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You, as a Leader
Handling Disappointment in Ministry
Dr. Lynn Etta Manning joins Kelly Arabie of BOW Ministries to discuss what to do when facing disappointment in ministry. Download or listen to the podcast episode here.
– with Lynn Etta Manning
Healthy Habits for Lasting Ministry
How can people doing ministry last for the long haul? Nika Spaulding shares the life habits that keep her healthy enough to persevere in ministry. Access the podcast episode.
– with Nika Spaulding
Feeling Overlooked, Leader?
Claudia McGuire discusses handling that sense of being overlooked, a common feeling for both volunteers and professional leaders. You can choose to access it on BOW’s podcast.
– with Claudia McGuire
Feeling Overwhelmed, Leader?
What does a leader do when feeling overwhelmed? Claudia McGuire shares insights. Listen to or download the podcast episode here.
– with Claudia McGuire
Mommies & Ministry Series
Are you balancing family and ministry? This series includes three topics that provide wisdom for your challenges as a mom. Or access the podcast versions: Boundaries for Moms in Ministry, Protect Your Kids’ Privacy and The Myth of the Biblical Superwoman.
– with Kelley Mathews and Sharifa Stevens
You Are on God’s Team Series
Do you feel ill-equipped, unprepared or inadequate to serve? See how God used three women in new and surprising ways and wants to use you, too. The podcast episodes of God Uses Your Story, God Uses Your Availability and God Uses Your Gifts have been posted as well.
–with Claudia McGuire
Download follow-up Resources for You Are on God’s Team
Soul Care Series
Learn about the what, why and how of soul care. Watch the videos below, or listen to the podcast episodes: 1- Soul Care: What Is It? 2- How Is Your Soul? 3- Nourishing Your Soul.
– with Gail Seidel
Follow Up to Videos
Invitation to COME to Jesus
Recommended Reading List
Ministry in Unlikely Places
Dr. Lynn Etta Manning and Kelly Arabie of BOW Ministries discuss ministering in cultures unlike your own, as exemplified in the stories of Esther and Mulan. You can also access it on our podcast.
– with Lynn Etta Manning
Dealing with Loneliness in Ministry Series
Are you experiencing loneliness as you minister? This 3-part series provides wisdom for this challenge as a leader. Link to the podcast episodes: 1-Identifying It, 2-Meeting God, 3-Growing Because of It.
– with Kari Stainback
Is it Time to Move On, Leader?
Claudia McGuire provides wisdom for how to determine if it’s time to move on from a leadership position. Download or listen to the podcast here.
– with Claudia McGuire
Love God with All Your Mind – Lessons in Leadership
Kat Armstrong shares the meaning and importance of loving God with all your mind. If you prefer, it is available on BOW’s podcast.
– with Kat Armstrong
Asking Powerful Questions Series
Would you like deeper relationships with your friends, small group, children, or co-workers? Jill Williams, licensed coach, provides practical skills to do so. All episodes are available as podcast episodes: 1-“The Want To, 2- “The Framework” and 3- ” The Tools.”
– with Jill Williams
Download either Framework for Fostering an Environment of Collaboration or Asking Powerful Questions Resources
Burnout Series
You’ve heard of burnout, but you’re unsure of what it is and how to avoid or overcome it. Dr. Michelle Pokorny’s short video series provides answers. You can access the podcast episodes also: Part 1–The Burn, Part 2–On the Brink and Part 3–Beating Burnout. Don’t miss the resource download below.
– with Michelle Pokorny
Download a list of Burnout Resources
Ministry Issues
Re-Imagining Discipleship
The state of the American church suggests that our discipleship models need reworking. The five videos of this series can be accessed below, or listen to the podcast episodes of Nika Spaulding’s A Theological Perspective, Debbie Swindoll’s A Spiritual Formation Perspective, Elizabeth Woodson’s A Church Leader Perspective, Susan Binion’s A Missions Perspective and Kay Daigle’s A Kingdom Perspective.
–with Nika Spaulding, Debbie Swindoll, Elizabeth Woodson, Susan Binion & Kay Daigle.
Download either Resources on Re-Imagining Discipleship or Kingdom Prayers
Leadership Lessons from the Life of Moses
Jodie Niznik, author of Choose: A Study of Moses for a Life that Matters, shares lessons from Moses’ life in this 4-part series. You can access the episodes on our podcast: God’s Call, God Knows Best, Point People to God and Tempted to Accommodate.
–with Jodie Niznik
Women in Public Ministry: Revisiting the Issue Series
Current scholarship requires reconsidering the biblical stories of women, according to Dr. Sandra Glahn of DTS. Watch the videos below, or if you prefer, access the podcast episodes: the 1st, the 2nd, or the 3rd.
–with Dr. Sandra Glahn
Millennials: The Good, the Bad, and the Ministry Series
Maybe you’ve heard bad reports of Millennials or don’t know how to relate to them in the church. Nika Spaulding discusses them with Kay in our free series Millennials: The Good, the Bad, and the Ministry. You can listen to the first three episodes on our podcast: Identifying Them, Ministering TO Millennials and Ministering WITH Millennials.
