Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations are producing incredible resources to help pastors and church leaders navigate these unprecedented times. Recently, many of these resources have been brought to my attention. As a result, I want to make them available to you. I deeply believe each of items listed below will help you be a better pastor or church leader.
Below are 10 Resources Every Church Should Have During The Coronavirus COVID-19:
My friends at Chemistry Staffing are excited to equip and support churches in this season. Things are changing on a daily basis and their team is committed to pray for you and support you every step of the way. Here’s how they plan to help:
- COVID-19 Response Page. How is Chemistry Staffing responding to this pandemic to resource churches? Check out their new COVID-19 response page. This is as good as an overall resource as I have seen.
- Preparing for the Summer: Mark your calendars for their next webinar to resource your church. It will be held Thursday, April 16th, at 11 AM eastern with guests Tim Nations of Chemistry Staffing; Tim Farrant, executive pastor of Grace Fellowship Church; and Scott Ridout, president of Converge. Register for this webinar here.
- Virtual Ministry Bootcamp: Six weeks of learning together how to make the jump to leading remote teams in the ministry context. They will connect you with other ministry leaders and one of Chemistry’s coaches. This is a tuition-optional coaching experience. Learn more here.
- Virtual Church Strategy Lab: The Virtual Church Strategy Lab is a 6-week group specifically designed to help you make the pivot from surviving virtual church to creating a thriving virtual church. Click here for more information.
- Transitional Ministry Coaching: Cutting staff is never easy. It is important that you care for your departing staff member during this time, and into their future. Connecting them with a dedicated transitional ministry coach is one way to continue to support and love your former staff member, and help them land on their feet in their next endeavor. Click here to find out more.
ONLINE GIVING
- GiveINJOY – Some churches are still needing to institute or upgrade their online giving systems. If this describes you, now is the time to act! If you are going to get into online giving space, you better have the best rates and customer service anywhere. And they do!! Click here and scroll down just a little and you will find a comparative rate sheet with all the industry players. I am about to save your church more money so you can do more ministry!
BOOKS
- Confident Leader How Overcome Self-Doubt by Dan Reiland. I cannot wait for this book!!! Being released on April 21st, in his new book, the incomparable Dan Reiland draws from his 39 years of leadership experience to share a practical, workable, and transformational process that results in your ability to become a more self-assured leader and achieve maximum success. Building unshakable confidence will positively impact your personal work performance, your belief in self, your support and approval from others, and your trust and reliance on God.In this book you will learn how to:
- Make deep foundational decisions about your core identity
- Implement practical steps for deliberate character development
- Incorporate daily, practical disciplines that transform your leadership ability
- Jesus: The God Who Knows Your Name by Max Lucado. For more than three decades, pastor and bestselling author Max Lucado has shown us Jesus. In this capstone book, he takes us further on the journey to know the life and character of the Savior. Divided into six sections (Immanuel, Friend, Teacher, Miracle Worker, Lamb of God, Returning King), each containing multiple chapters, this book describes both the person Jesus was on earth and how to live in a personal relationship with him. By exploring Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection as well as specific details like how he interacted with his friends and his enemies, what he did with time alone, how he acted at a party, this compilation from Max Lucado—now with original never-before-read content from Max—gives readers the chance to become more familiar with the man at the center of the greatest story ever told.
- Coronavirus and Christ by John Piper. Being released April 28th, John Piper invites readers around the world to stand on the solid Rock, who is Jesus Christ, in whom our souls can be sustained by the sovereign God who ordains, governs, and reigns over all things to accomplish his wise and good purposes for those who trust in him. Piper offers six biblical answers to the question, What is God doing through the coronavirus?―reminding us that God is at work in this moment in history.
- For a larger sampling, read 10 Books Every Leader Should Read During COVID-19 And The Spring Of 2020.
COVID-19 Response Kit
My friend Michael Lukaszewski and the team at ChurchFuel are addressing how the short-term effects of COVID-19 will create long-term change on a global scale. Churches are in the middle of a forced re-evaluation of the “how” and “why” of nearly everything they do week in and week out. In their response kit we help churches understand how to continue operating in several key areas, including:
- Preparing Church Communications
- Altering Team Meetings
- Reaching Your Community
- Conserving Church Finances
- CARES Act Information
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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.