We know how that feels. When we launched Flourish, we needed both spiritual discernment and entrepreneurial sensibilities.
When you launch out in ministry, you’re excited about the message on your heart, and that sustains you in the early days. You anticipate serving your community for years to come, but what does it take to endure?
You’re confident in the message, but the more you get into the work of running a ministry, the more it feels like a small business. This is unexpected and even uncomfortable.
what about your ministry needs?
Fortunately we had experience running our own businesses, but if that’s not in your skill set or comfort zone, what do you do? You find someone who will teach you.
It’s not rocket science, but it takes a mindset shift and practical know-how to support your ministry dreams with an entrepreneurial approach.
That’s why we created Entrepreneurs in Ministry Mastermind Experience where we come alongside to equip and encourage you with our passion for ministry plus over 25 years of combined business experience.
We want to empower your inner entrepreneur to transform and sustain your ministry with a Spirit-inspired business-wise plan that supports your work. When you’re sowing and also reaping, you are empowered to continue the work you love for the long term.
With an entrepreneurial approach to ministry, the resources you need to flourish as a Christian communicator are naturally designed into your offerings. Your community is thrilled to support your ministry as you continue to serve them with products and experiences they love. Win-win!
Strategic
Business Principles
Strategic
Business Plan
We share the core strategic business principles needed to implement an entrepreneurial approach for your ministry. You’ll learn to create offerings.to support your ministry mission. Each day we provide insights and practical strategies for you to implement the lessons gained over seven years of successful ministry growth.
Develop your Strategic Business Plan as a blueprint to build your ministry dreams upon an entrepreneurial foundation with wisdom and grace. We’ll guide you to observe what you see working in the marketplace, tweak it to fit your needs, seek discernment through prayer, and devise a plan to take you forward.
Virtual
Retreat
Mastermind
Session
We culminate four weeks of business plan building with celebration and integration at our virtual retreat. Gather with leading entrepreneurs in ministry who share best practice and personal experience so you can avoid the potholes and propel your plans to the destination. With six sessions over two days, this is just what you need for success.
Mastermind sessions provide space to workshop and answer the real-time practical questions you have while writing your strategic business plan. A solid business plan is key, and you need boots-on-the-ground answers not high-flying theories. We teach by example as you design and clarify your strategy step-by-step each week.
Entrepreneurs in Ministry is a a 4-week mastermind experience designed to equip and encourage you to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset for your ministry.
LIVE Mastermind Experience August 5th - August 30th, 2024
This miraculous journey has been made possible through FlourishWriters! The wealth of knowledge shared and the ability to network across a variety of areas in one space is not short of amazing. Jenny and Mindy have remained accommodating and responsive to my follow up queries at every single step of my process. Today I am a published author spreading a life changing message. So proud and exceedingly grateful to God! Thank you, FlourishWriters.
FLOURISHWRITERS STUDENT
Ekanem Kofi Ikpeme
The idea of Ministry and Entrepreneurship seems like they don't go together, but I have realized that they do in today's age of digital! This mastermind experience clarified so much for me. I’m learning and working towards the launch of my ministry website and taking Entrepreneurs in Ministry last year was like an arrow aimed at where I’m heading and how to get there. The topics were perfect and gave me tools I will need to move forward.
FLOURISHWRITERS STUDENT
Lynda kelly
Testimonials
How do i become an entrepreneur in ministry?
WHAT WILL I LEARN IN
You will be empowered to:
>View your ministry with a business-wise mindset
>Find revenue generating opportunities
>Set goals and gain clarity on your mission
>Provide irresistible value to your community
Strategic Business Planning
The tech can be scary, but when you get it right, you’re freed up to do what you love. Only a few key elements are needed to produce, publish, and promote your products. You’ll learn to assess and select what you need to get your message seamlessly into the hands of those you serve.
No wonder it’s hard to make decisions and take action. You’ve got to know where you’re going and how to get there. But without goals aligned to vision, this is an impossible ask. That’s why we’ll guide you to set goals that turn your ministry dreams into reality.
When you haven’t fully validated your ministry idea, it’s hard to imagine offering products for sale. Will anyone want to buy what you offer? Yes! Especially when you understand the psychology of selling, scaling, pricing, and profit. You got this!
The Psychology of Selling
Every successful entrepreneurial idea meets the needs of a customer who is willing to trade their money for a product or experience. Rather than gathering freebie-seekers, we teach you how to cultivate a community of individuals who are willing to invest in themselves and in you.
Creating an Engaged Community
>Dismiss awkward feelings around selling
>Understand scaling, pricing, and profit
>Invite your community to invest in your offerings
>Take action on creating income
Grow in your entrepreneurial approach to ministry as you develop a strategic business mindset, find clarity in your goals, and become a planning guru. Seriously! You! We begin with the essential building blocks for business formation with a simple value ladder approach.
what is an entreprenuer mindset?
how do i sell with confidence?
how do i nurture my people?
You will be empowered to:
>Gather people who value your offerings
>Spark transformation with your offerings
>Present yourself as a guide
>Increase how others know, like and trust you
Navigating the Business Landscape
Designing Your Ministry Goals
what do i use to connect & deliver?
how do i clarify my direction?
You will be empowered to:
>Evaluate the essential tech you need
>Put on your blinders and resist shiny objects
>Understand the costs involved and choose wisely
>Know what to outsource to maintain your sanity
You will be empowered to:
> Evaluate goals in light of the seasons
> Set goals in line with your strengths
> Choose goals that open opportunity
Follow through with a plan that works
Entrepreneurs in Ministry was a game-changer for me. I learned to focus on the next best step and select to-dos that work seamlessly into the capacity we currently have. The concept of repurposing content is transformational! Entrepreneurs in Ministry provides a wealth of information packaged in easy-to-understand modules with clear practical steps for growing your ministry no matter what season it is in.
Cyndi Staudt
You’ll put in the time during the four-week mastermind experience to build a business plan for your ministry. We’re working hard together, evaluating options, making decisions, and choosing your direction with a strategic action plan in place.
What you need now is a gathering of experienced entrepreneurs in ministry who’ve built income-generating ministries that meet a need and provide a blessing. We’re thrilled to culminate this year’s mastermind experience with a live (online) retreat with some of our favorite God-inspired, business-minded, big-hearted Christian communicators.
The two-day, six-session retreat is yours FREE when you join Entrepreneurs in Ministry. The seven retreat speakers have a vision! We’re joining together to equip you with practical tools and inspire you with confidence that you can follow the call. Our reward? Seeing your ministry launch and flourish for years to come.
join us on august 29th & 30th for a two-day virtual retreat
Award-winning Speaker & Host of Novel Marketing Podcast and Christian Publishing Show
Thomas Umstadtt
Book Coach, Speaker &
Co-Founder of Redemption Press
Athena Dean Holtz
Bible teacher, author, and
founder of Beloved Women
Christina Patterson
Multi-Published Authors, Writing Coaches &
Founders of Christian Book Academy
Joy Capps
Author, Podcaster & Communications Strategist
CJ & Shelley Hitz
Retreat
Mentors
Meet with successful entrepreneurs in ministry
who can’t wait to share their wisdom with you during
our LIVE two-day virtual retreat August 29th & 30th
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Hey there! We're the co-founders of FlourishGathering and FlourishWriters, and we're passionate about helping Christian communicators birth their ministries. With God’s grace, we’ve built a thriving ministry based on entrepreneurial principles. We’ve published Bible studies and devotionals, workshops, conferences, and training courses. All we’ve learned in our years of ministry we share to empower you with simple, practical solutions as you take action on your hopes and dreams.