Registration for fall dates closes August 15, 2025.

Executive Pastor
Cohort

 

Get access to wisdom and support by joining a small cohort of like-minded leaders who are doing the hard work to lead unstuck churches, facilitated by The Unstuck Group.

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About the Experience

"Over and above!"

It was extremely informative and helped me understand my role. I saw some things that I needed to improve and a few different initiatives I needed to start doing.

Mason Harris

Executive Pastor
Victory Hill Church

This experience kicks off with a 2-day gathering. You can expect an anti-conference gathering: No crowds, no singing, no cheesy gimmicks. Spend a few days away from the ministry whirlwind in fantastic accommodations, eating excellent meals, and connecting with other gifted executive pastors.

After the gathering, the group will connect via quarterly video calls and via a private Slack channel in the space between.

We’re inviting executive pastors from 8-12 like-minded churches to connect around the critical responsibilities that effective executive pastors own in larger, growing churches, and to actively participate and learn from each other. You will be both encouraged and appropriately challenged to move your church's mission forward.

For 2025, we're offering 2 options: a cohort that kicks off in the spring in the East (Charlotte, NC) and a cohort that kicks off in the fall in the West (Denver, CO)!

Sessions at the
2-Day Gathering

 

The Unstuck Group will facilitate and guide 4 collaborative discussions around these topics:

Strategic Leadership: Closing the gap between vision and execution
Staffing & Structure: Best practices for building and leading the staff team
The Relationship with the Lead Pastor: Leading up and helping the lead pastor win in their role
Multisite & Mergers: Avoiding the mistakes of other multiplying churches

Additionally, each church will present a ministry snapshot to the group. You can expect to hear what other churches like yours are learning about their current wins and pressing challenges.

Who Should Come?

 

This is an event for executive pastors at large churches.

We will offer personalized encouragement and next steps to each executive pastor based on the challenges the church is currently facing.

In all of the sessions, the goal will be to help you make good decisions about critical concerns and walk away with actionable next steps to move forward.

Executive Pastor Cohort WEST in Denver, CO

SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 2, 2025

September 30

Arrive in time for a group dinner at 6 pm

October 1

Sessions 9 am - 4 pm, followed by a group dinner

October 2

Sessions 9 am - 12 pm

Accommodations & Meals

Accommodations are provided with the cost of registration. Sessions will be held at Journey Church Colorado in Castle Rock (about 35 miles south of the Denver International Airport). All lunches and dinners are covered, from your arrival for dinner on September 30 through lunch on October 2. 

Facilitators for the Executive Pastor Cohort (WEST)

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Amy Anderson

Amy has served on the lead team at The Unstuck Group since 2016, including eight years as the Director of Consulting. During this time she has served over 150 churches, helping them design ministry, staffing & multisite strategies that aligns and fuels their mission.

Prior to joining the Unstuck team, Amy served as the Executive Director of Weekend Services at Eagle Brook Church in the Twin Cities, helping the church grow from one location of 3,000 to six locations with over 20,000 gathering each weekend. Her husband is the Lead Pastor at Crossroads Church in Woodbury, MN.

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Paul Alexander

Paul has more than 28 years experience serving in the local church, the last 23 of which have been on the Senior Leadership Teams of some of the nation’s leading mega-churches.

Currently, Paul is serving as the Executive Pastor at Sun Valley Community Church, a large multi-site church located in the Phoenix area.

Paul has served as a consultant at The Unstuck Group since 2012.

Cost: $4,000

This is a year-long experience that kicks off with a 2-day gathering. The $4,000 fee covers one executive pastor from your church, and includes:

  • 2-day gathering in Denver, CO
    • facilitated sessions with Amy Anderson and Paul Alexander
    • fantastic meals and hotel accommodations
    • assessments and tools to accompany the experience
  • Quarterly group video calls
  • 12 months access to the Unstuck Learning Hub which includes our Multisite Toolkit
  • 12 months access to private Slack channel for the cohort

 

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: August 15, 2025

What Others Are Saying

emily scott woods chapel umc

"I thought it was a great experience. It was digestible, but still walked away with some great things to take back to our staff. I also liked how so much time was built in for us to connect and learn from others."

Emily Scott

Woods Chapel UMC
Executive Pastor

jim jensen

"The content was well aligned with what I wanted and needed. This really gave me hope that I can learn to lead well in the role and re-energized me to stick with that journey."

Jim Jensen

Shepherd's Gate
Executive Director