• Brotherhood Mutual Coaching and Counseling
• Brotherhood Mutual Online Training
• Church Boom pastor coaching
• Faithful and Fruitful: training for pastors in 5 areas of ministry
• Focus 412: leadership coaching
• PastorServe: they serve pastors by providing coaching, crisis support and consulting
• Practical Shepherding Ministries - "helping pastors thrive in hard places"
• The Priorities of a Shepherd Pastor: Shepherding God’s People with Deep Love, Biblical Wisdom, and Strategic Care, by Mark Hallock
• Resources for pastor from TGC
• The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church, by Tim Witmer

• See also the Finances resource page
• Setting a church employee’s salary: Contact Colby and he can run a report specific to your context. 
• "How To" videos on staff compensation questions from ChurchSalary.com
• Honoraria for guest preachers - how much should we give to a guest preacher as an honorarium?
• Calculating Benefits, from ChurchSalary.com
• Church Budgeting: 5 Ways to Take Care of Your Staff by Lifeway Research

• Leading from the Second Chair: Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams, by Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson
• "What Future Pastors Need Right Now" - an article from LifeWay
• See also Lige Reed's recommendations under staff recommendations in the bibliography.

• "Leadership Roles of Women Dividing Protestant Denominations" by Lifeway Research
• The ministry of women and credentialing
• Prepared - developing the gifts of female leaders in the Evangelical Free Church of America
• An interview with Gloria Grell of Prepared by Kevin Kompelien
• An interview with the leaders of Prepared by EFCA West
• See also Jane Schaible's recommendations HERE

• Made to Flourish Pastoral Residencies - resources and coaching to establish a pastoral residency program in your church. See also the informational booklet.

• "Bivocational Pastors Don't have Two Jobs", an article promoting "immersion" as a different model than "tentmaking"
• "The Hammer and the Pulpit: Pursuing bivocational ministry wherever the Lord has placed you", by Barry Hannant in the EFCA Blog
• "Making Bivo Better" from EFCA Today
• Resources for Bivocational Insights from EFCA Today

The MWD has partnerships with several institutions of higher education for training pastors and church leaders.

Click HERE.

• Certificate program at TEDS. See more info in this video with Bill Yaccino, David Bryan, and Greg Strand.
• Cedarville Bible Minor online
• Online Bible Commentary by The Gospel Coalition
• The Brookside Institute - (hosted by Brookside EFC in Omaha) Creating and collecting content that builds and reinforces foundations of the Christian faith
• 4D Leadership Program (residencies and internships) (hosted by Brookside EFC in Omaha)
• Pathways - We help underserved church leaders plant and develop healthy churches around the world. See also an article HERE about Pathways.
• Rural Church Training by Oak Hills Christian College, all online
• Storytelling workshop in KC - improve your preaching by learning better storytelling methods