🗂️ Church Leader Toolkit – [Edition #02]

👋 Hello Church Leader!

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Every church leader needs the right tools—not just for ministry, but for impact. In this edition of Church Leader Toolkit, you’ll find game-changing resources, fresh insights, and practical tips to help you lead with confidence and clarity. Ready to level up your leadership? Let’s dive in!

Memory Verse: Luke 4:43

Jesus didn’t stay in one place—His mission was to spread the message of God’s Kingdom far and wide.

This is a reminder for us today: the Gospel isn’t meant to stay within our church walls or comfort zones. Who can you share the good news with this week? A neighbor, a coworker, or even someone online? Let’s follow Jesus’ example and take the Gospel beyond where it’s been before!

📌 Featured Article - The Distracted Pastor: Losing Focus in a Noisy World

📝 “Imagine a Sunday morning. The congregation gathers, Bibles in hand, ready to receive a word from the Lord. The pastor steps into the pulpit, but instead of opening his Bible, he glances down at his phone. Notifications light up the screen—emails, social media updates, text messages. The room is filled with anticipation, yet the shepherd is momentarily absent, lost in a digital world.”

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🛠️ Ministry Toolbox: Gloo Messaging

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10,000 free message credits every month. This is the first and only text messaging platform that offers their service to churches and ministries for completely free. Plus, it doesn’t stop at messaging, they have other tools and solutions for churches to become more efficient in their ministries. Click the link below to explore these amazing features.

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💡 Quick Tip for Church Leaders

💡 One-Minute Ministry: The Power of On-the-Spot Prayer

This week, take a moment to pray with someone unexpectedly. It could be a church member, a staff member, a volunteer, or even someone you run into at the grocery store. Instead of saying, "I'll pray for you," pause right then and there and ask, "Can I pray for you right now?"

It doesn’t have to be long or complicated—just a simple, heartfelt prayer acknowledging their situation and lifting it up to God. This small act can have a huge impact, showing people they are seen, heard, and loved.

Try it this week, and you might be surprised at how God uses that moment!

📚 Must-Read of the Week

📖 The Art of Disagreeing: How to Keep Calm and Stay Friends in Hard Conversations

In this positive and practical book, Gavin Ortlund looks to the Scriptures to discover a way in which to disagree with others that leads to greater understanding, peace, and love—and that shows a watching world something of Jesus.

This is a much-needed book in a society that is losing the ability to disagree well. Whether over politics, religion, or culture, or the more everyday issues of normal life, points of view tend to be held with a polarizing intensity. Often we enter disagreements feeling that we have to win or we avoid them altogether.

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✏️ Encouraging Quote

"I had then, and at other times, the greatest delight in the Holy Scriptures, of any book whatsoever. Oftentimes in reading it, every word seemed to touch my heart. I felt a harmony between something in my heart, and those sweet and powerful words. I seemed often to see so much light exhibited by every sentence, and such a refreshing food communicated, that I could not get along in reading; often dwelling long on one sentence, to see the wonders contained in it; and yet almost every sentence seemed to be full of wonders." - Jonathan Edwards

🙌 Stay encouraged and keep leading well!

📢 Final Thought & What’s Next

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💡 Until next time,
Mark Shaddix
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