the tide model
When leaders rise, churches rise with them.
Ministry is beautiful, but it places real weight on both pastors and churches. Leaders feel the pressure of constant decisions, expectations, and spiritual fatigue. Churches feel it too; uncertain direction, cultural drift, and the desire to flourish without knowing how to get there.
That’s why Harbor Network exists: to provide the safety and support churches and leaders need to launch, lead, and multiply thriving churches.
The Tide Model is what brings that mission to life—through Care that steadies the soul, Clarity that sets the course, and Connection that surrounds leaders and churches with trusted friends and gospel partners.
THE CENTER: THRIVING CHURCHES
At the center of The Tide Model is a simple conviction: Harbor Network exists so that churches thrive — and we believe that happens when leaders are renewed, guided, and joined together. Through Care for your soul, Clarity for your mission, and Connection with trusted friends, leaders are positioned to minister for the long haul—and their church thrives with them.
CARE for the leader
Care creates safe places for your heart, trusted friends for your journey, and rhythms that keep you steady when ministry gets heavy.
What Care looks like:
Soul care conversations
Crisis support
Counseling referrals
Renewal gatherings
Retreats with space to rest
CLARITY for the mission
Clarity gives you a clear next step, a faithful path, and a sense of direction you don’t have to invent alone.
What Clarity looks like:
Church Planter Assessment
Coaching & Mentoring
Alignment Intensives
Leadership development
Resources for strategic next steps
CONNECTION for the journey
Connection means you’re surrounded by friends who get your struggle, share your joy, and walk the road together—not just when everything is good, but especially when it’s not.
What Connection looks like:
Trainings and cohorts
Events and gatherings
Peer-to-Peer environments
Collaboration between churches
Relational support from Harbor staff
The Transforming Spaces of the Tide Model
The three circles—Care, Clarity, and Connection—do more than stand alone. They blend, reinforce, and amplify one another. Where they overlap, leaders experience the deepest renewal and churches gain the strongest footing.
CLARITY + CONNECTION → Shared Purpose
When leaders gain Clarity in community, mission becomes a shared purpose rather than a solitary burden. This is where loneliness gives way to great collaboration—and clarity takes root in a collective story.
CARE + CLARITY → Sustainable Leadership
Leaders don’t burn out simply because they work hard—they burn out because they work alone or without direction.
Where Care and Clarity meet, a new kind of leadership emerges: steadfast, grounded, sustainable.
CONNECTION + CARE → Supportive Community
Pastors need more than ideas and strategies—they need friends. Where Connection and Care meet, leaders experience the gift of a supportive community: people who know them, love them, and walk with them.
When leaders receive Care, gain Clarity, and experience meaningful Connection…
They launch churches with health.
They lead with resilience.
They multiply with joy.
Harbor Network can meet you where you are.
Choose your next step:
I’m a Church Planter → [Link to Launch page]
I’m a Lead Pastor or Spouse → [Link to Renew page]
I’m a Ministry Partner or Donor → [Link to Give/Partner page]