Church Renewal Training Modules

The intended audience for these church renewal training modules is lay leaders (ministry leaders, church board, etc.), but pastors will also find the trainings useful.

Each training takes approximately 55-70 minutes. They are lead by an instructor (pastor, Sunday school teacher, etc.) who utilizes the instructor's guide and a PowerPoint. The participants are also provided a guide. The materials are created to be flexible and can be used for all-church trainings or for smaller group sessions.

Dr. Lyle Pointer, former Professor of Evangelism at Nazarene Theological Seminary, was the developer of this curriculum. Additional credits are listed within individual modules.

	Welcoming Newcomers Into Fellowship Purpose: To encourage the church to love people into fellowship. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Credible Purpose: To reflect the humble character of Jesus, keep the unity of the Spirit in peace, and apply the grace-gifts in building up the body of Christ. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Convincing Christian Purpose: To encourage people to live a life of integrity. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Compassionate Christian Purpose: To encourage people to lovingly draw their acquaintances into a saving relationship with Christ. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Commissioned Christian Purpose: To encourage Christians to witness in the power of the Holy Spirit. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Caring Christian Purpose: To encourage Christians to devote themselves to doing good. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Mobilizing People to Serve Purpose: To recruit and direct people into effective ministry. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Organizing to Meet Multiple Needs Purpose: To expand the understanding of how the church can effectively use various group sizes to meet social needs. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Revitalizing Sunday School, Part 3: Re-Selling Sunday School Purpose: This module prepares leadership to promote Sunday School, to make Sunday School "user-friendly," and to frame Sunday School as a desirable venue for spiritual growth. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Revitalizing Sunday School, Part 2: Re-Tooling Sunday School Purpose: This module re-orients pastors to purpose-driven Sunday School, teaches the basics of Sunday School growth, and equips local leaders to be effective in growing Sunday Schools. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Revitalizing Sunday School, Part 1: Re-Envisioning Sunday School Purpose:This module deals with inviting, including, and instructing new people. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Discerning Spiritual Receptivity Purpose: To encourage Christians to witness openly and winsomely. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	When People Bring Their Messy Lives to Church Purpose: To call Christians to respond with Christ-like compassion to wounded people whose lives have been damaged by others or by their own choices. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Starting Spiritual Conversations Purpose: To teach participants to start spiritual conversations and build their confidence to do so. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Inviting the Unchurched Purpose: To train church members in easy methods of inviting their unchurched neighbors, friends, and co-workers to church. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Unleashing the Spirit's Power: How Spiritual Vitality Affects Numerical Growth Purpose: To free the Spirit to influence outsiders through us, the church. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Team-Building for Success Purpose: To advance the development of team ministries within the church. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Providing Christian Care Purpose: To encourage both pastors and laity to join together in providing Christian care both inside and outside their church. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving People into Fellowship Purpose: To encourage the church to love people into fellowship; to lead through love and acceptance. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Identifying Our Church's Uniqueness Purpose: To raise the value of the local church in the minds of its key leaders. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Jump-Starting the Established Congregation Purpose: To empower congregational leaders to provide vision, motivation, and inspiration for the established congregation. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Raising the Morale of a Plateaued Congregation Purpose: To guide leadership in raising congregational morale. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Seeing Through the Eyes of an Outsider Purpose: To challenge us, the church, to take an honest look at ourselves to see if we are "being wise toward outsiders." Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Helping Outsiders Become Insiders Purpose: To engage leaders in the intentional assimilation of newcomers in order to share the Gospel. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Witnessing: Re-envisioning God Purpose: The purpose of this module is to inspire churchgoers to become witnesses, reflecting God in their community. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Improving Church Communication Purpose: To raise the value of communication between church members and between the church and the world. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Witnesses of God's Grace Purpose: To challenge church leadership to build witnessing congregations that reveal God's grace to the world. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Starting Spiritual Conversations with Postmoderns Purpose: To improve the church's witness to postmoderns. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Exploring Evangelistic Strategies for the Local Church Purpose: To encourage Christians to develop intentional strategies for reaching unchurched people. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Developing Devoted Disciples Purpose: To teach the discipler how to address the needs of new believers within the first 72 hours after their decision for Christ. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Resolving Conflict Purpose: To create a climate in which church leadership can deal appropriately with conflict. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide

