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15 Ways To Make a Personal Spiritual Retreat Meaningful

Ministry by definition is depleting. We walk down the halls of our church and feel as if people are sticking vacuum hoses into us. Without intentional extended times for renewal, ministers implode as the pressure on the outside exceeds the structure on the inside to sustain spiritual and emotional health. Taking a one or multi-day personal spiritual retreat on a regular basis... Continue Reading

I consider Jim Baker to be a stand out sage in our Executive Pastor Mega Church Best Practices Forum. Each year I am blessed by a man with a Pastor’s Heart, a Business Man’s Head and a Servant’s Hands. Every time I am with Jim I feel like I have learned from one of the best and most well balanced Executive Pastors in the nation.

Jim is a rare left and right brain thinker that serves excellently from the highest level vision all the way down to the most detail tactic. Jim knows how to create effective control environments that are practical and light, not bureaucratic. Jim works as unto the Lord and is very comfortable in his own skin, not drawing attention to himself or trying to prove who he is. Two words that personify Jim Baker are, “Humble Servant”.

Brian McDougall
Executive Pastor, Idlewild Baptist Church Tampa, FL
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Jim Baker

Jim is a Church Organizational Leadership and Management Coach, Consultant and Trainer. Throughout his career Jim has demonstrated a passion for showing Pastors and Ministers how to use organizational tools for church and personal growth and health.

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“For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.” Colossians 2:5