Aaron Ferguson

• Successfully revitalized a historic, older congregation, leading to a 100% increase in attendance within the first year.
• Hired and developed a strong leadership team, including a Children's Minister, Associate Pastor, Sound Technician, Social Media and Communications Coordinator, and Worship Leaders.
• Realigned church mission to focus on disciple-making through three core pathways:
  Discover the Love of Jesus (Worship Gatherings)
  Partner with Jesus' People (Life Groups)
  Serve Others with the Love of Jesus (Life on Mission)
• Unified all ministries, services, and activities under a Jesus-centered, disciple-making vision, ensuring mission alignment across the church.

Mission: Built and scaled a real estate investment company focused on generating financial impact for orphans and missionaries in Honduras and Africa.

• Own and manage a portfolio of 22 housing units, providing stable living for 50 tenants.
• Successfully purchased, renovated, and stabilized three multifamily apartment buildings.
• Directed property management teams and contractors to ensure tenant satisfaction and operational efficiency.
• Allocated profits to support charitable missions, aligning business goals with community impact.

• Preach Christ-centered, application-heavy, and biblically engaging messages to a congregation of 1,700 attendees as Teaching Pastor.
• Designed and implemented the C20 discipleship pathway, equipping students from their freshman year through young adulthood to live Christ-centered lives, embodying the gospel in everyday occurrences.
• Preached weekly to the C20 college and young adult gathering, delivering biblically relevant and applicable messages that empower students to be Christ-centered.
• Created an innovative online ministry engagement framework, reaching an average of 1,300 weekly viewers and expanding the ministry’s outreach through supplemental online engagement.
• Trained and sent out at least 25 future pastors, missionaries, and church planters through our C20 Leadership Development program.

• Served in a 2,000-attendee, multi-campus church, providing spiritual leadership and vision to the various youth ministries.
• Baptized over 50 students, celebrating life transformations and commitments to Christ.
• Coached a private school football team to bridge the gap between Hyde Park schools and Hyde Park churches.
• Brought Jesus-centered alignment and a teen disciple-making focus to Hyde Park’s Chinese, Korean, Quarry’s youth group, and Hyde Park Main Campus youth ministries by unifying vision, training adult leaders, and emphasizing relationships and mentorships rooted in the love of Jesus.

• Served in a 1,500 attendee church with 2 campuses
• Led and organized student mission trips to Honduras, Nicaragua, and Eagle Pass
• Led and implemented multi-campus vision and programming
• Fully integrated over 25 lower-income Hispanic teenagers from the port of Houston into youth ministry ecosystem
• Spearheaded complete renovation of youth space
• Served on team to launch contemporary worship service in 175 year old church
• Disciple, encourage, motivate, and direct a team of five staff members

• Trained leadership team through books, retreats, and one-on-one mentorship
• Established parent/adult volunteer base to meet needs of growing student population
• Grew student ministry attendance from ~15 students to 80+ students

• Founded a new ministry geared at young adults looking to live on mission for the gospel
• Led in depth, expository, Bible study and taught through the book of Acts, 1 and 2 Timothy, and James
• Served and ministered, as a group, at Bethel Ranch foster home monthly