20 Years of Ministry Tools You Can Use Today
Every pastor and leader I know hits the same wall eventually. You get handed a role or responsibility with a partial roadmap. It might be a challenging board discussion with no framework for the hard conversation you need to have. Perhaps a season of feeling distant from God, wanting to engage in spiritual disciplines to get back to a place of spiritual health. Maybe it’s as simple as struggling to come up with a comprehensive budget for the coming year.
I’ve hit these walls more than once over 20 years of ministry, on staff teams and boards, and in my own walk with God when I wasn’t sure what came next. This is exactly why I started gathering and building ministry tools instead of just pushing through the same wall again and again.
Introducing Lead Biblically Tools
Most of these ministry tools started as I set out to solve my own problems. They were initiated by problems that I needed to solve. When I couldn’t find a guide to walk me through a situation step by step, I used information gathered from my own experience and some training along the way to build one.
Most of these tools have a Biblical foundation and spiritual benefits. Paul tells Timothy that all Scripture is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. That’s the heart behind most of what you’ll find at Lead Biblically; these tools are a part of that pursuit.
What Is Inside the First Set of Ministry Tools
Right now, there are six resources live in the tools store.
- There’s a personal mission guide grounded in Scripture, built for anyone wrestling with the greater purpose that God is calling them to.
- There’s a seven-part Church Leadership Toolkit: discussion guides that your board or ministry team can work through together.
- There’s A Year of Faithfulness spiritual disciplines pathway with a full New Testament reading plan built right in.
- There are two budget builders: an Excel project file for single ministry financial planning for the year ahead.
- The second budget builder is an Excel project for a whole church.
- There’s a sneak peek at a complementarian spectrum resource, preparing church boards to have the polarizing discussion on women’s roles in ministry leadership.
Grab What Fits Your Context
You don’t need all six. Grab the one that’ll help you where you’re at right now. Whether your struggling with your sense of calling, the board’s next hard conversation, or you’re needing a season of spiritual growth, download when you need. Use it, adjust it, make it yours.
Click Lead Biblical Tools to find the resources that fit your context.
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians reminds us that Christ gave leaders to the church to equip the saints for the work of ministry, so that the body of Christ would be built up. Ephesians 4:11-12. This is what I want these ministry tools to do for you and your team.
Join the Conversation; Answer This Question.
- Which of these six resources would help your team most right now?
- What has been missing until now?
