Evan Pitts
Founder & Lead Pastor, Church 54 New Orleans
Evan
Pitts
Evan Pitts is the Founder and Lead Pastor of Church 54 New Orleans, a church he planted in 2019 with a vision to reach people far from God and develop fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. For more than 20 years, Evan has served in full-time ministry, leadership development, and organizational growth. Since surrendering his life to Christ in 2001, his life's mission has been centered on winning the lost, making disciples, and empowering leaders to fulfill their God-given purpose.
"Healthy leadership is built on strong relationships, personal stewardship, and living life with purpose."
Raised in Hammond, Louisiana, Evan experienced a radical life transformation after giving his life to Jesus, entering ministry a few years later as a youth pastor. Over the following two decades, he served in multiple leadership capacities β youth pastor, associate pastor, senior pastor, internship director, church planter, and leadership developer β helping train emerging leaders, develop ministry systems, and strengthen churches throughout the region. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship from Southeastern Louisiana University, and has worked extensively in the marketplace through property management, organizational health, and leadership consulting. This unique blend of ministry and business experience fuels his coaching and consulting work today β helping businesses and organizations strengthen leadership, cultivate healthy workplace cultures, and establish intentional care systems that help people and teams thrive. Evan is 44, has been married to his wife Leah for 21 years, and they have three children β Aliah, Noah, and Honor. They live in the New Orleans area, committed to serving their community and advancing the Kingdom through both ministry and marketplace influence.
You're Ready
to Level Up.
- You lead a business, team, or ministry and want a coach who has actually built healthy culture from the ground up β not just talked about it
- You want practical leadership development and organizational systems that help your people and teams actually thrive
- You're a pastor, church planter, or ministry leader who needs help building sustainable systems and developing the next generation of leaders
- You want to lead from a place of purpose β integrating your faith and your work instead of keeping them in separate boxes
- You're ready to build intentional care systems so the people on your team feel developed, not just managed
What We
Build Together
Every coaching engagement follows the Brave framework β proven, structured, and relentless. We don't do inspiration without execution. These are the areas we'll attack together.
Foundation
Leadership Development
Evan has spent two decades training emerging leaders across ministry and marketplace. He helps you identify, develop, and empower the leaders on your team so your organization doesn't rely on you alone.
Culture
Organizational Health
Drawing on his consulting work with businesses and churches alike, Evan helps you build healthy workplace culture and intentional care systems β so your team and organization don't just perform, they thrive.
Purpose
Ministry & Marketplace Integration
Evan's rare blend of pastoral ministry and business management gives him a unique lens on leadership β helping you integrate faith-based principles with practical business strategy instead of separating the two.
Legacy
Discipleship & Multiplication
At the core of Evan's life mission is winning the lost, making disciples, and empowering leaders to fulfill their God-given purpose. He coaches leaders to build teams and organizations that multiply, not just maintain.
Ready to Take Ground?
Personal Coaching
1:1 Coaching
with Evan
- Weekly 1:1 sessions with Evan
- Leadership development and personal growth
- Faith-integrated coaching for life and work
- Direct access between sessions
- Encouragement, accountability, and real forward movement
- Built for leaders in ministry, business, or both
Consulting
Leadership &
Culture Consulting
- Organizational health assessment and strategy
- Leadership development systems for your team
- Intentional care systems that help people thrive
- Consulting for businesses, churches, and nonprofits
- Practical tools grounded in real ministry & business experience
- Tailored engagements for teams and organizations
Simple.
Proven.
Relentless.
No complicated systems. No fluffy frameworks. Just a proven four-step process that produces real results week over week.
Apply & Connect
Fill out the application. Evan reviews it personally and schedules a discovery call to ensure the fit is rightβfor both of you.
Build Your Plan
Your first session maps where you are, where you're going, and the exact 20-Mile March to close the gap. You leave with a systemβnot just a conversation.
Execute & Be Held Accountable
Every week you show up, report in, and do the work. No excuses accepted. Evan challenges the story you're telling yourself.
Level UpβConsistently
Results compound. You become a different version of yourselfβdisciplined, clear, purposeful, and dangerous in the best sense of the word.
What Brave
Coaches Produce
Evan helped our leadership team stop just surviving and start actually building something healthy. The systems he gave us changed how our whole organization operates.
β Client Β· Business Owner
I came to Evan burned out and unsure how to lead well. He gave me practical tools and a faith-grounded perspective that changed the way I lead my team and my family.
β Client Β· Ministry Leader
Evan's blend of business savvy and pastoral heart is rare. He helped us build a culture where our people actually feel developed, not just managed.
β Client Β· Team Leader
Your Excuses
End Here.
The next level is real. The plan exists. All that's left is your decision to stop waiting and start working with Evan.