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Lead with Strength. Shepherd with Resilience.
The Resilient Pastor CoLab is a five-week, interactive learning experience designed to help pastors grow both personally and practically.In today’s ministry landscape—marked by cultural complexity, pastoral fatigue, and constant change—leaders need more than new strategies. They need renewal. This CoLab equips you to strengthen your soul, sharpen your leadership, and build healthier teams and ministries that can thrive for the long haul.
What You’ll Experience:
Over five weeks, you’ll join live, virtual sessions featuring Glenn Packiam, Rich Villodas, and Sharon Miller—three trusted pastoral voices who understand the challenges of ministry firsthand. Each week blends biblical insight, leadership wisdom, and real-world application.
Topics Include:
• Caring for Your Own Heart and Soul as a Pastor
• Preaching in an Age of Curiosity
• Navigating Cultural and Theological Hot Topics
• Developing a Resilient Staff and Leadership Team
• Building an Effective Next Gen Strategy
Reserve your spot for the next cohort beginning February 24, 2026Spaces are limited to ensure meaningful interaction.
Scroll down for more information about the upcoming CoLab.
CoLab Contributors
Joe Jensen
- Senior VP of Content & Engagement at Barna Group
Glenn Packiam
- Lead Pastor of Rockharbor Church
Sharon Hodde Miller
- Pastor of Bright City Church
Rich Villoadas
- Lead Pastor of New Life Fellowship Church
Barna CoLab is a source for valuable information and resources from which to hone ministry efforts and effectiveness.
CoLab Attendee
Do it. It brings a different perspective and provides an opportunity to meet with others who are going through something similar. The CoLab confirmed some practical things we have been doing and revealed ways we could grow!
CoLab Attendee
CoLab equipped me with needed data and tools to share with leadership.
CoLab Attendee
Frequently Asked Questions
For Barna CoLab | The Resilient Pastor, the live, virtual, 90-minute gatherings will be on:
- February 24th, 2026
- March 3rd, 2026
- March 10th, 2026
- March 17th, 2026
- March 24th, 2026
If you are unable to attend the live gathering, your team can still watch the recordings on demand in your online learning platform at a time that is convenient for you.
- Caring for Your Own Heart and Soul as a Pastor
- Preaching in an Age of Curiosity
- Navigating Cultural and Theological Hot Topics
- Developing a Resilient Staff and Leadership Team
- Building an Effective Next Gen Strategy
Yes! You are welcome to join Barna CoLab and will certainly still gain insights that can help you, but please keep in mind that our content will be crafted to primarily serve church leaders.
Each week of the Barna CoLab includes 90 minutes of live content. Barna recommends also allocating an additional hour each week for the team activities and/or reflection guides. This additional work is optional but highly recommended.
If you or your team are unable to attend the live virtual gatherings, you can watch them on-demand. There will be some advantages to participating live (including Q&A with the Barna team and special guests, plus live breakout rooms). However, through the online course platform, you’ll still be able to interact and collaborate with others throughout the course of the program.
You can definitely add more participants from your team or church after your cohort launches for only $49/person (after you have reached the max number of your original purchase). Email us at colab@barna.org and we will help register additional participants.
Barna CoLabs are hosted on a password protected CoLab webpage. Apart from the assessment (which is hosted by our technology partner Gloo), everything will be found within our CoLab webpage – the live gatherings, on-demand recordings, discussion forums and course content. Upon purchasing a CoLab seat, you will receive an email to complete registration and receive your password to the webpage.
You’ll have access to everything in the course platform for your specific cohort for 30 days after the six-week program is complete.
We would prefer that only the people who register and pay to participate in the cohort have access to the videos and resources.
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