Leadership:
- Inspiring Leadership, a 11/2023 article from the outlook: Click here
- 4 Church Financial Leadership grants available: Click here
- Small Steps You Can Take to Build a Healthy Volunteer Culture, a Church Juice webinar on October 20 at 1:00pm CT: Click here
- Tod Bolinger (AE Sloan) Blog articles: Click here
- 7 Ways To Build Teams of Great Leaders(when you feel like your team is lacking), 6/2021 (Carey Nieuwhof article): Click here
- The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast: Click here
- Leadership articles from The Lewis Center for Church Leadership: Click here
- Leadership best practices from The Lewis Center for Church Leadership: Click here
- The Reclaimed Leader podcast with Jason Tucker & Jesse Skiffington: Click here
- The Colossian Forum: Lead Through Conflict, free and $: Click here
Training:
- School for Lay Ministry from Faith + Lead: Click here
- Resources for the Year of Leader Formation (PCUSA 2020): Click here. Read an article about the curriculum: Click here
- Opening Doors To Discipleship: A Training Website for Faith Formation Leaders in the Reformed Tradition: The Website A Quicksheet with information on how it can be used
- Leader Formation webinar 2022 and new resources on presiding at the sacraments, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, 4/2022 article with links: Click here
- Equip, PCUSA Training Resources: Click here
General Resources:
- Book of Order online: Click here
Elder and Deacon Training:
- Discovering Leadership: Called to Serve, a 90 minute, pre-recorded webinar from the Leader Formation initiative that seeks to faithfully understand what it means to be called to serve as ruling elders and deacons in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Click here
- Ruling Elders webpage on the PC(USA) Office of the General Assembly: Click here
- Coming Alive in Christ: Training for PC(USA) Ruling Elders and Deacons based on the Constitutional Questions: Click here
- Elder and Deacon Training (Theocademy, 13-week series): Click here
- Sacred Calls, PC(USA) Elder Training: Click here
- Quicksheet Elder and Deacon Training: Click here
- Year of Leader Formation discusses deacon ministries, 9/2021 recorded webinar: Click here
- Leadership Formation webinar: care ministry, 4/2023, a recorded 90-minute conversation about ways ruling elders and deacons — in addition to other church members — can provide care ministry in its many forms: Click here
- Selecting and Preparing Ruling Elders and Deacons, a downloadable study from the PC(USA) Store: Click here
- Regarding Ruling Elders: A Monthly Series for Serving Faithfully: Click here
New Member Classes:
- Being Presbyterian: Foundations of Presbyterian Discipleship – New member study (Theocademy, 5-part series): Click here
- New Members Workbook explores Christian Discipleship in the PC(USA): Click here to learn more and click here to access the workbook
- Sacred Calls, New Member Class: Click here
- “Why Presbyterians are Like That”, a 10-session Bible study for congregations. A downloadable PDF Bible Study based on one Presbyterian chaplain’s suggestion of 10 reasons Presbyterians are the way we are.
- New Members: Call to Discipleship workbook from the PC(USA): Click here & here is the online workbook
Opportunities:
- The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program, a ministry of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is an ecumenical, one-year service opportunity for young adults ages 19 to 30. Learn more about this transformative year by click here: Click here