George Bullard is a Ministry Partner with The Columbia Partnership
George’s vision is to use his spiritual and strategic giftedness to empower congregations and congregational champions to fulfill their vision for Kingdom growth.
George is also Project Director for Lake Hickory Learning Communites' Sustaining Pastoral Excellence process [this is a Lilly Endowment funded grant working with 70 pastors from multiple denominations on sustaining their excellent practices of ministry]. This process is hosted by Hollifield Leadership Center at www.Hollifield.org.
George is Senior Editor for The Columbia Partnership Leadership Series, a book series with Chalice Press. [George’s first book in this imprint is Pursuing the Full Kingdom Potential of Your Congregation] View and purchase books in imprint at www.cbp21.com
In Baptist denominational service George was one of the organizational architects during the 1970s of the a North American emphasis on congregational redevelopment known as PACT, was the primary organizational architect during the early 1980s of the Mega Focus Cities effort that addressed the Great Commission and Great Commandment challenges in the 50 largest megalopolitan areas of the United States, was the primary organizational architect during the early 1990s of the first round of the Empowering Kingdom Growth emphasis of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, and has been the primary architect of the Pursuing Vital Ministry emphasis of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina since 2001. This latter emphasis is known in The Columbia Partnership as a Spiritual Strategic Journey and is supported by the following web site: www.SSJTutorial.org.
George has coached numerous local, regional and national denominational organizations among various Baptist groups. Since 1996, George’s ministry has been expanded to include work with various denominational families throughout North America. Among them are Assemblies of God, Baptist, Christian (Disciples of Christ), Christian and Missionary Alliance, Christian Reformed, Church of God (Cleveland), Episcopal, Evangelical Covenant, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Methodist, Pentecostal Holiness, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, and other denominational, non-denominational, and parachurch groups.
George is widely recognized as an advisor to denominational leaders, a futurist, a strategic planning expert, a group process facilitator, a church growth strategist, an authority in conflict management, and a writer. He has extensively developed a life cycle model for congregations, which helps congregational leaders know what types of assistance they may need to best facilitate growth.
Strategic planning, church growth, missionarl church, and conflict management consultations and training have been a major part of George’s denominational service during the past 27 years. He has provided in-depth consultation services to more than 500 congregations and denominational organizations. He has led or assisted in-depth training more than 1000 denominational workers in strategic planning, church growth, missional movements, and conflict management consultation skills.
George is a graduate of Mars Hill College in North Carolina, and has seminary degrees of Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Ministry.
Web Site: www.TheColumbiaPartnership.org, TCP Telephone: 866.966-4TCP [4827]
E-mail: GBullard@TheColumbiaPartnership.org, Voice: 803.622.0923, Mail: 332 Valley Springs Road, Columbia, SC 29223-6934.
View his formal Weblog at www.BullardJournal.org, and his informal Blog at www.BullardJournalBlog.org.
