Blessing Point Ministries

10/02/2025

Is your church suffering from one of these diseases?

Identifying Common Maladies Among Churches When people learn what we do at Blessing Point Ministries, working to heal ministries with painful histories, they regularly ask us, “What problem do you see most often in churches?” It is hard for me to answer because each church has its own unique spi...

08/26/2025

Right now, an unperceived force threatens to control the identity of your ministry. It has the power to shape your congregation to its liking, just as the mighty Niagara River carves a gorge below its falls. I am not talking about “spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places,” but something closer to home and man-made.

Instead of telling you what it is upfront, let me cite four examples. These examples come from churches in which we’ve sought to facilitate congregational healing during the past two decades. See if you can guess the unseen challenge every church faces:

How the power of culture poisons ministries, specifically a church’s local culture which shapes the character of their ministry.

05/29/2025

Ten Lies Spiritual Leaders Believe When Their Church is in Decline (Part 2)

In this article, I fill out the remaining five lies spiritual leaders tell themselves when their church is in decline.

04/25/2025

Beware of superficial assessments if your church is in decline.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ten-lies-spiritual-leaders-tell-themselves-when-church-mark-barnard-fzc6e/?trackingId=RBVzHk0ToCiVfFlYf2HoDQ%3D%3D

03/17/2025

Read More at: https://blessingpoint.org/2025/03/rebuilding-broken-trust-with-your-congregation/

02/24/2025

Yes, it is possible!

Has your church been broken by internal conflict? If so, we have a God who loves to restore that which is broken – even broken churches.

11/12/2024

What churches can learn from Bedikat Chametz. https://blessingpoint.org/2024/11/living-with-leaven/

09/17/2024

Here is a project that I'm working on and how it relates to the church.

What do Jeeps, tools, and churches God can use have in common? They have lessons to teach about ministries God can use for His glory.

08/05/2024

Why the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony was a Wake-Up Call for the Church.

Why the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony depiction of the Last Supper was a wake-up call for the Church.

05/29/2024

What happens when the heart of a ministry gets healed? Here's one story!

This is the story of one church's ministry transformation and how they burned their mortgage 18 years ahead of schedule!

04/30/2024

Check out our latest interview on the American Pastor's Network.

No Believer is an Island: The Effects of Corporate Failures in Christians’ Lives. We are joined by Mark Barnard (President, Blessing Point Ministries: Author). Topics discussed include: How God Sees Us Individually and Corporately. Corporate Body and Revival. The Hallmarks of Corporate Accountabil...

04/30/2024

Why you need to protect your ministry's corporate holiness:

Do Achan-like characters hinder churches like Achan hindered Israel in Joshua 7? It is more common than you think.