360 Pastor draws on several threads of experience. David Clark, from Minnesota, and Paul Feiler, from Texas, formed Damascus Road Collaborative in 2023. They wanted to be friends with pastors and to help their churches. So they recruited three friends to design and implement a strategy of teaching seminars and individual coaching. In 2023, they launched a pilot project with 44 churches.

After the pilot project, Paul decided to continue the Damascus Road work in Texas. David decided to launch 360 Pastor in Minnesota. Both ministries continue with a similar strategy today.

Because the pilot was successful, 360 Pastor continues to help churches become fruitful by coaching their pastors and equipping their teams for effective spiritual leadership. The core teaching is rooted in biblical wisdom, rigorous leadership research, and wide ministry experience. 360 Pastor benefits from the significant success of Damascus Road.

In addition, in 2025, 360 Pastor formed a strategic partnership with the Eagle Brook Association, a like-minded ministry dedicated to training pastors around the world. EBA has 20 years of outstanding service to pastors. Together, building on the experience of both organizations, the EBA/360 Pastor partnership has developed a seamless experience of seminar learning for teams and one-on-one coaching for pastors.

The friends who started 360 Pastor still share a deep love for Christ, for local churches, and for their pastors. They offer this ministry free of charge because we want nothing to come in the way of growing their success. The shared passion of all these ministries—to help local churches fulfill God’s mission by equipping their leaders—lives on with the EBA/360 Pastor partnership.