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.
Minister Resources
Explore recent articles supporting those in ministry.
Overview of Mental Health and Relationship Issues
Resiliency in the Ministry
Engaging the Congregation
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 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.
Minister Webinars
Practical guidance for maintaining spiritual and emotional health.
Guiding Others through Loss Minister Webinar
Nurturing Discipleship in the Church Webinar
Leading in our Weakness Webinar
Minister Support Organizations
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.
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.
Topical Minister Resources
Resources for Helping Others
Resources for Resiliency
Resources for Stress in Ministry
The minister support session, Dealing with Hurt & Moving Toward Healing, 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.
Resources for 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.
- Marriage 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.
- Prepare & 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.
- Mentoring Young Couples Webinar – This webinar walks through the mindset, approach, skills, and resources needed to mentor and disciple young couples in the church.
Resources for Elders’ Wives
Resources for 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.
Encouragement to Ministers of the Gospel
The focus of this article is encouragement and counsel for new ministers but applies to all ministers regardless of age or experience. As ministers of the Gospel, we are instructed to take heed to the ministry we’ve received in the Lord and to fulfill it. (Col 4:17)
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