Other Helpful Sites

Faith and Wisdom -- life long learning opportunities for people of faith

The Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Seminary in Washington, DC. The Lewis Center's website provides news and information about events, programs, resources, and recent research. Past Leading Ideas material is archived by topic and author, and the popular "50 Ways" series of resources for building congregational strength can be downloaded free of charge.

Leading Causes of Life based at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, TN.

Leading Causes of Life Lectionary Blog Author Larry Pray takes the Biblical text from the lectionary each week and approaches it from a Leading Causes of Life perspective. The blog is a practical way of tying the life of the church to the Leading Causes of Life.

The Institute for Clergy Excellence -- Focusing on preaching and worship leadership as a leverage point for renewing pastors

The Grace Foundation for Clergy and Congregational Development -- Providing continuing education events for clergy

Worship Connections from Cokesbury -- Find the resources to make worship more meaningful, creative and engaging regardless of style

The Congregational Resource Guide -- Recommends resources on challenging issues faced by congregations. Sponsored by the Alban Institute and the Indianapolis Center for Congregations.

Pulpit and Pew -- a series of research reports on topics such as clergy salaries, lay search commmittees, women in minsitry, and media images of clergy. Based on the five year Pulpit and Pew Project which is aimed at strengthening the quality of pastoral leadership (clergy and lay) in faith communities across America.

Religious Clipart Source -- Excellent resource for Color and Black and White clip art. Resources for Eucharist, Baptism, Ordination, Prayer, the Life of Christ, and more. Easy to navigate and download the clips.

Worship Renewal Grants Program -- Calvin College offers grants from $5,000 to $15,000 to individuals and congregations seeking ways to renew worship. Check the website for more information. Contact the Center for Ministry for a partnership in planning.

Lift Up Your Hearts -- This site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada has links for worship, liturgy, spirituality, music and arts, seasonal church resources, and children in worship.

Internet Theology Resources -- Page of links intended to guide websurfers to theological resources available on the web. Link topics range from systematic theology to spirituality to liturgical studies. A great place to start for continuing formation as a pastoral leader.

Pneuma - Spiritual Direction & Formation -- Web-newsletter articles concerned with spiritual direction and formation. From the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

Mississippi Annual Conference

Spirit Works -- resources for spiritual formation from the Florida Annual Conference

Bill Easum -- resources for visionary ministry

The Center for Rural Church Leadership -- provides written articles and other bibliographic resources that will benefit, teach and encourage rural pastors and laity in their ministry to small town and remote congregations.

Barna Research Group -- George Barna and company provide great resources for leaders interested in the changing dynamics of ministry. This site has a research data archive that is very interesting and helpful.