Who We Are

Wellspring Consulting exists to help congregations rediscover the life-giving water God has already placed in their midst—even when reaching it requires deep digging, hard decisions, and real courage.

The name Wellspring comes from Genesis 26. Isaac reopens the wells his father Abraham had dug—wells that once gave life but had been filled in over time. Isaac doesn’t invent new water. He clears away what was blocking it so the water can flow again for his generation and the next…

That image shapes everything we do.

Our Story

Wellspring Consulting is rooted in long-term ministry lived on the ground, through challenge, loss, growth, and rebuilding.

Founder Pastor Jedidiah has spent over twenty-five years in ministry leadership across multiple contexts. He served for a decade at Wilderness Canoe Base in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, including four years as Camp Director. During that time, the ministry survived the Ham Lake Fire, which destroyed much of the camp. Jedidiah was present both before the fire and throughout the rebuilding process—leading through crisis, loss, and renewal.

He later served in congregational ministry in Minnetonka before beginning his current call at Resurrection Lutheran Church in 2010. Over the past fifteen years, he has led through significant growth barriers, organizational change, cultural shifts, and the ongoing challenge of leading a church to remain mission-minded rather than maintenance-driven.

Along the way, Jedidiah has coached fellow pastors, mentored leaders in their first calls, and learned deeply from seasoned pastors who have faithfully led through decades of ministry. Wellspring is shaped not by theory alone, but by Scripture, shared wisdom, and lived experience.

Our Conviction

Many congregations still have water in the well.

But over time, wells get blocked—by fear, by comfort, by attachment to past forms, and by spiritual opposition that thrives on stagnation. Clearing that debris is rarely easy, and it is never cosmetic.

Some churches don’t just need a fresh coat of paint.
They need resurrection.

Genesis 26 reminds us that Isaac reopens the wells for Jacob. We honor the faithfulness of the Abraham generation—but revitalization requires courage to lead for those who come next.

It won’t look like your grandpa’s church.
And that’s not failure—it’s faithfulness to the future.