN: We offer multiple start times every year. Getting started is simple: just sign up for a seminar with our strategic partner, Eagle Brook Association, and we’ll take it from there.
If you want God to lead your church to greater fruitfulness … WELCOME!
Our Key Partner:
Eagle Brook Association
We offer the 360 Pastor experience through collaboration with our strategic partner, Eagle Brook Association (EBA). EBA is a ministry of Eagle Brook Church, Lino Lakes, MN.
EBA and 360 Pastor are distinct organizations. But (1) we are aligned on the church’s mission, (2) we share a leadership philosophy, and (3) our strengths in teaching and coaching are naturally complementary.
The full EBA/360 Pastor experience lasts around 20 months. This is a commitment. But lasting change doesn’t happen in a weekend conference. The full experience includes three, two-day training seminars every five-six months. We invite each church to bring up to eight people to a seminar. Then, over the next five months, a senior pastor meets on Zoom, every other week, with a dedicated coach, to implement what they learned in the seminars.
YOUR FIRST STEP: To access what 360 Pastor has to offer, sign up (with your team) to attend an EBA training. After that paradigm-shifting experience, EBA and 360 Pastor work with you to transition you seamlessly into the coaching process.
Our Leadership Viewpoint
You may wonder: What do we teach? Fair question.
The leadership principles we teach are grounded in Scripture. We further refine these principles through research and validate them by experience.
In Scripture, the foundation of leadership is a leader’s spiritual life. When by God’s Spirit you master your inner world—your thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and choices—you become unshakeable in your outer world. Attending to your life and heart is key.
After addressing the heart, we discuss head and hands. We unpack the biblical mindsets and habits of spiritual leadership. You will learn principles in seminars and apply them in ministry through coaching.
Why do we focus on leadership? Because leadership is often a missing ingredient in churches. And it’s essential if a church would bear fruit.
We know of godly pastors who struggle to move their churches toward mission. They love God, his Word, and their people. They pray hard and work hard. But the results disappoint.
The challenge arises, in part, from the volatility of our world. In 1900, knowledge doubled every 100 years. Today it doubles every 12 hours. We just don’t live in the 1950s anymore.
So, quite frankly, we teach more relevant perspectives and more effective behaviors that will bring fruit today. We believe these principles can be learned. You can become a five-talent leader (Mt 25:14-30).
Our process works, if you practice it. No matter who you are, you can elevate your leadership. We know this, because we’ve seen many other pastors grow as leaders. And we’ve watched God bring increase.
Our passion is to help you master leadership principles and skills so you can put legs to your prayers and your vision.
Our Beliefs
We are biblical people, followers of Jesus Christ, ambassadors for historic Christianity.
We believe in the Triune Creator.
Our great and good God—the Triune Father, Son, and Spirit—created our beautiful world.
We believe in the Bible’s authority.
God speaks his love and truth supremely in the Bible, so we acknowledge it is supremely authoritative and fully truthful.
We believe people are precious to God, yet they are mired in sin and suffer its effects.
Born in sin, we confirm our guilt when we put Self in charge of our lives. This separates us from God and causes misery in our lives.
We believe in the Gospel of salvation by grace through faith.
God forgives our sin, establishing a relationship with us entirely by his grace, if we turn from Self as king and trust in, put our faith in, Jesus as King.
We believe in the Church.
Local churches are God’s plan for reaching people with Christ’s love and for bringing redemption to the world. Their divine mission is to “make disciples.”
We believe in Kingdom cooperation.
To fulfill God’s mission, 360 Pastor partners with all who share these central Christian teachings.