Are you ready to break through barriers and grow your church?
Growing churches have a plan to reach more people and grow deeper disciples.

If we haven't met, I'm Gavin.
I’ve had the honor of planting a church, leading a revitalization, pastoring a megachurch, and leading a campus location of North Point.
I use my experience to help churches like yours break through barriers and grow your church.
Unclear pathways, siloed ministries, and disengaged congregants keep churches stuck.
Every church leader dreams of growth. And most want growth for the right reasons:
✅ More people coming to Christ.
✅ More families finding hope.
✅ More impact in the community.
But what happens when the dream hits a wall? When no matter how hard you work, your church seems stuck?
These moments are growth barriers—points where your current systems, structures, or leadership capacity aren’t enough to sustain the next level of growth.
Whether you’re stuck at 100 or 1,000 attendees, barriers aren’t walls—they’re invitations to evaluate and innovate.
“In the last six months, we’ve experienced a:
➡️ 206% Increase in NEW GIVERS
➡️ 62% Increase in TOTAL GIVERS
➡️ 26% Growth in TOTAL GIVING
➡️ 112% Increase in RECURRING GIVERS
It may be coincidental, but:
➡️ ATTENDANCE grew by 48%
➡️ SERVING increased by 13%”
Bryant Golden, Senior Pastor, Centerpoint Church – Tampa, FL
When churches get discipleship right,
everything else moves up and to the right.
Discipleship is the fundamental mission of the local church. And it affects everything in and around a your church.
Without discipleship, the church loses its mission. When people aren’t growing in their faith:
“In the last six months, we’ve experienced a:
➡️ 206% Increase in NEW GIVERS
➡️ 62% Increase in TOTAL GIVERS
➡️ 26% Growth in TOTAL GIVING
➡️ 112% Increase in RECURRING GIVERS
It may be coincidental, but:
➡️ ATTENDANCE grew by 48%
➡️ SERVING increased by 13%”
Bryant Golden, Senior Pastor, Centerpoint Church – Tampa, FL
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“Gavin is one of best at creating content and teaching others how to create compelling and clear communication. He coached our department heads through a communicator workshop and we all left feeling more equipped and empowered to in crafting messaging in our contexts.”
Holly Goddard, Director of Ministry Environments, North Point Community Church - Atlanta, GA
ACCELERATOR WORKSHOPS
Without a Plan, Success is Accidental and Failure isn’t Fixable.
Experience our Church Accelerator Workshop, a 2-day process with your core team where we clarify your vision, dream about your future, discover your current reality, and design an actionable plan.
“These past few days have been so rich. The content is fabulous. It’s new. It’s stuff we’ve never really thought about before. It’s fresh and massively helpful.”
Duncan Banks, Network Director, Further Faster Church Network – UK
COACHING + CONSULTING
Great Churches Don’t Happen by Accident.
We coach and consult with churches with fewer than 100 attendees to churches with over 10,000 to improve discipleship pathways, preaching and communication, church engagement, and organizational leadership.
“In just two months, 122 people gave to Centerpoint Church for the very first time, and we added 18 new recurring givers! Working with Gavin on our generosity system gave us a plan to grow giving and fully fund our church.”
Bryant Golden, Senior Pastor, Centerpoint Church – Tampa, FL
ON-DEMAND CHURCH EXECUTIVE
A Fresh Perspective Delivered Through a Personal Partnership.
We know how you feel. You’re deeply passionate about your church mission and community impact, but you’re so busy working IN it you can’t find time to work ON it.
“As a coach, Gavin’s external perspective clarified our vision and helped us build a better model for our community. As a mentor, his ministry experience allows him to encourage our team while providing unique insight.”
Paul Smith, Senior Pastor, Rivertown Community Church - Marianna, FL
"Churches cannot force people to take steps, but we can create conducive conditions that inspire and equip people to move forward."
– Gavin Adams
CASE STUDY: GIVING at BEACHSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH
Several churches working with us use this strategy to cultivate generosity.
I recently visited Beachside Community Church in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and watched this strategy in action.
Jonathan, the lead pastor, stepped onto the stage after the worship set and, with great enthusiasm, said:
“I’m so glad you are all here to celebrate and experience our FOR Sunday. Because we are ‘FOR our community, every fourth Sunday we ask our church to support a worthy organization in the community. Last month we asked you to give and serve with the Hope Shelter, and you came through for them in a huge way.”
