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resources for your ministry?
Our publications provide Spirit-led guidance to:
- Deepen discernment.
- Strengthen governance.
- Inspire stewardship.
Explore books like Called Together and The Ministry of Money below.
Church Training Center Publications
Called Together is a Spirit-led planning guide for churches seeking to listen deeply, discern faithfully, and respond boldly to God’s call. Rooted in communal discernment and designed to be accessible across denominations, it helps congregations uncover their identity, clarify their calling, and step forward with unity and purpose.
Embracing Our Call; A Practical Guide for Church Governing Body Leadersequips board members, pastors, and officers to approach governance as a spiritual practice. Through the framework of Calling, Energy, Resources, and Discernment, the book helps governing bodies align their structures, decisions, finances, and leadership practices with what God is asking of the congregation in its present season. Practical, theologically grounded, and encouraging, it offers leaders greater clarity, shared responsibility, and confidence for the work entrusted to them.
Guiding the Vision: The Pastor’s Discernment and Stewardship of Congregational Calling is a practical, spiritually grounded guide for pastors entrusted with leading congregational vision. Rooted in a Spirit-led approach to discernment and governance, the book equips clergy to read congregational patterns, strengthen structure, and align energy and resources with God’s call — cultivating clarity, integrity, and steady leadership along the way.
Rooted in the Call is a guide for church chairpersons who long to lead with discernment, not just duty. Blending spiritual wisdom with practical tools, it helps leaders stay grounded in God’s call while guiding congregations through both ordinary seasons and moments of crisis.
The Ministry of Money; A Treasurer’s Role in the Mission of the Church is a comprehensive guide for church treasurers who want to serve with spiritual integrity, financial clarity, and mission alignment. Framing the treasurer’s work as a sacred calling, the book helps leaders move beyond recordkeeping to understand fiduciary responsibility, strengthen financial systems, interpret what the numbers reveal, and align church resources with Calling. Rooted in scripture and supported by practical tools, policies, checklists, and training resources, The Ministry of Money equips treasurers, pastors, finance committees, and governing boards to steward faithfully and lead with confidence.
Called to Lead, Called to Serve is a 40-day devotional written for church leaders who long to root their service in prayer, scripture, and Spirit-led discernment. Designed for pastors, treasurers, chairs, and governing body members, it invites leaders to listen for God’s call, renew their energy, steward resources faithfully, and practice discernment in every decision.
Sacred Listening; Discovering God’s Call for Your Life is a nine-week journey of Scripture, reflection, and gentle practices that help you hear and respond to the Spirit’s invitation. Not a manual of answers but a pathway of presence, it guides you from surrender to identity, through transformation and calling, into a life that bears good fruit.
Serving the Call; A Training Manual for New Governance Body Members is a practical, hands-on workbook designed to equip new members of church governing bodies with the tools, templates, and spiritual grounding they need to lead faithfully. As a companion to Embracing Our Call, this guide brings clarity to board roles, meeting practices, and financial oversight through real-life examples, interactive exercises, and ready-to-use resources—making it the ideal training tool for Spirit-led governance.
The Heart of Stewardship: The Practice of Faith is a practical and spiritual workbook that reframes financial leadership as a ministry of discipleship. Written as a companion to The Ministry of Money, it invites treasurers, finance committees, and church leaders to see stewardship not as bookkeeping alone, but as a Spirit-led calling rooted in Scripture and discernment.