A call to social action and spiritual vigor with a mission to create a more equitable and inclusive world by nurturing skillful justice advocacy and the depth to act on it.

Bearing Witness offers resources for supporting whistleblowers in the workplace, governmental agencies, and congregational settings.

Start With Why Summary

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

By Simon Sinek

How Do You Know When It's Time to Go?

by Cindy Halvorson with Susan Miller

Part 1: Internal Factors

Part 2: External Factors

5 Signs I Need to Put on My Desk

Often the best way a leader can improve things is to focus on his or her own actions and behaviors. Carey Nieuwhof outlines five simple reminders that help him lead more effectively, and can help you, too.

5 Key Lessons for Managing Congregations in a Virtual Age by John W. Wimberly, Jr.

Turning toward a hybrid future, churches have focused much attention on digital worship. John Wimberly says it’s just as important to consider how to work with staff and volunteers. He names key issues for managing programs and ministries in an era when working from home and digital meetings are likely to remain part of congregational life.

Find free curriculum, resources, and blog posts ranging from Setting up Kids Ministry Volunteers to Curriculum Adaptations [for] Kids with Special Needs to 5 Reasons Preschool Programming Is Not Childcare.

Jessica Guleth wonders, "What does it look like for the voices of our youth to be invited in, heard and included in the ways we do for adults? What needs adjusting in our minds and hearts to see and hear them as members?" in The Future of the Church Is Young.

Episode 84: “Cultivating and Nurturing the Pastoral Imagination” featuring Eileen Campbell-Reed

What is pastoral imagination? And how can it be nurtured by clergy and laity? We speak with Eileen Campbell-Reed about how clergy can cultivate and nurture pastoral imagination in order to address conflict, experience joy, and develop a deep, wise knowing.

Richard Rohr reflects on Cynthia Bourgeault's understanding of Jesus as a moshel moshelim, a teacher of wisdom, in A Seminary of Life.

Lewis Center for Church Leadership has a growing list of Covid-19-related resources on topics of Social Action, Stewardship, Technology, and Hospitality.

8 Trends Impacting Church Leadership for 2021

By Doug Powe And Ann A. Michel On January 5, 2021

How to Deal with Job Stress and Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Share Rev. Julia's I Am Not Afraid. I Am Heartbroken with your congregation.

How to Be a Hero Maker

• activate the gifts of others

• multiply the impact of your ministry

How to Keep Your Leadership Pipeline Full

For Collard Girls is a journey, a conversation, and a podcast, that shares the unique, bold and beautiful narrative of womyn of color who are in spaces in the church, in the community, and in the world.

Leading Like Moses: 4 Ways to Know What to Delegate

Micah Fries and Jeremy Maxfield say that the critical skill of delegation improves a leader’s focus, multiplies impact, and develops the capacity of others.

MennoMedia's ~ing Podcast hosts Rev. Dr. Dennis Edwards and Allison Maus discuss current issues in church leadership, growth, and community engagement with national church leaders.

12 Practices to Cultivate Humble Leadership

shared That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief and Coping with Fatigue, Fear, and Panic During a Crisis

“Courage, Faith, and Resilient Leadership” featuring Tom Berlin

Leading with Imperfect Knowledge

Leaders today are faced with the challenge of deciding how to move forward with imperfect knowledge. Lewis Center Director Doug Powe says leaders must risk action when they have enough knowledge to head in the right direction. He outlines decision-making principles for situations when gathering all the data isn’t a realistic option.

Small Church Big Impact

How smaller congregations can use their unique giftedness to fulfill their mission.

Effective Leaders Know When to Take Risks and When to Exercise Restraint

The Video Editing for Churches course will help you learn how to use editing tools like Adobe Rush and iMovie to create videos your members, newcomers, and others will want to see.

This is an open enrollment course.

The Faith+Lead Learning Lab is a place to listen, learn, innovate, and grow. Join other spiritual leaders in grappling with real-world challenges and discoveries of ministry in the 21st Century.

CONVERGENCE offers numerous leadership and community development webinars on-demand or in a cohort:

Learn more about Futures Literacy here.

Learn more about Convergence's Futures Literacy Labs here.

Coaching4Clergy offers:

• Asynchronous Coaching Foundations: add coaching to your skill-set as a congregational leader
• Online Semesters: receive necessary CEUs or move toward becoming a certified coach
• Mentor Coaching: participate in a cohort, learning and coaching with others

Convergence offers Executive Coaching for congregational leaders.

Opportunities for self-care, personal growth, new learning and more, include:

• Renewing Leadership: cohort-based facilitated group; includes a 360 assessment and a 1-on-1 coaching session
• UnMasking Discovery: A Journey of Identity, Voice, and Impact: examine the masks you’ve had, re-discover your authentic self, and create a new way of being in the world

• Conversations on Race: Changing Self, Changing Community, and Changing Systems.

Living Like They Believe is an online video study series on vocation and discipleship.

Church Pension Group offers Safeguarding Online - boundaries training for folks who work with children and youth; and Safeguarding People, which includes Training Resources and Model Policies & Resolutions.

Right Questions For Church Leaders, Volumes 1-4

Leaders do not need answers.
Leaders must have the right questions.

In the Works Series

This five-session series explores how Christians can be part of God’s mission in the world. Each title includes five inspiring daily readings for each week; five easy-to-use discussion guides (with activities, Bible study, and discussion activities); and follow-up action options to apply the study to real-world life.

Sessions include:

• How Do I Begin? Sharing Your Faith
• How Do I Make It Right? Doing Justice in a Broken World
• What Do I Do with My Life? Serving God through Work
• What Do I Owe? Managing the Gifts God Gives You
• Where Do I Come in? Joining God's Mission

PC(USA) Store curated a selection of books, downloadable studies, and curriculum programs

“More Church Leaders | Stronger Church Leaders” Video Tool Kit

Learn strategies to identify and support new leaders and build and maintain effective ministry teams.

Leading Like Nehemiah: Rebuilding Together

• Six-session video-based study curriculum
• key themes in Nehemiah’s witness
• inspire and guide today's faith leaders today
• accompanying Study and Discussion Guide

Serving with Grace: Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice

• Also available from Google eBook or Kindle.
• Rev. Wikstrom offers a two-part: Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice Webinar from UUA Bookstore on Vimeo.
• Additional resources for this title are available free of charge.

LeaderWise offers Not-Your-Average Boundaries Training

Convergence offers

Boundary Training for Clergy