When Good Work Fails—and How I’m Helping Others Avoid It
After a failed church plant and years working with nonprofits, I’m building better systems to help mission-driven work thrive.
TL;DR / Executive Summary:
After experiencing the closing of a church plant I helped start—and seeing similar challenges across churches and nonprofits—I launched Resonate Purpose to help mission-driven leaders build organizations that are structurally sound, not just visionary. With strengths in strategy, systems, and learning (and insights from my podcast conversations with leading thinkers), I help others avoid the pitfalls I’ve seen firsthand.
I’ve been in the trenches of ministry and nonprofit work—including helping plant a new church that didn’t make it.
We made our share of missteps, but we were also let down by unclear expectations, fragile funding models, and a lack of structural support. Since then, I’ve worked with churches and nonprofits facing similar challenges.
Along the way, I’ve discovered how I’m wired to serve this work best:
I’m a strategist who sees patterns and possibilities. I love turning ideas into systems that actually work.
My strengths—like Ideation, Strategic, Responsibility, Achiever, and Learner—help me ask better questions, build healthier structures, and stick with the work when it gets hard.
Hosting the Future Christian Podcast has only sharpened that perspective—week after week, I get to learn from leading authors, pastors, and thinkers about what’s working (and what’s not) in ministry and organizational leadership. I bring that insight into every conversation.
That’s why I started Resonate Purpose: to help leaders build organizations that are not only mission-driven, but structurally sound—so good work doesn’t collapse under the weight of broken systems.
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Resonate Purpose is live. I’m offering strategy, structure, and support for mission-driven churches and nonprofits.
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📩 Let’s talk: loren@resonatepurpose.org
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