Maintaining Heart in the Heat of Leading a Church Revitalization

Church revitalization is hard—and it gets harder when your heart starts wearing down.

Join us May 18 (12:00–1:15 PM) at the Nashville Baptist Association for a Lunch & Learn with Brian Croft, Founder and Executive Director of Practical Shepherding.

Real talk. Real tools. Real encouragement for pastors and leaders in the trenches.

Plus—every Registered attendee gets TWO books:
📘 Pastoral Perseverance
📘 Preaching Through Snarls and Scowls

Don’t try to carry the weight alone. Come be strengthened.

Bio

Brian is the former Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky and is the Founder and Executive Director of Practical Shepherding, Inc.  He is also Senior Fellow for the Mathena Center for Church Revitalization and an Adjunct Professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He is the husband of Cara and father of four children, son, Samuel and daughters, Abby, Isabelle, and Claire. He has served in pastoral ministry for thirty years, spending seventeen of those years as Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church.

He has written or contributed to over twenty-five books to help serve pastors and church leaders on the practicalities of pastoral ministry.  Brian also trains and mentors hundreds of pastors all over the world through a free online cohort model. In addition to his writing and online video training, Brian travels all over the world preaching at local churches, speaking at conferences, and training pastors.