We've sat in your chair. We know what your day actually contains — and what your expertise is actually worth to a ministry that's trying to scale.
Ministries we partner with are full to the brim — the same way every growing organization is. The bottleneck isn't budget. It's strategy. Operations. Finance. Technology. The work that decides whether a mission scales or stalls is exactly the work marketplace careers are built around.
"The hardest hires for a ministry are the people you've already spent thirty years becoming."
Shon presented at a Barnabas dinner asking for help starting a localized advisory board. Nearly three years on, it has helped hire three new area directors and become a rock of wisdom and prayer.
Leading a ministry can feel isolating. Through the Executive Directors Forum and quarterly convenings, Wilita found peer counsel that sharpens strategy and surfaces blind spots — and in three years, Lobiko's reach grew from about 7,000 lives to more than 15,000.
Front-lines festival outreach got more than volunteers — CPAs, attorneys, and business leaders sat with the team, asked hard questions, and helped a new director lead with confidence.
“Serving as an Executive Director can feel isolating, but the Barnabas Group Inland Empire has changed that for me. The Executive Directors Forum has been a gift — a space to connect with other Christ-centered ministry leaders who want real change. Learning from their pitfalls, celebrations, and strategies reminds me I'm not alone in this work. Each quarterly gathering challenges my thinking, sharpens my strategy, and reveals blind spots I couldn't see on my own. The convenings have been equally valuable: cutting-edge ministry ideas, relationships with business leaders across the Inland Empire, and consulting that has made us far more strategic. In three years my leadership has grown, and that growth has directly shaped Lobiko — our effectiveness in serving program partners has expanded from about 7,000 lives to more than 15,000 today. I highly recommend the Barnabas Group to any leader looking to grow, open new doors, and find genuine fellowship with Christ-centered people.”
The best thing I did for that ministry wasn't a donation.
For generations, success was measured in margins and market share. A new conversation among Christian leaders is reframing the metric — a return measured in lives changed and communities restored.
Fifteen minutes with someone who's been in your chair. No pitch, no commitment — just a conversation about your work and the ministries we'd match it to.
