Track Record
A Track Record of Building & Strengthening Ministry
For 34 years, Rich Andrews did the same assignment in different places: take ministries with unrealized potential and build them into stronger, growing, sustainable platforms. Camps were often the focus but the leadership spanned conferences, retreats, performing arts, guest services, and multi-site operations.
Era 1 Platform Ministry (1993-1998)
Launching Something from Nothing- The Impact Team
Helped launch a new Gospel-centered youth outreach ministry from the ground up: recruiting, training, programming, and live presentation. The start of a career pattern — build the platform, then build the people to run it.
Era 2 Elementary Camps (1995-2000)
Doubling a Camp — Word of Life Ranch Turnaround
Helped lead the era that doubled New York camp attendance: stronger programming, a rebuilt camper experience, and seasonal teams scaled to deliver it.
Era 3 — Gospel Productions, Florida (1998–2013)
Building an Arts & Events Engine
Built out and launched a performing-arts and special-event ministry: venue development, production operations, staffing, and logistics. More than 225,000 patrons served; conferences and events reaching 5,000 participants.
Era 4 — Word of Life Florida (2000–2026)
Turning a 20-Year Financial Drain into a Flagship
The defining turnaround. A ministry that had operated in the red for over two decades became a flagship operation and major financial contributor across camps, conferences, retreats, and Bible Institute operations.
Era 5 — Multi-Site Executive Leadership (2023–2025)
Renewing a Whole Region
As Vice President of Youth & Family Camps: strategic clarity, leadership restructuring, and operational renewal across New York ministries — spanning camps, conferences, retreats, and customer care across multiple states.
Era 6 — Jenness Park (2025–2026)
Relaunching on the West Coast
Acquisition evaluation, transition planning, and relaunch framework for a renewed West Coast ministry presence: operating assumptions, program calendars, guest projections, rates, and revenue planning for a sustainable year-round model combining camp, retreat, outdoor education, and partner-ministry use.