by Kat Bair | Jan 25, 2024 | Blog, Client Stories
Mark Elsdon, minister, author, and co-founder of Ministry Incubators partner Rooted Good says that 100,000 churches are set to close by 2030, and that that could be really good news for our communities. Elsdon, who’s first book, We’re not Broke, we covered on the blog...
by Kat Bair | Jan 10, 2024 | Blog, Client Stories
Kathleen McShane has decades of experience leading churches to think innovatively. She is one of the founders of long-time Ministry Incubators partner The Changemaker Initiative, based out of Los Altos UMC in Silicon Valley, and this week, she released her new book,...
by Kat Bair | Nov 1, 2023 | Blog, Client Stories
When I first spoke with Jarrod Conyers, he was not like I expected him to be. Mark DeVries had asked that I meet with this man he knew who was working on translating the entire bible into emojis. Mark had seen one of the books and loved it and wanted to see if we...
by Kat Bair | Oct 10, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog, Client Stories
One of the most fun parts of my work with Ministry Incubators is the opportunity I have to lead an “Innovator’s Cohort” through Hood Theological Seminary, alongside my friend and colleague Kerwin. The cohort is made of church leaders who are all looking to do...
by Kat Bair | May 9, 2023 | Blog, Client Stories
Sometimes the most significant barrier between where we are and where we’re being called to go is simply a lack of imagination. We get easily sucked into patterns of what is and what always has been, so when we see an invitation to new work we are called into, we...
by Kat Bair | Apr 25, 2023 | Blog, Client Stories
Being a church leader is an incredibly multifaceted job. The role consists of all of the responsibilities of running a small nonprofit organization, a fair amount of crisis response, premarital counseling, social work, volunteer recruitment and management,...