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About BarbaraSadler

Barbara has recently begun work as an associate with Path 1 of the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church. In that capacity she works with annual conferences to help design processes for effectively planting new churches. For the past seven years Barbara has been on the staff of the Alabama/West Florida Conference leading the conference’s initiative in Natural Church Development, a process to help churches grow in health, numbers and faith. She serves on the Board of Congregational Development and has previously served on the board of The United Methodist Children’s Home. Barbara is married to Dr. Herb Sadler, who was pastor of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church during a 28-year tenure in which the church grew to 2100 in worship attendance and added two campuses.

High Expectations Reap Great Fruitfulness

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate A few weeks ago, I spent some time in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference for Discovery Week, which is part of the Path 1 process. Discovery Week is all about helping annual conferences create a process … Continue reading

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What I learned from eating a Five Guys hamburger

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate I first became aware of Five Guys when I read that the President goes there when he’s hungry for a really good burger. Then a Five Guys opened up right here in my town.  … Continue reading

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There’s Always Enough

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate When our denomination is preparing to plant a new faith community one of the frequent concerns we hear expressed by established United Methodist churches located in the near vicinity is, “This new church will … Continue reading

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