Resources

Leadership Development

We offer free, short videos and video series to help you grow as a leader.

What kind of leadership skills do you need?

• General Leadership

• Leading Small Groups

• Studying and Teaching the Bible

What other resources can help you?

• Visit our blog for articles on leadership and life.
• Download our list of resources for leaders.
• Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter.

Let us know your area of need as we plan future resources.

Godly Living

BOW provides resources that apply not only to leaders, but to all believers.

Grow in Christlikeness through our free videos

• Embrace Your Life provides biblical help when life doesn’t meet our expectations.
• Diversity of a Different Kind provides a fresh approach to personal conflict resolution.
• Lament series on Understanding and Practicing Lament
• Finding a Mentor
• A Language of Healing for a Polarized Nation
•  Justice in the Bible
• Embrace the Impact of Prayer 
• Biblical Manhood & Womanhood features Dr. Sandra Glahn discussing what is actually biblical vs. what is cultural.
• Sharing Your Faith Story prepares anyone for friendship evangelism.
• You Are on God’s Team encourages your service.
• Leading Toward Racial Reconciliation  
• Beginning the Road to Racial Reconciliation
• Fight Right guides through conflict.
• It’s Time for a RelationSHIFT envisions a better way for women & men to work together in the church.

Church Issues

The modern church and its people are facing difficult issues in today’s world. We provide biblically-based conversations to help navigate those topics on BOW’s podcast and videos. Contact us with ideas for other issues you’d like us to tackle.

Our free videos on difficult topics facing the church

• Women and the Gender of God Author Dr. Amy Peeler discusses how God’s gender is good news for women.
• 40 Questions About Women in Ministry Dr. Sue Edwards and Kelley Mathews, authors of the book 40 Questions About Women in Ministry, discuss some of the major issues with Kelly Arabie, BOW Ministry Team member.
• Sexual Identity & Gender Identity Dr. Sandra Glahn and Dr. Gary Barnes discuss sexual identity and gender identity, including ways the church and individuals can wisely respond biblically.
• Gender and Scripture Claudia McGuire interviews Dr. Sandra Glahn of DTS about gender and common misconceptions about what gender is and what the Bible teaches.
• Re-Imagining Discipleship Series. Many conversations today within Christianity echo the surrounding culture more than Jesus’ words and present symptoms of a problem–lack of biblical discipleship. All episodes are now available: A Theological Perspective, A Spiritual Formation Perspective, A Church Leader Perspective, A Missions Perspective and A Kingdom Perspective. 
• Post-Roe: Supporting Mothers and Babies How do we as the church support mothers who would have considered abortion before the Dobbs decision? Sharifa Stevens and Kay Daigle discuss it.
• Sexual Abuse and the Church Mary DeMuth shares how we as the church should respond when a victim shares about sexual abuse.
• Biblical Archaeology Angela Everett helps all believers understand how archaeological discoveries support the historicity of the Bible and increase our faith as she talks about a few of the major artifacts.
• Justice in the Bible with Nika Spaulding and Kay Daigle overviews what the Bible says about this all important topic.
• Biblical Manhood and Womanhood with Dr. Sandra Glahn takes a closer look at what the Bible actually says about this topic in contrast to what is actually cultural instead. 
• On the issue of racial division we have two series: Leading Toward Racial Reconciliation for leaders and Beginning the Road to Racial Reconciliation for all of us.
• Elizabeth Woodson provides the church guidance for ministering well to singles in The Forgotten Ones: Singles and the Church.
• Women in Public Ministry: Revisiting the Issue series with Dr. Sandra Glahn.
• It’s Time for a RelationSHIFT Dr. Jackie Roese discusses a better way for women & men in the church working together.

Caring Well

God has designed those in the church to care well for others. Our videos can help!

Videos to help us follow Jesus’ commands to love

• Post-Roe: Supporting Mothers and Babies How do we as the church care well for women and their children now that Dobbs has overturned the right to an abortion? Sharifa Stevens and Kay Daigle discuss it.
• Sexual Abuse and the Church Mary DeMuth shares how we as the church should respond when a victim shares about sexual abuse.
• Diversity of a Different Kind gives guidance to carry the right attitude into conflict.
• Embrace the Impact of Prayer helps us care well for others through intercession.
• On the issue of racial reconciliation and caring well for our brothers & sisters, we have two series: Leading Toward Racial Reconciliation and Beginning the Road to Racial Reconciliation.
• Minister well to singles through The Forgotten Ones: Singles and the Church.
• Ministering TO Millennials

Bible Studies

Our low-cost studies are designed for all ages and maturity levels while stretching everyone to grow. What’s a journaling study? It’s not art or anything difficult. It’s simply answering open questions on your own paper!

Do you wonder how the journaling study works? Look at an example study preview and/or watch our free short video for tips for leading one.

• Christians in a Hostile World: A Study of 1 Peter (Peter’s message
  to persecuted believers) 
• Kingdom Living: A Study of the Sermon on the Mount (reflecting the priorities of Jesus’ upside down kingdom) 
• The ONE Story (the Bible’s meta-narrative which pulls together the whole Bible) 
• Who is this Jesus? (Gospel of John) 
• Interrupted by God (stories of God’s work through biblical people)
• Near to the Heart of God (selected psalms in both Journaling & Classic formats)
• A Walk of Faith (Abraham’s relationship with God) 
• An Anchor for the Soul (a study of the Minor Prophets who speak to us today – available for free from bible.org)
• Running the Race: A Bible Study of the Life of Paul (learning to follow Jesus as Paul did – available for free at bible.org)
• Seeing Clearly through the Darkness (a study of Judges for the church today – available for free from bible.org)