The operational help your mission needs but can't afford to hire.
Barnabas connects your ministry to marketplace leaders who bring the strategy, finance, operations, and technology expertise your team needs. Not funding. Skilled people, matched to your real challenges.
How Barnabas works for ministries.
You bring the mission. We bring a marketplace leader whose career maps to your biggest operational gap. Someone who's run a budget cycle, built a technology stack, redesigned an intake process, or managed a team twice your size. The kind of person you'd hire if you could.
This isn't a volunteer program. It's a working partnership across months. Your partner gets to know your organization, your constraints, and your people. The goal is a problem solved, not a report filed.
You don't need another donor. You need someone who's done the work you're trying to figure out.
Three steps to getting help.
What ministry leaders say.
“The Barnabas Group has transformed nearly every aspect of my leadership journey at Oak Valley College. Connectivity to other Christian leaders is hard to find, and Barnabas tees it up—seeing business leaders live out their faith is nothing short of the Living Word. Every month I connect with a Partner to bounce ideas off, test a concept, or tap their network to keep improving—especially in strategic planning. Partners may not know the day-to-day challenges Oak Valley faces, but their insights bring immeasurable wisdom to my decisions. Barnabas also gives ministry leaders powerful peer engagement: we rarely share the same space, yet face similar challenges—personnel, operations, fundraising, growth—and every well-vetted ministry helps me see resources and opportunities in new ways, as I trust mine does for them. There is nothing like it—iron sharpening iron. My engagement with Barnabas has enabled Oak Valley College to grow, mature, and develop in ways that carry the ministry forward.”
“My experience with The Barnabas Group Inland Empire has been nothing short of transformative. I was introduced while preparing to step into the Executive Director role of another nonprofit, but God led me down a different path and called me to launch a new ministry, Aid The Way. When my plans changed, the leaders of Barnabas didn't step away or say, "Sorry, you no longer fit here." Instead, Jeff Abbott and the others chose to walk alongside me through the uncertain, clunky early stages of building something from the ground up—offering practical guidance, thoughtful questions, gentle challenges, and constant encouragement. As Executive Director of Aid The Way, the wisdom, relationships, and support I've received through The Barnabas Group have played a significant role in our growth. Their commitment goes far beyond mentorship—they genuinely invest in people and Kingdom-focused work. I don't believe Aid The Way would be what it is today without this remarkable community of leaders.”
Ministry of the Year.
Each year our partners name a Ministry of the Year — voted on at our Q3 gathering and announced at the Q4 gathering.
Tell us what your ministry needs. We'll tell you who we'd match.
A short conversation about where you're stretched thin. We'll let you know if we have someone whose career fits the challenge.
