Member Since: April 11, 2011
Terry L. Bates
Biography
Terry Bates has had the privilege of leading three different ministries, all of which have broken through a variety of growth barriers. His first pastorate was a 75 year-old church located in a region that had suffered a signifi¬cant demographic shift which resulted in the area being called “Hell’s 40 Acres.” Coupled with the decline associated with this demographic shift were two pastoral transitions that resulted in the congregation declining to an attendance of only 35 people. With God’s help in applying the principles he now shares through books, seminars and conferences, the church grew to over 400 in just three and one half years.
His second pastorate was a church planting endeavor in 1984. This exposed him to a completely different set of challenges including no core group, no facilities, no funding. However, as he shared his vision, the Lord brought people and resources to develop Cornerstone Church in Fresno, CA. During his nine and one-half years at this church the church grew to over 1250 in weekly attendance, and they also started three daughter-satellite churches. Today, the foundation that was laid has produced a church of over 3,000!
Currently he is the pastor of a church that incorporated both of his previous ministry experiences. The church was 70 years old upon his arrival and had suffered from two difficult pastoral transitions, causing the church to fall from over 2,000 to only 300. While they began the turn-around process with the remaining 300 people (predominantly senior adults), they also began a second service (practically a new church within an existing church) that would appeal to younger families. Today, the church serves over 1,500 people through their primary campus churches (one in English, plus multiple language and culture services). In addition they also oversee several additional daughter-satellite churches. They also minister to thousands of families through their weekly television and radio ministry broadcasts.
During more than 30 years of ministry, he has completed several consult¬ant and coaching certification programs and has shared his life, leadership and ministry experiences around the world, including being one of the train¬ers for Dr. John Maxwell’s Million Leader Mandate in which he was person¬ally involved in training over 250,000 leaders in Asia and Africa. Today, he provides consulting, coaching and conference services for Building God’s Way - Forward in Faith and Building God’s Way - Vibrant, as well as his own Vision Ministries, Impact 5000 and Christian Leadership International. He is the host of the weekly television and radio ministry “Discover Faith” and is a regular host for TBN and a guest of Daystar.
His second pastorate was a church planting endeavor in 1984. This exposed him to a completely different set of challenges including no core group, no facilities, no funding. However, as he shared his vision, the Lord brought people and resources to develop Cornerstone Church in Fresno, CA. During his nine and one-half years at this church the church grew to over 1250 in weekly attendance, and they also started three daughter-satellite churches. Today, the foundation that was laid has produced a church of over 3,000!
Currently he is the pastor of a church that incorporated both of his previous ministry experiences. The church was 70 years old upon his arrival and had suffered from two difficult pastoral transitions, causing the church to fall from over 2,000 to only 300. While they began the turn-around process with the remaining 300 people (predominantly senior adults), they also began a second service (practically a new church within an existing church) that would appeal to younger families. Today, the church serves over 1,500 people through their primary campus churches (one in English, plus multiple language and culture services). In addition they also oversee several additional daughter-satellite churches. They also minister to thousands of families through their weekly television and radio ministry broadcasts.
During more than 30 years of ministry, he has completed several consult¬ant and coaching certification programs and has shared his life, leadership and ministry experiences around the world, including being one of the train¬ers for Dr. John Maxwell’s Million Leader Mandate in which he was person¬ally involved in training over 250,000 leaders in Asia and Africa. Today, he provides consulting, coaching and conference services for Building God’s Way - Forward in Faith and Building God’s Way - Vibrant, as well as his own Vision Ministries, Impact 5000 and Christian Leadership International. He is the host of the weekly television and radio ministry “Discover Faith” and is a regular host for TBN and a guest of Daystar.