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    The Revitalized Roadmap

    This 12-month journey equips pastors to restore their church, renew their spirit, and reignite their calling by Real Pastors helping Real Pastors.

    Built for churches under 500 attendees—especially pastors doing too much with too little. For leaders who don’t want hype—just help.

    If you’re looking for a quick attendance trick, this isn’t it. If you are looking for someone else to ‘fix’ your church, this won’t work.

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    The Guides

    Together we bring over 50 years of pastoral and revitalization experience.

    Tim Songster has helped churches recover their mission, grow in health and thrive in their communities for more than 28 years. Having designed and built over 1,000 church related projects (churchdesign.com), his firm offers a turn key solution including first impressions, church health, financial and facility analysis, strategic master planning, design, engineering, financing, and construction.  He is a certified church consultant, with experience in capital stewardship campaigns, financing, ministry training and consulting.

    Pastor Brian Boyles leads Church on Main and left the Mormon faith in 1998 and has spent over two decades serving churches of all sizes. Brian has served as the Senior Pastor of Church on Main (formerly First Baptist Snellville) for ten years. Previously he carried the same title for historic Northside Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC from 2009-2014 while serving as the President of Northside Christian Academy simultaneously.

    Pastor Chris Dixon leads First Bentonville in Northwest Arkansas and is passionate about empowering churches to reach their full potential. As a pastor, speaker and leader, Chris has a driven desire to influence and encourage the church to reach its full potential.

    What's Included

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    The First 9 Months

    Establishing a healthy church begins with leadership. This month focuses on building trust, aligning staff and volunteers around mission, and intentionally shaping culture through modeled leadership, shared language, and consistent development.

    Effective ministry flows from personal balance and wise leadership through change. This month addresses work-life balance for pastors and how to lead necessary change (including rebranding or ending programs) with patience, clarity, and unity.

    The pulpit sets the spiritual direction of the church. This month centers on preaching with biblical accuracy, clarity, passion, and application, emphasizing Scripture-driven messages that disciple people rather than entertain them.

    Strong preaching requires disciplined preparation and honest reflection. This month focuses on sermon development rhythms, authentic communication, feedback, prayerful preparation, and measuring faithfulness and impact without losing spiritual focus.

    Long-term ministry depends on sustainable leadership. This month addresses protecting family, health, and spiritual vitality, preventing burnout, leading from spiritual overflow, and building rhythms of rest, accountability, and delegation.

    Healthy churches are intentional and welcoming. This month covers measuring what truly matters (discipleship, engagement, mission), building effective systems, and creating excellent first impressions through hospitality and clear communication.

    Momentum grows through consistent evaluation and planning. This month focuses on weekly feedback rhythms, cultivating a culture of excellence, and building long-term clarity through intentional preaching and ministry planning.

    Churches grow by empowering people. This month emphasizes leading effectively without paid staff, developing volunteers, and creating meaningful onboarding experiences that help new people move from attendance to belonging and discipleship.

    Healthy culture must be protected. This month addresses handling difficult or defiant staff and volunteers with clarity, documentation, compassion, and decisiveness—always aiming to protect the mission and the health of the team.

    Roadmap Testimonials

    Senior Pastor | New Covenant Community Church

    “Seminary prepared me to preach and pastor people—but not to structure a church. Revitalized Churches gave me language, tools, and confidence. We didn’t add more programs—we simplified everything. Our people now understand where we’re going, and I’m no longer carrying the vision alone.”


    Pastor Alicia Thompson
    Gastonia, North Carolina
    Weekly Attendance: ~95

    Roadmap Testimonials

    Lead Pastor | Vida Springs Church

    “Our church had heart but no systems. Everyone was busy, but nothing was aligned. Revitalized Churches helped us clarify vision, define leadership roles, and create a simple path for people to get connected. The biggest change wasn’t attendance—it was unity and momentum.”


    Pastor Daniel Ortiz
    McAllen, Texas
    Weekly Attendance: ~180

    Roadmap Testimonials

    Lead Pastor | Harbor Way Church

    “We had plateaued for years, and honestly, I thought that was just our ceiling. Revitalized Churches showed us that growth starts with health and alignment. Our leaders are now pulling in the same direction, and the church feels hopeful again. I wish I’d had this ten years ago.”


    Pastor Kevin Brooks
    Port St. Lucie, FloridaWeekly Attendance: ~210

    Roadmap Testimonials

    Lead Pastor | First Hope Church

    “We weren’t in crisis—we were just stuck. Everything depended on me, and I couldn’t articulate why things weren’t moving forward. Revitalized Churches helped me name what was missing and gave us a clear path. Within months, our leadership team was aligned, ministry decisions got simpler, and I finally felt like I was leading again instead of just holding things together.”


    Pastor Mark Reynolds
    Springfield, Missouri
    Weekly Attendance: ~140