Jonathan shared the serving numbers and giving amount for the Hope Shelter. They raised over $4,000 and served 40 or so total hours with this organization. After this celebration, Jonathan made the ask for this month:
“Today, we have an opportunity to do more good in our community and help another great organization go further, faster. Give a Kid a Chance is an organization focused on helping students in impoverished areas go to college and grow educationally. Our goal is to provide one or two fully scholarships for these kids and have several of you participate as a mentor. To investigate serving opportunities, you can use the QR code on the seat back. Our generosity goal is 100% participation. You can give a few dollars or a few thousand dollars.”
Now, here is where the magic happens. Remember, this is an on-ramp for people, so they need to take the first step.
“What we love about these FOR Sunday’s is that every penny you give FOR the community goes straight out the door into the community. We even cover the administrative costs and credit card fees! I know many of you have been burned by generosity in the past or struggle to trust the church with your money. I get that. If you give to this FOR opportunity today, we don’t keep or use a single penny. I hope you will go our website or use the QR code on the seatback to give. “
Another church in our growing community did this for the first time a few weeks ago, and 11 people who had never given to their church gave to a community organization through their church.
This type of on-ramp requires some follow-up and nurturing for givers, but it works. Why? It’s an easy step for anyone to take.
The same method works for engaging people to serve. Find individual moments where people who don’t yet volunteer can give an hour. Invite them specifically and create an incredible serving moment for them. It doesn’t feel like much, but it’s a step in the right direction. One that they can and will more likely take.
Here's what church leaders just like you are saying...
“Gavin has been crucial as we have sought to refine strategies to help those who attend our church take easy and obvious next steps. Over the last year, we have seen engagement rise in adult attendance, first-time guests, volunteers, and giving. I don’t doubt for one second our church is heading in a positive direction for the foreseeable future thanks to Gavin’s help and wisdom!”
Jonathan Watson, Senior Pastor, Beachside Community Church - Fort Walton, FL
Holly Goddard, Director of Ministry Environments, North Point Community Church - Atlanta, GA
“Gavin is one of best at creating content and teaching others how to create compelling and clear communication. He coached our department heads through a communicator workshop and we all left feeling more equipped and empowered to in crafting messaging in our contexts.”
Duncan Banks, Network Director, Further Faster Church Network – UK
“These past few weeks have been so rich. The content is fabulous. It’s new. It’s stuff we’ve never really thought about before. It’s fresh and massively helpful.”
“As a first-time lead pastor, I’ve found Gavin’s breadth of church leadership experience invaluable. I’ve been able to benefit from his years of experience so that I can spend less time with trial-and-error and more time executing on what we know will work. We’ve been able to accomplish a lot in a short period of time, and Gavin has played a big part in what God has done in our church.”
Josh Carlson, Senior Pastor, Gulf Church - Naples, FL
Chris Patton, Senior Pastor, Southside Church - Peachtree City, GA
“Gavin has been incredibly helpful as a teaching pastor at our church while developing our communicators. He truly has a gift for extracting relevant, helpful message and series content and helping our communicators do the same.”
Adam Roberson, Senior Pastor, Wiregrass Church - Dothan, AL
“Gavin has been instrumental in my growth as a leader. He is one of the most strategic thinkers I have ever met. More, he is incredibly responsive to any request I have. I know that Gavin is FOR Wiregrass Church and me. I am becoming a better leader because of his coaching.”
“Working with Gavin the past 8 months has completely changed the way I communicate. His strategy for preparation, and his feedback on sermon delivery has helped me to communicate in a way that is clear, helpful and hopeful.”
Dallas Darnell, Associate Pastor, Encounter Church - Boston, MA
About Me...
Hi. I'm Dr. Gavin Adams, an author, communicator, ministry consultant, leadership coach, and founder of the Church Accelerator Community.
After business school, I spent a decade working in strategy and change management consulting.
During my 15-year ministry journey, I helped plant and revitalize churches, pastored a rapidly growing church, led a megachurch, and led a campus for a multi-site church.
My unique and uncommon experience gives me a holistic understanding of the challenging nature of church leadership.
I have an M.B.A. from Georgia State University and a Master of Theology and Doctorate of Ministry from Liberty University.
