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Ask the Experts: Building Church Leaders brings together a panel of experienced, respected church leaders who love the church and want to share their knowledge about leadership and ministry. This Ask the Experts discussion allows select leaders to share their advice, as well as an opportunity for you to contribute to the conversation or even ask your own question. Here's how it works: When you submit a question for our experts' panel, your inquiry will be combined with others like it. The next time we pose questions to our experts, we'll try to make sure someone addresses your question in particular or, more likely, the general concerns underlying your question. We work with our panel to gather new questions and answers every few months, so feel free to submit anytime. Build Your Own Meeting: Want specific material for an upcoming meeting? Select a topic and a format that fits your needs, or search for resources by ministry area or church role. This is an easy way to find valuable content focused on your immediate needs. Click here to start building. Devotionals: We have more than 150 free devotionals to equip, disciple, and inspire you and those you lead. Benefit from the biblical insight and thought-provoking application offered here. FAQs: Get quick answers to common questions about BuildingChurchLeaders.com, our content, our team, the technical difficulties you may face, and many other issues. Click here to visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. Free Account: A free account is the best way to become acquainted with the benefits of Building Church Leaders. The simple and fast process opens up to you our My Cabinet tool, our cartoons, our weekly e-newsletter, and it simplifies your ability to browse and purchase the training tools available on BuildingChurchLeaders.com. To register for a free account, follow these steps:
After you log in once, our servers will save your information and you will have greater access to the resources at BuildingChurchLeaders.com. Free Articles: Search though hundreds of free articles on the BuildingChurchLeaders.com website. You'll find information on a wide range of topics—from spiritual formation to stewardship, from team leadership to public speaking. Click here to start your search. Free Samples: We offer 30 downloadable training resources for free. Visit our free page and you'll find a range of items, from complete training packs and articles to PowerPoints and cartoons. Click here to view a complete list. Interactive Assessments: Use this free online tool to assess leadership skills, as well as individual leadership performance or church-wide health. Simply fill out questions on the selected topic and receive your results instantly. Click here for the assessments. Multimedia: Are you tired of boring handouts? Use PowerPoint presentations, and audio and video clips, as resources for personal or team training. Click here to explore our collection. My Cabinet: You can use the My Cabinet tool to save articles, cartoons, site links, and your own notes into personalized folders—all stored on BuildingChurchLeaders.com. All you need is a free membership to access this tool. Click here for step-by-step instructions. Off the Agenda Blog: Read about challenging ministry topics and discuss the implications for the future with other leaders. This blog pulls together experienced church leaders and provides a place for them to share ideas, glean wisdom, and express opinions. Click here to join the conversation. Orientation Guides: New leaders don't need to be in over their heads when they start a role they are unfamiliar with. Our Orientation Guides can establish guidelines and best practices for people new to a specific ministry, and they can serve as refreshers for ministry veterans, too. Recommended Resources: The editors of BuildingChurchLeaders.com have gathered some of the best training tools on various topics relevant to ministry today. Click here to see a complete list. And, if you know of a resource we should add, let us know. Respected Authors: Building Church Leaders is proud to host articles sharing the insight and passion of some of the most respected, thoughtful leaders of the church as we know it, including more than 60 articles by Fred Smith, 40 by Gordon MacDonald, and 30 by Bill Hybels. Respond to Crisis: You don't need to reinvent the wheel the next time a serious situation confronts your ministry. Whether you face the tragedy of a lost life, an endangered soul, or a church threatened by conflict, you can rely on the advice and experience of other leaders using the tools of our Respond to Crisis page. Join a discussion about these challenging topics in our Urgent Needs Discussion. RSS Feeds: You can receive automatic updates about new downloads, articles, and blog posts on BuildingChurchLeaders.com by subscribing to RSS Feeds. Click here to sign up! Site Tour: Learn how to take advantage of all the features on BuildingChurchLeaders.com by taking our virtual tour. As you watch, you can click on the areas that interest you, or enjoy an automated guide. Click here to begin your tour. Urgent Care: Some ministry situations are too sensitive to step into without thoughtful, prayerful preparation. The training tools in our Urgent Care category will help you understand the issues at work in a crisis (for example, the loss of a loved one, a divorce, or a painful diagnosis). They also will equip you with practical skills for both one-on-one ministry and public leadership. More FAQs | Back to Help & Info |              |
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