A free toolkit for ministry leaders

The Ministry Startup Toolkit

For readers of Building a Resilient Ministry, plus the What's in the House devotional.

You are the person everybody else calls. Nobody calls you to ask how you are doing, and if they did you would say fine.

This toolkit is aimed at the beginning of a thing, which is not where you are. Take it anyway, and take it to your team. A surprising amount of burnout is a sequencing problem that was built into the program before you got there.

What's inside

  • The Rescue, Rebuild, Restore framework laid out in order, one page per stage
  • The five questions to answer before you launch anything
  • Three fillable planning templates you can take straight into a leadership meeting
  • The three things that quietly stall a new ministry in its first year

Free, and it stays free. You will also get What's in the House, seven short readings on what God has already put in your hands. That one is for you, not for your ministry. After that I send a note about once a month. Not often, and never long.

The Burden Bearers books

Rescue, Rebuild, Restore  The framework: compassion that works, for churches, volunteers and ministries

Changing Clients, Shifting Focus  The Wisdom Method for staff working a residential caseload

Building a Resilient Ministry  Overcoming burnout and leading well

If the weight you are carrying is your own, the other half of my books was written for you. Start with Fear to Faith or Done with This Cycle.

At least a tithe of the author royalties from my books goes to Foundation House Ministries, the maternity home I founded and lead. You can see the work at foundationhouseministries.org.