blast (BUILDING LEADERS AND STRENGTHENING TEAMS)

BLAST is an international, non-profit training organization for pastors and church leaders.  Our mission is train and develop leaders, pastors and ministry teams to more effectively serve their community and bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the world.  We work with all Christian denominations and churches who believe the good news that Jesus Christ is Lord and that he died for our sins, rose from the grave, and ascended to heaven to take his rightful place as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and that through faith in Him we can receive the gift of eternal life.


Our founder and primary consultant is Pastor Drew Price.  Drew is a former executive with AT&T and DST Systems who, for the last 20 years, has planted and pastored churches of 600, 1000 and 16,000.  He is currently Senior Pastor at New Beginnings Church in Virginia.  He graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a degree in Marketing, received his masters degree in Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco and completed his seminary studies at Western Theological Seminary.  Drew is the father of three, grandfather of three, and lives in Bridgewater, VA with his wife of 41 years, Kathy.