Strategic Renewal is a para-Church ministry that exists to serve the local church and is characterized by an extraordinary commitment to the priority of prayer and the ministry of the word. In all we do, we underline the Scripture’s emphasis on healthy local-church leadership, the sufficiency of the Holy Spirit, and the pursuit of cultural transformation.
Building 6:3 Disciples.
Becoming 6:4 Leaders.
Believing for a 6:7 Awakening.
The ministries of Strategic Renewal provide resources for spiritual and personal renewal, equip and mobilize churches to pray, and train pastors to lead the Church in prayer. We also facilitate personal transformation and leadership health through unparalleled coaching experiences, conferences, prayer summits, and other ministry events.
The ministries of Strategic Renewal include The 6:3 Discipleship and The 6:4 Fellowship.
Prayerless churches are powerless churches. Sadly, the majority of churches in North America today are largely prayerless. The latest church research shows that the single greatest indicator of a healthy, thriving church is how much and how often the pastors and/or elders pray together. Yet, sadly, only 33% of pastors and/or elders are actually praying together within their own churches.
On top of this, church attendance across America has decreased 12% in the last decade. In the last 15 years, we have spent $500 billion on church growth efforts with no appreciable impact.
Now more than ever, the church in North America is in critical need of Christian leaders, clergy and laypeople, who are committed to seeking God, proclaiming His word, and leading His people to experience the supernatural power of Christ.
Strategic Renewal stands in the tradition of historic, evangelical confession. While we believe that it is vital that the pastors/elders of each of the churches we partner with determine where they stand on doctrines of secondary importance, we do wish to make known our convictions on the following eight core doctrines.
Tracy joined the Strategic Renewal Team in 2021, and serves as an Administrative Assistant across both sides of the ministry including the practical aspects of our coaching and the Strategic Renewal store. She lives with her husband Justin and their son Kenny in Castle Rock, CO.
Todd Bright founded Bright & Associates, LLC, in 2014. It was started with a desire to see God’s kingdom advance and ministry flourish. While there are many roles to making this a reality, the part Todd desired to play was, and remains, that of providing highly-skilled outsourced financial services so that ministry leaders could focus their full attention to the work God had set before them. Since that time, the firm has expanded and had the opportunity to come alongside numerous churches and ministries both within Colorado and across the globe. As a firm that specializes in church and non-profit finances, Bright & Associates is distinctly aware of both the challenges and joys that ministry work can entail. While the call to ministry may involve a variety challenges, though, it is our philosophy that the financial process should not be one of them. Because of that, our goal is streamline and simplify whatever we can for the organizations we work with so they can focus on what they do best.
Ricky Cassford has been in ministry nearly his whole life. Growing up in the home of Salvation Army pastors, he has always enjoyed media, activities, and ministries that edify the Church. For the last 20 years he has volunteered with his local church leadership to encourage spiritual growth within the church-body through teaching, facilitating small groups, worship, as well as writing, organizing, and performing dramatic presentations for special events and VBS/Day Camps. Ricky’s heart beats strongly for men taking up “the mantle of Dad-hood;” to intentionally pour into their children. He is the author of the children’s book, “A Magnificent Treasure,” which captures a fathers love for his daughter in a fun and fantastical way. Ricky currently lives in Lone Tree, CO with his beautiful wife, Heidi, and two of their four children.
Len Crowley is the Founder of Forgiven Communities – advocating for biblical church purpose and practice. He currently serves as the International Director of The 6:4 Fellowship and coordinates 6:4PRESS Publishing and the 6:4 National Gathering. The 6:4 Fellowship is a consortium of 2,500 pastors in North America advocating the leadership priority found in Acts 6:4 – “continually devoting ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the word” (64fellowship.com).
During his nearly 40 years of Christian ministry, Len has been the lead pastor of four churches, a Bible teacher, board member, and ministry director. He also co-founded Whole in One (designing multi-ethnic collaborations),has led PLI Global (character-based leadership training), helped direct Counsel & Capital (a non-profit investment bank), and taught as a National Instructor with Walk Thru the Bible.
Sally is a long time friend of Daniel Henderson and his family. She has been part of the ministry, in some fashion, since its beginning, and continues to faithfully serve in the background on Facebook Live sessions and in other special projects that arise over the course of the ministry.
Christa married into the Henderson family. She and husband, Justin, have five kids and live in Northern Wyoming where they do ministry on the local Native American reservations. During their free time, the Hendersons enjoy all things outdoors: hiking, swimming, fishing, hunting, etc. Christa joined the SR team in October, 2021.
As a senior pastor for over two decades, Daniel Henderson brought prayer-based revitalization to numerous churches. Now, as the President of Strategic Renewal, Daniel is dedicating his full-time efforts to help congregations across the country and world experience renewal. Daniel is sought after for his expertise in leading corporate prayer. He has authored numerous books on biblical leadership and prayer including, Old Paths, New Power and Transforming Prayer: How Everything Changes When You Seek God’s Face.
Dennis Henderson left the senior pastorate after 54 years of pastoring to devote half of his time to pastors nationwide as the National Director of The 6:4 Fellowship. Additionally, Dennis also serves The 6:3 Discipleship as a Renewal Coach. Dennis continues to share his time with Northlake Church in Lago Vista, Texas, as the Pastor of Leadership Development and Adult Ministries. He and Billie have been married since 1965 and have four adult children and nine grandchildren. Billie and Dennis have a passion to help ministry couples and support the ministry of prayer in the local church through The 6:4 Fellowship.
Justin, most recently served as a pastor and professor at the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, MN. He led hundreds of young adults along with other staff in the rhythms of prayer and the ministry of the word. Before serving in his role at Northwestern, Justin spent 10 years in pastoral ministry at a local church where he was first introduced to Strategic Renewal and is a graduate of two coaching cohorts. Justin and his wife of 10 years, Maddy, have two kids and live in St. Paul where they get to experience all the wonderful seasons God has created!
John and his wife Mary have been married since 1974. They have 5 children (all married) and 9 grandchildren. They worked with Life Action Ministries for 47 years, until joining Strategic Renewal. John traveled as a singer with one of the Life Action Teams, then went on staff as Team Director, and then started the Presummit Ministry for Life Action. In 1988, John launched the Donor Development Department where he served for 35 years. John brings with him years of experience in building relationships with pastors and churches, and helping donors develop the gift of giving to advance God’s Kingdom. John serves Strategic Renewal as the Director of Ministry Advancement.
Carley joined Strategic Renewal in July 2013 and has served in many capacities since then. She currently functions as the Project Manager for both sides of the ministry including The 6:4 Fellowship and The 6:3 Discipleship. She and her husband Jay live in Highlands Ranch with one of their three children.
