In a very special guest feature, George Bullard, a Ministry Partner and the Strategic Coordinator with The Columbia Partnership [TCP], shares an overview article on “Will Your Congregation Still Exist Ten Years from Now?” In this guest column Bullard shares the factors that may impact your church’s survivability, vitality, and vibrancy. You can read the article at http://EaglesInLeadership.org.

George is also Project Director for Sustaining Pastoral Excellence process [this is a Lilly Endowment funded grant working with 80 pastors from multiple denominations on sustaining their excellent practices of ministry]
George is Senior Editor for TCP Leadership Series Books with Chalice Press. [George’s first book in this imprint is Pursuing the Full Kingdom Potential of Your Congregation] www.cbp21.com

George’s vision is to use his spiritual and strategic giftedness to empower congregations and congregational champions to fulfill their vision for Kingdom growth.

In Baptist denominational service George was one of the organizational architects during the 1970s of the a North American emphasis on congregational redevelopment known as PACT, was the primary organizational architect during the early 1980s of the Mega Focus Cities effort that addressed the Great Commission and Great Commandment challenges in the 50 largest megalopolitan areas of the United States, was the primary organizational architect during the early 1990s of the first round of the Empowering Kingdom Growth emphasis of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, and has been the primary architect of the Pursuing Vital Ministry emphasis of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina since 2001. This latter emphasis is known in LHLC as a Spiritual Strategic Journey and is supported by the following web site: www.SSJTutorial.org.

George has coached numerous local, regional and national denominational organizations among various Baptist groups. Since 1996, George’s ministry has been expanded to include work with various denominational families throughout North America. Among them are Assemblies of God, Baptist, Christian (Disciples of Christ), Christian and Missionary Alliance, Christian Reformed, Church of God (Cleveland), Episcopal, Evangelical Covenant, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Methodist, Pentecostal Holiness, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, and other denominational, non-denominational, and parachurch groups.

George is widely recognized as an advisor to denominational leaders, a futurist, a strategic planning expert, a group process facilitator, a church growth strategist, an authority in conflict management, and a writer. He has extensively developed a life cycle model for congregations, which helps congregational leaders know what types of assistance they may need to best facilitate growth.

Strategic planning, church growth, and conflict management consultations and training have been a major part of George’s denominational service during the past twenty-seven years. He has provided in-depth consultation services to more than 500 congregations and denominational organizations. He has led or assisted in training more than 1000 denominational workers in strategic planning, church growth, and conflict management consultation skills.

For more information about The Columbia Partnership or to read more from George Bullard:

Web Site: www.TheColumbiaPartnership.org
Personal Page on Site: www.thecolumbiapartnership.org/whoweare/georgebullard/
E-mail: GBullard@TheColumbiaPartnership.org
TCP Telephone: 866.966.4TCP