Welcome to revitalizeBHM
A place to find encouragement, equipping, and resources to help you lead your church toward revitalization and health.
When I was called to pastor my first church, I felt the weight of the seventeen people who were looking to me for spiritual nourishment and strategic leadership. I knew that God had not called me there to lead the church to die, but I did not know where to start or what to do. It was in these early years of my ministry that God gave me a passion for church revitalization.
As the Church Revitalization Specialist at the Birmingham Metro Baptist Association, it is my joy to stand with pastors and churches who long for health, new life, and revitalization. This website was created to be a resource for those churches and pastors—a place to find tools, advice and encouragement. I pray that God will be glorified as we all work to shepherd well and as we look to Christ to build His church.
Meet Josh
Dr. Josh Cook is the Church Revitalization Specialist at the Birmingham Metro Baptist Association. He has serve on staff and pastored churches across Alabama. He has a DMin in Church Revitalization and a ThM from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Luther Rice University, and a ThD from Andersonville Theological Seminary. Josh and his wife Bridget live in Hueytown with their four children. Josh is a marching band/softball/baseball dad who loves the Braves and dad jokes.