Mark Barnard, Author at Blessing Point

Deliver Us From Evil

The Danger of Willfulness in the Local Church . . . I tried to justify what I said as being […]

3 Ways to Get Your Ministry Shipshape . . . I’m a sucker for a fixer-upper. That weakness may explain

Or, Healing Churches with Painful Histories . . . Never buy a boat on a rainy day! That’s my new

Why it’s important to look back before leading forward . . . What’s the first thing you do when you

Or, Three Questions Every Church Planter Should Ask . . . I recently became a grandparent. (Woohoo!) While we were

Diagnosing the Heart of Your Church: Revised Edition – How Church Leaders Can Assess Systemic Corporate Dysfunction The first edition

Healing the Heart of Your Church by Dr. Kenneth Quick, helps church leaders to address the underlying spiritual issues that

Sustaining the Heart of Your Church – Twenty Exercises to Help Church Leaders Overcome Lingering Corporate Dysfunction is the third

Healing the Heart of Your Church Facilitator Guide by Mark Barnard and Ken Quick is designed to equip you to lead a

If you are not a Blessing Point Consultant but are leading a church through the Healing the Heart of Your

Joseph Unrobed: Holding on to Your Dreams When Life Seems Like a Nightmare Joseph Unrobed is designed to address some

It’s time to rethink the enemy’s role in churches. Most Christians believe a true Christ follower cannot be demon possessed,

How We Learn to Live with the Erosion of God’s Blessing . . . Drip . . . drip .

Let me tell you the story of a church with one of the ugliest steeples you would ever want to

5 Threats to Transparency in Churches . . . I once owned a vehicle prone to backfiring, not something you

“This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth and there is no

And What That Means to Leaders . . . “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes

10 Questions Leaders Must Ask . . . These days, parents who provide corrective discipline to their children raise eyebrows,

I recently stumbled upon an article by Tom Rainer titled “9 Traits of Mean Churches.” Tom should know. He’s a

Finding the Right Tool to Fix Your Church . . . There have been lots of tools offered to pastors