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From Insights to Impact: Chart Your Next Ministry Steps with Confidence & Clarity
Pastors today face an overwhelming amount of information but often struggle to translate it into real, transformative ministry. How do you take the latest research and make it practical for your church? This course offers clear, actionable strategies to help you bridge the gap between data and discipleship.
Pastors today face an overwhelming amount of information but often struggle to translate it into real, transformative ministry. How do you take the latest research and make it practical for your church? This course offers clear, actionable strategies to help you bridge the gap between data and discipleship.
Whether you’re navigating cultural shifts, engaging your congregation more effectively or making strategic ministry decisions, this guide will equip you to take meaningful next steps. It’s time to move from insights to action—so your church can thrive.
Why this course?
Many pastors recognize the value of research but struggle to translate data into meaningful ministry impact. This course is designed to bridge that gap, providing practical guidance for leaders who want to move from simply understanding church trends to making informed, strategic decisions. Through clear steps and real-world applications, you'll gain the confidence to lead your church with clarity and purpose.
Make Data-Driven Decisions with Confidence
You don’t have to guess what your church needs—this course helps you identify key insights and apply them in a way that strengthens your ministry. Learn how to discern the most relevant information, filter out distractions and take action on what truly matters.
Make Data-Driven Decisions with Confidence
Church leaders today face rapid cultural changes, and keeping up can feel overwhelming. This course equips you with a framework to interpret societal trends and apply biblical wisdom, helping your church stay mission-focused while remaining relevant in a changing world.
Turn Challenges into Opportunities
Every church encounters obstacles, but with the right tools, those challenges can become catalysts for growth. This course will help you reframe difficulties, develop proactive strategies and foster a thriving, resilient congregation.
At the end of this course, you will...
Have a Practical Framework for Applying Research
Gain a Fresh Perspective on Ministry Challenges
Determine Strategies for Engaging Your Congregation More Effectively
Included in this course:
Before you can turn insights into action, you need a roadmap. This session lays the foundation for a practical, research-based approach to ministry, helping you move from information overload to clear, strategic leadership.
Great leadership starts with listening. This session explores how to tune in to the needs of your congregation, filter through key insights and discern what’s most relevant for your church’s growth and health.
What if obstacles in your ministry were actually opportunities? In this session, you’ll be challenged to think beyond the status quo and envision new possibilities for engaging and discipling your congregation.
With the right tools, every challenge has a solution. This session provides practical strategies to address the most pressing issues in your church, equipping you to take decisive and meaningful action.
Insights are only valuable when put into practice. In this session, you’ll learn how to implement your vision, mobilize your team and create a plan that leads to real transformation in your church.
Effective ministry isn’t a one-time effort—it’s a continuous journey. This final session highlights the importance of seeking God’s guidance, refining your approach and staying committed to a cycle of listening, imagining, solving and activating.
Nona Jones
Nona Jones is a rare combination of preacher, business executive, author, and entrepreneur. She currently serves as Global Ambassador for YouVersion, publicly championing its family of 715M+ downloaded Bible Apps.
She and her husband, Pastor Tim, lead Open Door Church in Gainesville, FL and are the proud parents of two boys.
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Nona Jones (preacher, business executive and author) presents a six-session course focused on equipping pastors with practical insights and strategies to turn research into actionable ministry impact.
Plan for an hour to an hour and a half to go through each session, especially if you’re going through the content in a group. The videos in this course range from 4 to 5 minutes, and the discussion questions and activities will likely take up the rest of your meeting time.
This course is 6 sessions long. Feel free to cover the sessions in increments that make the most sense for you and your leadership team. For some, it might work best to go through one session a week, for others it might be better to cover one session a month. We do not recommend doubling up on sessions.
In its 40-year history, Barna Group has conducted more than two million interviews over the course of thousands of studies and has become a go-to source for insights about faith and culture, leadership and vocation, and generations. Barna Group has worked with thousands of businesses, nonprofit organizations and churches across the U.S. and around the world.
Barna is an independent, privately held, nonpartisan organization based in Dallas, Texas, with offices in Nashville, Tennessee; Ventura, California; and Atlanta, Georgia.
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