1. Hopewell Baptist Church New Kent, Virginia
Pastor Greg Pulling

2. Indicators that your church needs revitalization
Only 37 people in attendance

3. 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)

4. Necessary steps to church revitalization
Preach the WORD
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

5. Necessary steps to church revitalization continued
Staff with Vision
We hired a youth Pastor when we had no youth
must have same vision as Pastor period (non negotiable)
Qualified Lay Leaders
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

6. Necessary steps to church revitalization continued
Do Real Ministry (don’t just talk about and plan it)
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

7. Simply be a presence in your community, Go outside the four walls of the church