Charles E. Ritter Email & Phone Number

Athens, GA, US

United States

Monroe, Georgia

• Direct and oversee team of employees on large ($750K) remodel and construction job.
• Communicate with vendors and subcontractors with regard to cost, delivery, and installation of goods and services.
• Coordinate team work schedules with company owners.
• Review and evaluate ongoing construction, work site status, and job completions.
• Perform variety of demolition, construction, and remodeling tasks.

Monroe, Georgia

• Completely reshaped stagnant church, growing membership by 6.5% and average attendance by more than 20% in first year. Created sense of hope and purpose by delivering inspiring messages, developing and implementing.
• Grew mid-week participation by 100% in one year by developing relevant programming, increasing class offerings, and recruiting and training leaders.
• Increased revenues by 7.5% in first year, and annual giving unit by 70% in 18 months. creating the most successful campaign in more than 10 years.
• Revised and improved stagnant capital campaign to retire debt by increasing campaign involvement by 40% in first year.

Toccoa, Georgia

• Transformed a financially struggling church into financial solvency in 2 years by growing membership by +5% and attendance by +25% through dynamic speaking, development of highly relevant programming, and by actively.
• Grew budget, giving, and tithing each year by 4%.
• Revamped early worship service, increasing attendance beyond capacity with new contemporary worship program, becoming the preeminent service of its type in a 5-county area. Actively sought out by area churches of.
• Tripled program offerings to move from a 2-day to a 7-day church. Programs were developed to reach a variety of demographics, at convenient times, including unique in-home programming to reach unchurched people.
• Completely reconfigured ministry organization and structure to improve accomplishment of ministry goals and increase participation. This streamlined approach improved awareness of the variety of ministries and.
• Implemented Natural Church Development process, a strategic planning process designed to increase the health of a church. Surveyed membership, held focus groups, and developed consumer insights to revamp many programs.

Acworth, Georgia

• Saved financially struggling church from brink of bankruptcy into financial solvency in 4 years by reducing the debt from $950,000 to less than $400,000 in 2 years. Proposed, planned, and implemented successful capital.
• Generated record Vacation Bible School attendance growth each year through targeted marketing, innovative programming, and volunteer growth.
• Grew membership of church by 5% (even though the church was positioned between 3 very large and fast-growing churches) by developing unique and targeted programming, creating important niche alternative to meet market.
• Launched Stephen Ministry, recruiting team of volunteer leaders to alleviate understaffing problems.

Hogansville, Georgia

• Transformed nearly dying church (in a community of only 2,500) people in 4 years. Doubled average Sunday morning attendance through dynamic and relevant messages and teaching.
• Planned and led first annual "stewardship campaign" church in over 40 years. Continued growth of stewardship campaigns each year, increasing tithing each year, leading to annual budget solvency and sufficient resources.
• Doubled youth attendance by coaching existing youth pastor and inspiring developing of needed programs.

Dunwoody, Georgia

• Grew attendance of youth program by 25% by developing and leading targeted weekly programming directed at youth and their families.
• Moved from single Sunday programming to comprehensive multi-day schedule.
• Doubled fundraising efforts that supported and provided for a broader mission outreach, involving not only more youth, but also volunteers from the church at large.
• Developed first Summer Sports Camp, which has now developed into a community sports league.

Tucker, Georgia

• Increased youth participation throughout broader organization through coaching, training, and inspiration.
• Strengthened successful youth retreat program by identifying and implementing broad program of change.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Developed breakthrough outreach strategy to transform church on the verge of closing into vibrant new community organization. By following outreach plan, church now has >2,000 members. Prior to execution of outreach.
• Grew youth group 10-fold in 2 years by creating targeted programming and visitation of teens in the area.

Masters, Divinty

Bachelors' Degree, Speech Communications

Activities and Societies: Varsity Football (NCAA Division I)

Education record

Activities and Societies: Cross County, Wrestling, Track, Key Club (sponsored by Kiwanis USA)