The Barnabas Group, Inland Empire
Stories

The ministries that move when expertise shows up.

These are the ministries IE Barnabas comes alongside. Each story is a marketplace leader matched to a specific operational challenge. Not a check.

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Who we're partnered with.

A few of the ministries that have presented at our gatherings. The list rotates, and we come alongside many more than you'll see here.

Operations
ReBirth Homes
Anti-trafficking ministry running long-term residential care for survivors — sought construction project management and a plan to expand.
Strategy
4G3
Middle East discipleship equipping persecuted and displaced Christian leaders; sought high-impact giving, marketplace influence, and business expertise.
Finance
GTi Hope
Equips indigenous churches in India through literacy and church-planter training; sought coaching on growth and connectors to churches and foundations.
Strategy
Likewise Worship
Supports and mentors worship pastors nationally; sought connections, coaching, and church partnerships to expand into new cities.
Operations
City Net
Homeless-services agency building a Riverside County network; sought strategic partnerships, hiring help, and innovative-housing assistance.
Strategy
Families Set Free
Rescues and rehabilitates Christians trapped in bonded-labor slavery in Pakistan; sought import-export business partners and advocates to expand the work.
Strategy
Protect Our Kids
K-12 public-education watchdog seeking a website rebuild, a church-based private-school network, and legal challenges in education.
Marketing
Misión de Caridad
Breaks the cycle of poverty for migrant and refugee women and children at the Mexico border; sought professional intros and a technology plan.
Strategy
Leverage Leadership
Trains pastors globally on a less-is-more Biblical leadership curriculum; sought trainers, donors, and a distance-learning technology advisor.
Operations
Mile High Pines
★ Ministry of the Year · 2024
Christian camp and retreat ministry rebuilding post-pandemic — sought staffing partnerships, church connections, and an accessible-facility plan.
Impact stories

What partnership has looked like.

Strategy · Love Life
★ Ministry of the Year · 2026

An advisory board that's still going strong.

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.

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Strategy · The Lobiko Initiative

Blind spots she couldn't see on her own.

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.

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Strategy · Engage to Go Ministries

Counsel that finances alone couldn't buy.

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.

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Technology · Guidelines International

Choosing constraints as the ministry scaled.

After its footprint more than doubled, Guidelines worked with Barnabas partners on managing 100+ global initiatives — and left with the wisdom that the biggest danger to growth is complexity.

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Leadership · Mission to Children

Staffing for growth, not just openings.

Through the Executive Directors Forum and a one-on-one coaching connection, Byron reframed how he hires — a mindset shift that still guides how Mission to Children builds its team today.

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Strategy · Aid The Way

Walking alongside a founder from day one.

When her plans changed and Laura launched Aid The Way from the ground up, Barnabas partners didn't step away — they offered practical guidance, hard questions, and steady encouragement through the uncertain early stages.

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Generosity that stops at a check leaves the work undone.

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