revitalization

The Movement Church in Homestead found itself facing a period of uncertainty as it navigated the search for a new pastor. The challenge of leadership transition is never easy, but The Movement Church was not alone in the process.

ust over two years ago, on Easter Sunday 2022, Sumatra Baptist Church in the Panhandle of Florida began experiencing new life as it re-opened its doors to the community.

When Pastor Chris Butler took the helm at North Naples Baptist Church in 2016, he inherited a congregation on the brink of closure, dwindled to just 40 members. Just two weeks into his pastoral tenure, multiple outside ministries came to him and asked whether the church was selling its building.

Pastor David Hughes helped turn things around for what is now Church by the Glades decades ago, and now he and members of that church are working together to help revitalize First Baptist Fort Lauderdale.

When visiting Fort Pierce four years ago as a pastoral candidate for Parkview Baptist Church, Doug Saunders was given a tour of the church’s buildings and grounds. A church member, commenting on the long empty educational buildings, suggested the buildings should be torn down to stop wasting money on maintenance.

These days when Janey Frost considers the concept of revitalization, the journey her church has taken over the last several months is the lens through which she filters the idea. […]

It is common practice for healthy churches to merge with or bring under their umbrella, struggling churches who are in need of revitalization. However, rare is it for a church […]

Parkwood Baptist Church, located in the Arlington area of Jacksonville, had a choice. It could move, close and lock its doors, give its property and facility to another congregation or […]