Vitality Resources
Looking for books, training, or funds to help your church live into it's God-sized dreams?
- Stepping into the Stream- Specifically designed to equip congregations to navigate through the four stages of ministry and to discern and implements God’s vision and purpose for the church by listening to God, one another, the needs of your neighbors, and finding your unique ability to respond
- Longing to Belong- Designed to equip and empower congregations to navigate through various stages of transition and conflict and to move forward faithfully in ministry together.
- Healthy Transitions-Designed to equip the Pastor and key Lay Leadership positions of the church to gain clarity in their individual and group leadership strengths and challenges. Healthy Transitions focuses on using a personality profile to understand better how to work together, scripturally based healthy storming strategies, building relational covenants, and general forming techniques. This is a great resource for churches with a newly appointed Pastor and/or teams within a church that would like a refresher in covenant building, good communication techniques, and general re-forming as a team.
CHURCH LEADERSHIP
Lewis Center for Church Leadership
Lewis Center for Church Leadership: Books
Lewis Center for Church Leadership: Serve Your Neighbor
GBHEM Leadership Resources
Living Faithfully: Human Sexuality and the United Methodist Church
Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations
Ted Talks: The Power of Vulnerability
Ted Talks: The Price of Invulnerability
Meditations on the Ministry of All Christians
DISCIPLE FORMATION:
A Disciple’s Path; A Guide for United Methodist
Lewis Center for Church Leadership: Adult Christian Studies from the Wesley Ministry Network
Traveling Together: A Guide for Disciple Forming Congregations
WESLEYAN STUDIES:
Living As United Methodist Christians
Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials
Reclaiming our Wesleyan Tradition: John Wesley’s Sermons for Today
John Wesley Sermons: Anthology
REACHING PEOPLE:
Evangelism & Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit
Fresh Expressions: Dinner Church
Lewis Center for Church Leadership: Reach New Disciples
Lewis Center for Church Leadership: 50 Ways to Reach People
Community: The Structure of Belonging
RESOURCES TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY:
GRANTS:
The Royce and Jane Reynolds Ministry Fund Grants