Prepare well

📚 About This Course

The material in this course has come from a decade of clinical research and practice into the main areas we see students, and early "career" ministry workers struggle with in the ministry life.

Since 2019 we have delivered this course live to bible colleges, and it is a popular and much appreciated resource.

In 2024 we decided to create a more affordable and accessible version so that anyone, anywhere could get access to the content

This course is a recorded version of the best of the recorded sessions we have.  


🧭 What You’ll Learn

Resiliency in the Ministry Life

  • Understand what the research says about burnout in ministry

  • Explore protective factors that support long-term wellbeing

  • Learn the difference between stress management and true resilience

Aligning Values with Ministry

  • Clarify your personal values and how they shape your ministry decisions

  • Identify values clashes before they lead to disillusionment

  • Explore how to serve authentically without losing yourself

Personality Considerations

  • Reflect on how your personality traits affect your stress and energy

  • Identify your natural strengths and blind spots in ministry roles

  • Understand personality’s role in working with others and ministry loading

Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness

  • Learn why conflict happens so often in ministry settings

  • Gain skills for effective communication under pressure

  • Practice approaches to disagreement that preserve relationship and integrity

Healthy Boundaries and Assertiveness

  • Define what healthy boundaries look like in ministry

  • Explore the difference between self-sacrifice and self-neglect

  • Learn how to say “yes” and “no” with wisdom and clarity

Looking After Your Mental Health

  • Recognise early signs of burnout and emotional strain

  • Build simple, sustainable mental health habits

  • Understand when to seek support and how to protect long-term wellbeing

👥 Who This Is For

  • Bible college students preparing for vocational ministry

  • Interns and early-career workers wanting to start strong

  • Anyone who wants to prepare their mind and heart for long-term ministry health

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Access the course whenever you need and do it at your own pace

Course curriculum

    1. Resilience in the Ministry Life

    2. The PERMA Model of Flourishing

    3. PERMA Class Video

    1. Values Driven Ministry Part 1

    2. Values Driven Ministry Part 2

    3. Values Driven Ministry Part 3

    4. Values Driven Ministry Part 4

    5. Values Driven Ministry Part 5

    1. Pre-Work: MASS Questionnaire

    2. Personality Slides

    3. Personality Worksheet

    4. Personality Part 1

    5. Personality Part 2

    6. Personality Part 3

    7. Personality Part 4

    8. Personality Part 5

    1. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness:Slides

    2. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Worksheet

    3. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Part 1

    4. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness:Part 2

    5. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Part 3

    6. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Part 4

    7. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Part 5

    8. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Part 6

    9. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Part 7

    10. Managing Conflict and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Part 8

    1. Boundaries and Assertiveness: Slides

    2. Boundaries and Assertiveness: Worksheet

    3. Boundaries and Assertiveness: Part 1

    4. Boundaries and Assertiveness: Part 2

    5. Boundaries and Assertiveness: Part 3

    6. Boundaries and Assertiveness: Part 4

    7. Boundaries and Assertiveness: Part 5

    8. Boundaries and Assertiveness: Part 6

    1. Looking After Your Mental Health

About this course

  • $47.00