Church Strengthening

Healthy pastors. Healthy leaders. Healthy churches.
Every church is unique, but the challenges are remarkably similar. That's why we've developed practical, field-tested tools to help pastors strengthen their leadership, build healthy cultures, develop leaders, and create disciple-making churches. Whether you're planting a church, revitalizing an established congregation, or investing in your leadership team, these resources are designed to help you move forward.

Leadership Development

Developing leaders who develop leaders.
Healthy churches are built by healthy leaders. Our leadership development resources are designed to help pastors and ministry leaders grow in character, communication, self-awareness, and leadership effectiveness while equipping them to invest in others.

Forge

Forge is our leadership development pathway designed to shape leaders from the inside out through cohorts, workshops, coaching, and practical tools.
Sample Workshops
  • Peace Index
  • Working Genius
  • Know Yourself to Lead Yourself
  • Five Voices
  • Five Gears
  • Communication Code
  • Crucial Conversations
  • Building Missional Culture
  • Sweet Spot Leadership
  • Support & Challenge Matrix
  • Finding Your Spot on the Bus
  • Developing Others Effectively

Character to Commission

A simple framework for identifying, developing, and multiplying leaders throughout your church.
  • Identify potential leaders.
  • Involve them in meaningful ministry.
  • Empower them through coaching and responsibility.
  • Deploy them to lead others and multiply the mission.

LEAD Teams

Helping pastors build healthy leadership teams through coaching, collaboration, and strategic alignment.
Focus areas include:
  • Communication
  • Trust
  • Vision Alignment
  • Team Health
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Mission & Values

Church Health & Strategy

Helping churches move forward with clarity and purpose.
Whether you're planting a church, revitalizing an established congregation, or navigating a new season of ministry, we provide practical tools and coaching to help your church thrive.

SHIFT

SHIFT is a collection of practical frameworks and ministry tools designed to help churches move from good intentions to intentional action.
Areas of focus include:
  • Vision Clarity
  • Healthy Systems
  • Leadership Pathways
  • Strategic Planning
  • Organizational Health
  • Discipleship Structures

Church Coaching

Sometimes churches don't need another conference—they need someone to walk alongside them.
Coaching relationships provide:
  • Encouragement
  • Honest Feedback
  • Strategic Planning
  • Practical Solutions
  • Customized Ministry Support
Coaching Areas Include:
  • Vision & Strategy
  • Church Revitalization
  • Organizational Health
  • Staff Development
  • Campus & Multisite Leadership
  • Strategic Ministry Planning

Mission

Creating cultures where people find and follow Jesus.
Our desire is to help churches create intentional pathways for outreach, discipleship, and leadership multiplication so that more people come to know and follow Jesus.

Evangelism & Discipleship

We help churches develop practical systems for:
  • Outreach
  • Assimilation
  • Disciple-Making
  • Leadership Multiplication
  • Evangelism Strategies
  • Next Steps Pathways

Strategic Ministries

Supporting churches as they strengthen ministry across every generation and stage of life.
Areas include:
  • Men's Ministry
  • Women's Ministry
  • Kids Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Small Groups
  • Community Engagement

Drew Tarwater

Director of Church Strengthening
I'm passionate about helping pastors and ministry leaders thrive. Whether you're looking to grow as a leader, strengthen your church, or simply have questions about your next step, I'd be honored to walk alongside you and connect you with the tools, training, and relationships that can help you flourish.

Why We Build These Tools

Everything we create has been developed in the context of local church ministry—not a classroom. These are trail-tested resources shaped through years of leading churches, coaching pastors, and serving ministry teams across the Rocky Mountain region and beyond.
Our desire is simple: to strengthen churches so they can make more and better disciples of Jesus.