Marketplace expertise, deployed where it matters.
We're a circle of marketplace leaders matching the expertise inside our peers to the operating challenges inside ministries we believe in.
The gap was obvious.
Ministry leaders kept describing the same problem: the people they most needed weren't on their org chart. Strategy. Finance. Operations. Technology. The work that decides whether a mission grows or stalls is the work marketplace careers are built around.
The same week, marketplace leaders were telling us something else: they'd been giving for years, and giving felt thin. They had more to offer than money. They wanted somewhere to put it. Nobody was making the match.
Barnabas isn't a person at the front of the room. It's the circle of partners and ministries doing the actual work.
What we believe.
Skills over funds.
Match, don't volunteer.
Marketplace is ministry.
The work isn't ours. It's theirs.
The marketplace partners who show up. The ministries that put them to work. Two voices from inside the circle.
“They didn't rush to give opinions or quick fixes. They listened carefully, asked thoughtful questions, and helped us identify the true issues before guiding us toward wise solutions. Their counsel has strengthened our ministry in ways that finances alone never could. For ministries like ours, the Barnabas Group is not simply an organization that offers support. They become partners in the Gospel.”
“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 people behind the circle.
The board and committee leads who steward the mission, set direction, and keep the circle accountable.
What we're not.
Marketplace leaders sometimes expect one of these and find we're a different animal. Better to be clear now.
The years you've built don't retire with you.
Now you know who we are. Come see the work.
Fifteen minutes with someone already in the circle. No pitch, no obligation. Just a conversation about what you've built and where it could land.