Fight Right Series
Understand the nature of conflict, God’s way through it, and how allowing for the differences of others helps avoid it.
–with Oletha Barnett
Fight Right Resource
Series focused on Leaders: Empowering Leaders to Strive & Thrive through Conflict
Empowering Leaders To Survive & Thrive through Conflict Series
Has a conflict occurred under your leadership? Dr. Sue Edwards provides practical help for navigating it as a leader and insights into the ways women may respond.
– with Sue Edwards
Watch the series on Conflict basics: Fight Right
Post-Roe: Supporting Mothers & Babies
Sharifa Stevens, member of the BOW Ministry Team, and Kay Daigle discuss practical ways to live out a pro-life ethic now that Roe has been overturned. Listen to or download the podcast.
–with Sharia Stevens
Sexual Abuse and the Church
Mary DeMuth, author of We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis and The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible: What Their Stories Teach Us About Thriving, joins BOW Ministry Team member Kelley Mathews to discuss how we as the church should respond when a victim shares about sexual abuse. You can also access it on our podcast.
–with Mary DeMuth and Kelley Mathews
Diversity of a Different Kind
Oletha Barnett, author of Diversity of a Different Kind, joins BOW Ministry Team member Kelley Mathews to discuss dealing with our differences with others well. Listen to or download the podcast.
–with Oletha Barnett and Kelley Mathews
Seven Points to Improve Relationships Resource
Leading Toward Racial Reconciliation Series
Grow in understanding of the racial divide and how we can each help. Watch the videos below, or download/listen to the podcast episodes What is White Privilege, It’s a Gospel Issue or Reconciliation 101.
–with Sharifa Stevens and Kelley Mathews
Resources on Racial Issues
Beginning the Road to Racial Reconciliation Series
All believers can take healing steps toward our brothers and sisters. Connect to the videos below, or download/listen to the episode: “Where to Begin,” “Evaluating and Listening,” “Do’s and Don’ts” and “Empathy not Sympathy.”
–with Sharifa Stevens and Susan Seay
Resources on Racial Issues
The Forgotten Ones: Singles and the Church Series
Elizabeth Woodson shares insights from her leadership experience with singles about what ministry to this demographic is, what it should be, and how to get there.
– with Elizabeth Woodson
It’s Time for a RelationSHIFT Series
In light of #metoo and #churchtoo, how do we move forward with men and women working together? Dr. Jackie Roese discusses the issues in this short 3-part series.
– with Dr. Jackie Roese
Ministry Skills
Navigating Speaking Engagements
This series helps both the event coordinator and the speaker navigate speaking engagements. The first and second episodes, Questions for Potential Speakers (podcast) and Is this Speaker a Fit? (podcast) are designed to help the one searching for a speaker. The third episode As a Speaker, Do I Accept this Event?” (podcast) looks at the speaker’s part in the decision. Finally, “Growing as a Speaker” provides practical help for those who speak and teach (podcast).
– with Rebecca Carrell and Kelley Mathews
Recruit the Right Volunteers – Lessons in Leadership
Kat Armstrong shares what’s she has learned about recruiting the right kind of leaders. Alternately listen to or download the episode on BOW’s podcast.
– with Kat Armstrong
Casting Vision Series
Vision is essential when God calls you to something big. This free three-video series will help you with the basic principles, best practices and process.
– with Debbie Stuart
Vision for the Small and Ordinary Places
Vision isn’t limited to big ministry but applies to relationships of influence. This free video encourages vision that points to the positive future. Watch the video below, or access it on BOW’s podcast.
– with Dr. Kay Daigle
Meetings That Work Series
Do you want to lead great meetings? Watch our three short videos below on what to do before, during and after the meeting to make your time productive and enjoyable. Or if you prefer, listen to Part 1-Before, Part 2-During and Part 3-After on BOW’s podcast.
– with Claudia McGuire
Seek Volunteers More Gifted Than You – Lessons in Leadership
Kat Armstrong explains the importance of recruiting very gifted volunteers.
– with Kat Armstrong
Be Strategic for Effective Ministry Series
Effective ministry depends on strategic planning. This very practical free 3-video series will help you prepare, plan, and proceed with implementation. Or download or listen to the series on our podcast: 1-Prepare, 2-Plan & 3-Proceed.
– with Claudia McGuire
Organic Mentoring Series
Dr. Sue Edwards lays out the challenges, provides solutions and explains the right kind of match for those who mentor millennials.
– with Sue Edwards
Choosing Trustworthy Resources Series
With today’s proliferation of resources, leaders must carefully choose what we offer to others. Nika Spaulding provides helpful guidelines for biblical discernment. Part 1 “The Problem, Part 2 “Sorting Through Competing Voices”, and Part 3 “Determining the Central Truths of our Faith” are available on our podcast.
– with Nika Spaulding
Notes & Theological Concentric Circles
