Ministers
The call to church ministry and leadership is a weighty but honorable calling. God equips as He calls. We are also to lean on each other as we seek to serve. This community is home to resources which are meant to encourage and support elders, ministers, and their wives.
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Minister Support Sessions
One of the services of ACCFS is to support church leadership and congregations in fulfilling the overall mission of the church. Our minister support sessions are meant to provide in-person venues of discussion and learning for pulpits as they grow together in the work of the ministry. Click below to see a list of our current offerings.
Minister Sessions
Minister Webinars
The ministry of the Gospel involves many aspects of our lives and ministry. Visit our webinar page to view recordings of our numerous minister webinars, addressing a variety of ministry topics.
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Minister Discussion Modules
Minister Discussion Modules are short lessons created for minister teams to complete together. These modules are designed to provide tools for individual minister health, encourage pulpit team partnership, & facilitate discussion.
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Elders Teaching Resource
The Elders Teaching Resource (ETR) exists to equip our ministry in biblical learning, to research our doctrines and practices, and to remember our church history. The mission of the ETR is to promote clarity and scriptural integrity in the preaching, teaching, and pastoring of ACCA sound doctrine. ETR facilitates Minister Support Curriculum group courses in the areas of Core Doctrine, the Bible, History, Engaging the Church and Community, and Spiritual Health. Additionally, ETR facilitates Elder-led research projects, an annual Apologetics Conference, the ACCA historical archive, and more! You can engage with these resources and find out more information at the ETR website.
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Helping Others
Basic Counseling Skills Course
This online course lays out the mindset and skillset needed when counseling others. It is intended to motivate, inform, and equip those engaged in the ministry of helping others.
View CourseCore Counseling Skills for Ministers Webinar
This webinar covers the basic counseling mindset and skillset, highlighting verbal and nonverbal communication, listening skills, asking questions effectively, and other concepts.
View WebinarHelping Others Be Disciples Course
‘Helping Others Be Disciples’ is an online course designed to empower you to engage in deeper discipleship within your local community, whether it be your family, small group, or church.
Learn MoreEffective Listening
Effective listening is a skill that enhances relationships and is particularly important in the role of helping others.
Learn MoreInfluencing Skills
Influencing Skills are ways to be supportive and helpful as you work with others as they change.
Learn MoreEmpathy
Empathy is the skill that awakens our heart to the needs of others. We forget about ourselves and turn our attention to others, sharing love and connection.
Learn MoreCompassion without Compromise: Sexual & Gender Identity
This presentation addresses the challenge of appropriately approaching gender and sexual identity issues, using Scripture to guide our responses and understanding with grace and truth.
Learn MoreGod's Promises to the Believer
This article provides a series of scriptures which highlight some of the promises that God has given to the believer.
View ArticleCounseling Resources for Elders & Ministers
This article contains additional counseling material and book recommendations.
View ResourcesResiliency
Resiliency Webinars
We have hosted several minister webinars which address various aspects of resiliency . Learn more5 Keys to Resilience and Wellness in the Ministry
Bouncing back from stress, trials, and adversity is a process that God is deeply involved in. This article speaks to principles of resiliency. Learn more
360 Wellness
360 Wellness is an Elder-led and directed work group focused on supporting health within the ministry. You can view resources and wellness assessments on the 360 Wellness page linked below.
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Dealing with Hurt & Moving Toward Healing
This minister support session is a 2 hour, in-person session that focuses on various stresses of ministry and provides tools for dealing with them. Learn tools for focusing on what we can control and letting go of what is outside of our control. Learn about how to get “re-grounded” after you or your church has been ‘hit’ with a stressor.
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Working With Couples
Growing a Strong Marriage Leader's Guide
This webpage contains the online version of marriage resources included in the Growing a Strong Marriage booklet.
Learn MoreMarriage Modules
This article contains downloadable documents which are part of a biblically based series of resources that can be used to counsel and encourage premarital couples as well as strengthen and nurture discussion with couples of all ages.
Learn MorePrepare & Enrich
The Prepare/Enrich assessment provides opportunity for increasing awareness of the dynamics of a couple and can become an instrument to encourage ongoing conversations into growth and enrichment aspects.
Learn MoreMentoring Young Couples Webinar
This webinar walks through the mindset, approach, skills, and resources needed to mentor and disciple young couples in the church.
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ACCFS Courses provide teaching while facilitating community. Courses are set up as lessons presented in an online venue, encouraging personal growth as well as group conversation around important topics. View all our course offerings and consider which one can help support you, your ministry team, or others within your church.
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Elders' Wives Presentations
This webpage contains presentations and handouts given by ACCFS staff to elders and/or their wives throughout the years.
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Church Vision Facilitation
Our Church Vision support comes alongside a local church walking through a visioning effort, providing facilitation, health surveying, and further resources to assist a church as they consider church health, local focus for ministry efforts, and strategic alignment for engaging its membership in the work of the church.
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