Hopewell Baptist Church
New Kent, Virginia
Pastor Greg Pulling
Indicators that your church needs
revitalization
Only 37 people in attendance
What does a revitalized
church look like?
People are getting saved
Kids are everywhere
Testimonies are being heard
Excitement, Holy Spirit moving, waiting to see what’s
going to happen next
Volunteers in every ministry
It’s real; not polished or fake
New people hurting attending all the time (God brings
you these people)
A true community and fellowship taking place (not clicks
and social groups, whole church hangs out, participates
in events)
Necessary steps to church
revitalization
Preach the WORD
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Use practical everyday examples
Be relevant
Use humor, (again be real, let the Holy Spirit move
and convict people, not you)
Use context, history, background, when preaching
and teaching the scriptures, (we live in a time where
people question everything and want to dig deeper)
Pastors be one with the people, it’s dangerous, but
fruitful, people will follow who they trust and see as
the same as themselves
Necessary steps to church
revitalization continued
Staff with Vision
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We hired a youth Pastor when we had no youth
must have same vision as Pastor period (non
negotiable)
Qualified Lay Leaders
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Pray for these to come
Look for them
Invest in them
Put them in the right ministries that match their gifts
They Must Support Pastor and Vision of Church
Period
Necessary steps to church
revitalization continued
Do Real Ministry (don’t just talk about and plan it)
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Fellowship meals (first Sunday communion and fellowship
meal is huge event for us)
Block parties
Trunk or treat
Chili and desert cook offs
Fishing tournaments
Homerun Derby
Hunter breakfasts
Skeet shoots
Board game nights
Church softball team in regular league ( aka beer league )
Door to Door Ministry ( Jerry Falwell Outreach bag ministry)
this is our most fruitful outreach
Simply be a presence in your community,
Go outside the four walls of the church