One of my commitments to the readers of this site is to try to put the best resources available into the hands of pastors and church leaders. Recently, a number of books, conferences, materials, and quality coaching has come across my path. Rather than promoting them in a number of individual emails and social media posts, I want to compile them into a single post for your convenience.
The following are 10 Resources Every Pastor And Church Leader Needs To Know About:
- Content – If you are looking for the finest content for Christian leaders, make sure you bookmark The Top 30 Christian Leaders And Organizations You Need To Follow On Twitter In 2020, The Top 35 Blogs Christian Leaders Need To Read In 2020, and The Top 20 Books Christian Leaders Need To Read In 2020 .
- FREE Staff Transition Playbook: A Guidebook For Healthy Transitions In Churches – The way that you respond to times of staff transition directly impacts the season ahead. Chemistry Staffing’s Staff Transition Playbook will walk you through the three biggest challenges you’ll encounter when a staff person exits your team, giving you step-by-step instructions on how to ensure your current staff member exits well and your next staff member is set up for success. This resource will help you identify blind spots in leadership, gaps in your ministry, and issues that need to be addressed in your day-to-day operations… all of which are key to a healthy transition. Their free PDF will help you navigate your transition successfully.
- 52-Week 2020 Digital Pastors Planner – It’s not too late go get yours. Brought to you by my friends at Ministry Deal, you would be surprised at the number of churches that operate without any systems in place! Systems may sound scary, but they’re really just the “how” of what we do around the church to help it operate most effectively. This planner is designed to give Pastors and Church leaders a consistent personal system for each week. For only $27 you get this and two bonuses as well. A must-have!!
- SundayU – Created by Justin Dean, SundayU Services is your go to agency for done-for-you communications and marketing tasks. Focus on what you do best, and free up your time by letting us handle the rest. SundayU helps you with social media scheduling, sermon video clipping for YouTube and other outlets, graphic designs, email newsletters, communications strategy, and more. You can enroll monthly for only $12 per month, and you’ll get your first month free. Or you can save $45 and pay yearly, for only $99. Either way you can cancel anytime.
- February Courage To Lead Live – On February 18th, Shawn Lovejoy and the team at CourageToLead.com will put on a one-day leadership event which can change your culture. In addition to Shawn, two of the featured speakers Jon Gordon and Chris Hodges. Need I say more? Create your culture by design rather than by default. See progress soar once the right behaviors become observable, tangible and measurable. At CourageToLead LIVE, you will learn how to design a healthy culture. Why? Because healthy things grow…and keep growing! I’m going to be there and hope to meet you in person.
- 20/20 MONEY: Gaining Clarity For Your Financial Future – Many people feel stuck in their financial journeys. Because of this, they find it difficult to even allow themselves to dream. One of the top reasons people seize up when it comes to dreaming is because they recognize the extraordinary costs involved. They instinctively know their regular income will never be able to fund many of their big dreams. After an exhausting attempt to think of alternative ways to raise the money necessary to fund them, most people just give up on their dreams. In 20/20 Money, Joseph Sangl shares practical steps you can take to discover and fund your God-given purpose.
- The Meeting Before The Meeting podcast – Pastors and church leaders, do you have any meetings coming up this week? On December 23rd, John Maxwell taught a session on The John Maxwell Leadership Podcast entitled “The Meeting Before The Meeting.” It is without a doubt one of the finest, most practical, and most helpful 37 minutes I have heard in a long time. This is a just-listen by any leader. Simply outstanding!
- The Leader’s Greatest Return: Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders – John Maxwell’s latest book is being released on January 28th. I can’t wait! In The Leader’s Greatest Return, Maxwell shares the most important lessons he’s learned about the leadership development process over the last quarter century. He instructs readers in how to:
- Recognize potential leaders
- Attract leaders by creating a leadership “table”
- Work themselves out of a job by equipping and empowering leaders
- Position leaders to build a winning team
- Coach leaders to higher levels and make them leadership developers themselves
This is where leaders really experience the compounding value of developing leaders and go to the highest levels of leadership themselves.
- ReThink Leadership Conference – Hosted by Carey Nieuwhof and part of the Orange Conference, this April 29th through May 1st Atlanta gathering is a must-attend event for all pastors and senior leaders. As a senior leader you’re always looking for access to latest ideas, people with excellence, and strategies to you help you be more successful at leading your church. That’s why we’re bringing it all together in one place: RETHINK LEADERSHIP 2020. This year we’re bringing you a lineup of speakers, ideas and strategies that is better than ever before. It’s an opportunity for you to learn, in a small and personal setting, from leaders who have years of experience leading churches, organizations and high-capacity teams.
- Share The Light 2033 – 65,000 students at Passion 2020 were being challenged this year to put an end to Bible poverty. Nearly a billion people on the planet do not have the Scripture in their heart language. However, because ten leading Bible translation agencies are working together, I believe that every tribe and nation can have a version of scripture they can understand by 2033. We can get this done!!! Let’s be the Church and follow the lead of 65,000 college students to #ShareLight! Visit http://sharelight2033.com to get involved.
***BONUS*** 
My book Timeless: 10 Enduring Practices Of Apex Leaders is available for purchase. If you have ever wanted to become the leader God created you to be, this book is for you! By combining leadership lessons from biblical heroes like Jesus, Daniel and Joseph, along with modern day leaders like Bill Gates, Nick Saban, Kobe Bryant and multiple pastors, Timeless will equip and inspire you. This book is not to be read alone. Discussion questions are included in each chapter allowing you to develop those in your circle of influence. Click HERE or on the image provided and order your copies TODAY.