Small Church Resources
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Books
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![Book cover titled 'Small Church Essentials' by Karl Vaters, with a metal wrench positioned vertically on a blue background.]()
Small Church Essentials
Affirming small church leaders and showing them how to identify what they do well, and how to do it even better.
Author: Karl Vaters
Published: Moody Press (2018)
ISBN: 978 08024 1806 7 -
![Book cover titled 'Messages that Move' by Tim Hawkins, with colorful subway map lines in green, blue, red, yellow, and black, and the subtitle 'How to give Bible talks that challenge and inspire'.]()
Messages that Move
A practical guide to the art of preparing and delivering Bible talks that lead to genuine transformation through the gospel.
Author: Tim Hawkins
Published: The Good Book Company (2013)
ISBN: 978 19087 6237 5 -
![Book cover titled 'Ready Steady Grow: Equipping Today's Gospel Churches' by Ray Evans, with the words 'Ready' in red, 'Steady' in orange, and 'Grow' in green, which has a plant sprout in the letter 'O'.]()
Ready Steady Grow
Looks realistically at the barriers to growth, as well as the hurdles of reorganisation and structural changes that growing churches inevitably face.
Author: Ray Evans
Published: IVP (2014)
ISBN: 978 17835 9113 8 -
![Book cover titled "Refresh: A Not-So-New Guide to Being Church and Doing Life" by Michael Moynagh and Rob Peabody, featuring a black background with a yellow circular arrow around the title.]()
Refresh
How to stop going to church and instead be the church. A not-so-new guide to being church and doing life
Authors: Michael Moynagh and Rob Peabody
Published: Monarch Books (2016)
ISBN: 978 08572 1765 3 -
![Book cover titled 'Personal Transformation: Christ in Us' by Prince Yinka Oyen. Features an artistic illustration of a blue leafless plant against a textured blue background.]()
Personal Transformation
Personal Transformation: Christ In Us
Author: Yinka Oyekan
Published: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2018)
ISBN: 978-1987766912 -
![Cover of a book titled 'A Toolbox for Small Churches' featuring a church building with tools such as a hammer, saw, and tape measure emerging from the roof.]()
A Toolbook for Small Churches
Practical, down to earth, written in language that everyone can understand.
Author: Hilary Taylor
Published: Thankful Books (2007)
ISBN: 978 19050 8414 2
Worship Resources
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Worship Leading Course
A seven session course that looks at some of the theological and practical issues around leading worship.
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Engage Worship
Training, input and inspiration in creative, innovative worship for your worship group, leadership team or church network
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![Logo for Resound Worship with a white globe and Wi-Fi signal above it on an orange background, with the text 'RESOUND WORSHIP' beneath.]()
Resound Worship
A collective of British worship songwriters seeking to resource the church with songs that engage heart, mind and soul.
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![Logo for Musicademy with a black background, large orange text reading 'musicademy', and smaller orange text below that says 'OUTSTANDING PRACTICAL WORSHIP TRAINING'.]()
Musicademy Training Days
Musicademy offers a small number of 'public' training days of worship training , and their team are available for training at your church.
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Sermon Illustrations
Sermonspice offers sermon illustration videos, worship backgrounds, and church countdowns
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Preaching.com
Sermon.com provides tools and ideas for pastors and church leaders to help them lead well.
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Graphics & Media Resources
Share Faith offers all-in-one church worship and outreach resources to engage and grow disciples
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Sermon Central
Equipping a worldwide community of Pastors and Ministry Leaders with free sermons for preaching inspiration
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Fuelcast Films
A free inspirational discipleship video every weekday of the year
Small Church Resources
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![Red background with white text displaying 'the prayer course' with a flame integrated into the letter 'o' in 'prayer'.]()
The Prayer Course
An 8 week journey through the Lord’s Prayer with Pete Greig
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LIFEsize
A study guide to encourage groups from smaller churches to recognise their strengths, develop their relationships and serve their community.
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![A dark background featuring a fingerprint icon and the words 'Christianity Explored' in red, with a subtitle 'What's the best news you've ever heard?' in smaller gray text.]()
Christianity Explored
A relaxed and informal way of sharing the best news you can ever hear, giving people space and time to think about the big questions of life, through seven sessions in Mark’s Gospel.
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Life Explored
Seven interactive sessions based on stunning films shot all over the globe will help people uncover what they’re really living for, and see how, in Christ, God meets their deepest desires for happiness.
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![Text reading 'Discipleship Explored' in stylized font.]()
Discipleship Explored
An eight-session journey through Paul’s letter to the Philippians is ideal for believers at any stage of the Christian life. It features documentary-style films and inspiring real-life stories from around the world, Bible studies and weekly reading plans, and a Handbook.
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![Close-up of a green leaf with a blurred natural background and the text: 'The Bereavement Journey: a place to talk'.]()
The Bereavement Journey
This seven-session series of films and facilitated discussion helps people bereaved in any way and at any time to process their loss. Oakes Baptist Church in Huddersfield has run the The Bereavement Journey five times.
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The Word One to One
The Word One to One has everything you need to take a friend through the book of John. Each booklet divides the gospel into accessible, bitesize chunks - called which take 20 - 30 minutes to work through together.
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Known & Loved by Chris Duffet
6 session course to prepare you to show and tell others that they are known and loved by God. Free on website to download (Chris Duffett/Light College)
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![A handbook for small churches - A cartoon illustration of a church with various school supplies and tools on its roof, including a hammer, ruler, paintbrush, saw, pencil, and eraser.]()
Small Churches Blog
This blog is designed to network with people like Hilary from small churches across the world and share ideas, problems and solutions.
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