Deborah Ike
My motivation is seeing leaders thriving with a healthy church and a healthy life. Ministry is challenging…that won’t change. However, I’m convinced it’s possible to lead a growing church without burning out yourself, your staff, or your volunteers. It’s my mission to help you make that a reality.
I’ve always been a problem-solver, so I set out to discover an approach that frees up time for church leaders to think, plan, dream, and do ministry. This journey took some interesting turns.
I worked for an international consulting firm and a Fortune 500 company doing consulting, project management, and risk management. I led various teams while managing crazy deadlines, conflicting priorities, a lack of resources, and tight budgets (sound familiar?!).
Today, I’m using my experiences in ministry and in the corporate world to help church leaders grow their churches while maintaining healthy margins. You can find out more about this here. I’ve also just published a book called The Church Event Planning Toolkit which focuses on helping church through the entire event planning process to help you church have a successful church event, not a stressful church event.
As far as my background goes, well, I’m originally from Oklahoma. However, I currently live in upstate New York where winter is WAY different than what I’m used to! My husband and I married in 2014 and have a German Shepherd who might be a tad bit spoiled.