	Welcoming Newcomers Into Fellowship Purpose: To encourage the church to love people into fellowship. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Credible Purpose: To reflect the humble character of Jesus, keep the unity of the Spirit in peace, and apply the grace-gifts in building up the body of Christ. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Convincing Christian Purpose: To encourage people to live a life of integrity. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Compassionate Christian Purpose: To encourage people to lovingly draw their acquaintances into a saving relationship with Christ. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Commissioned Christian Purpose: To encourage Christians to witness in the power of the Holy Spirit. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving Your Friends to Faith: Becoming a Caring Christian Purpose: To encourage Christians to devote themselves to doing good. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Mobilizing People to Serve Purpose: To recruit and direct people into effective ministry. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Organizing to Meet Multiple Needs Purpose: To expand the understanding of how the church can effectively use various group sizes to meet social needs. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Revitalizing Sunday School, Part 3: Re-Selling Sunday School Purpose: This module prepares leadership to promote Sunday School, to make Sunday School "user-friendly," and to frame Sunday School as a desirable venue for spiritual growth. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Revitalizing Sunday School, Part 2: Re-Tooling Sunday School Purpose: This module re-orients pastors to purpose-driven Sunday School, teaches the basics of Sunday School growth, and equips local leaders to be effective in growing Sunday Schools. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Revitalizing Sunday School, Part 1: Re-Envisioning Sunday School Purpose:This module deals with inviting, including, and instructing new people. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Discerning Spiritual Receptivity Purpose: To encourage Christians to witness openly and winsomely. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	When People Bring Their Messy Lives to Church Purpose: To call Christians to respond with Christ-like compassion to wounded people whose lives have been damaged by others or by their own choices. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Starting Spiritual Conversations Purpose: To teach participants to start spiritual conversations and build their confidence to do so. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Inviting the Unchurched Purpose: To train church members in easy methods of inviting their unchurched neighbors, friends, and co-workers to church. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Unleashing the Spirit's Power: How Spiritual Vitality Affects Numerical Growth Purpose: To free the Spirit to influence outsiders through us, the church. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Team-Building for Success Purpose: To advance the development of team ministries within the church. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Providing Christian Care Purpose: To encourage both pastors and laity to join together in providing Christian care both inside and outside their church. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Loving People into Fellowship Purpose: To encourage the church to love people into fellowship; to lead through love and acceptance. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Identifying Our Church's Uniqueness Purpose: To raise the value of the local church in the minds of its key leaders. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Jump-Starting the Established Congregation Purpose: To empower congregational leaders to provide vision, motivation, and inspiration for the established congregation. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Raising the Morale of a Plateaued Congregation Purpose: To guide leadership in raising congregational morale. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Seeing Through the Eyes of an Outsider Purpose: To challenge us, the church, to take an honest look at ourselves to see if we are "being wise toward outsiders." Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Helping Outsiders Become Insiders Purpose: To engage leaders in the intentional assimilation of newcomers in order to share the Gospel. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Witnessing: Re-envisioning God Purpose: The purpose of this module is to inspire churchgoers to become witnesses, reflecting God in their community. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Improving Church Communication Purpose: To raise the value of communication between church members and between the church and the world. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Witnesses of God's Grace Purpose: To challenge church leadership to build witnessing congregations that reveal God's grace to the world. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Starting Spiritual Conversations with Postmoderns Purpose: To improve the church's witness to postmoderns. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Exploring Evangelistic Strategies for the Local Church Purpose: To encourage Christians to develop intentional strategies for reaching unchurched people. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Developing Devoted Disciples Purpose: To teach the discipler how to address the needs of new believers within the first 72 hours after their decision for Christ. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide
	Resolving Conflict Purpose: To create a climate in which church leadership can deal appropriately with conflict. Instructor Guide \| Instructor PowerPoint \| Participant Guide

Church Renewal Training Modules

The intended audience for these church renewal training modules is lay leaders (ministry leaders, church board, etc.), but pastors will also find the trainings useful.

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