Workbooks
All of the following workbooks can be ordered out of our store by immediate download.
Workbooks by 21st Century Strategies
The nursery is the second most important room in the church next to the worship center. In an unsafe world today, it is imperative that the nursery is safe and as well run as possible. This small workbook packs a lot of punch for making your nursery what parents expect it to be.
This no-nonsense, practical kit includes the proven basics for breaking the 200, 500, and 1,000 worship barriers as well as Job Descriptions for Worship Pastor, Executive Pastor, Pastor of 200 in worship, 500 in worship, and 1,000 in worship.
Challenges Facing the Large Church
Large churches (700+ in worship), like small churches, have their own particular set of unusual challenges. Knowing what these are and how to respond to them can be helpful in navigating the journey from midsize to large church. 10 pages.
Coaching the Postmodern Leader
For some, it feels like coaching a Post-Modern leader is like trying to convince a leopard to change its spots. Goal setting, vision casting, and strategic planning are so "Modern" and getting a POMO to buy into yesterday's tools can be a near-impossible task. Coach and Consultant Bill Tenny-Brittian will walk you through what it takes to be an effective coach in our changing cultural milieu.
Church Planting for the 21st Century
Church Planting isn't what it used to be! Like most everything else, new methods are being applied to an ancient mission. This workbook includes a variety of information from why to plant to how to find some of the very best planting congregations and parachurch organizations.
Developing a Culture of Equipping
This workbook contains the nuts and bolts of equipping staff and key laity in the art of equipping and multiplying leaders for ministry.
This workbook is designed to be interactive and includes assessment tools for the process. It includes Laying the Foundation, How Disciple Making Leaders Think, Disciple Making Leaders, The Key Virtues, The Three Keys of Disciple Making Churches, The Steps to Making Disciples, The Role of Paid Staff, Keys to Lay Ministry, Team Based Ministries, Lay Pastors, recommended reading, and many URL links to other material. 59 pages.
Workbooks by 21st Century Strategies
Discovering Our Place in God's World
This workbook helps churches coach participants to determine and use their spiritual gifts. It also includes An Introduction to Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Gift Definitions, Suggested Retreat Outline including Worship, A Short Gift Inventory to Use in Worship, and the longer Easum Spiritual Gift Inventory containing 255 questions, Spiritual Abilities Form, Talent and Skill Development, and Consultants Personal Guides. You only have to buy this spiritual gift inventory once. You can use it over and over. 43 pages.
Double Day and The Retention of Guests
The detailed, no-nonsense, four week program is designed to help churches double the number of first time guests as well as retain 75% of them. 13 power-packed pages.
Evangelism in Traditional and Non-Traditional Churches
This workbook is designed for two types of churches, non-traditional and traditional moving toward less traditional methods. The non-traditional section contains Evangelism in the 21st Century. 50 pages
Growing Spiritual Leaders Study Guide
This resource is designed to be used with the book Growing Spiritual Redwoods.
A small group model for churches of any theological persuasion. It works very well in helping a church move from a traditional program based church to a small group based model that multiplies mission.
Strategic Mapping is replacing Strategic Planning. This workbook explains that context, desire, destination, and a good compass are the primary tools of Strategic Mapping. Don't picture a road map but a topographical map of the journey for congregational transformation!
Strategic Strategies for Change
This workbook is based on actual strategies used by Bill Easum both as a pastor and as a consultant in more than 500 churches. Numerous exercises appear along the way to help churches determine what they need to do.
Congregations trying to decide whether or not to transition to a team-based ministry or are ready to transition to a team-based ministry will find this workbook a helpful road map.
Workbooks by 21st Century Strategies
The Missing Piece to Spiritual maturity: Stewardship of Money
Stewardship based on tithing as the missing piece. Your standard of living should be determined by your standard of giving, not the other way around. Includes models for targeted mailing, pledge cards, posters, and testimonials. Includes teaching material, calendar, retreat outline, and more. 56 pages.
The Role of the Senior Pastor and Staffing a Church
This 56 page workbook has four sections. The introduction explains how the role of a lead pastor is changing due to the death of Modernity. Section two, The Lead Pastor, details the role of a Senior Pastor. Section three, Staffing Issues, examines the basics of staffing a church. Section four includes appendices that cover a variety of issues pertaining to leadership and staffing.
Focuses on how churches under 100 in worship can reach out to include more people. It includes: Basic Decisions, Types of Small Churches, Skills Needed, Obstacles to Growth, The Role of the Pastor, Things to Watch for as the Church Grows, Small Church Morale, Workable Programs, Modeling a Large Church, Staffing the Small Church, Finances, Stuff Just for Methodists, and recommended reading. 38 pages.
This 82-page study guide is intended to be used with the book Unfreezing Moves, by Bill Easum. It includes a Leaders Guide with print, video and web suggestions. A Participants Guide includes questions and exercises.
With more and more of the world moving to the city, urban missiology becomes more critical. This workbook includes what Bill Easum has learned about reaching our urban areas as well as an indepth look at some of the finest examples of urban ministry by local city congregations.
Worship for People of the Heart
This workbook is for churches wanting to reach people born after 1960. It includes: The Changing Face of Worship, The Different Tastes in People Who Grew Up in Church and Those Who Did Not, The Two Things that Matter the Most, Clues to Indigenous Worship, Preaching Issues, The Five Keys of Indigenous Worship, Three Tracks of Worship, The Worship Team, Creating Indigenous Worship, Steps in Starting the New Service, Several Examples of Churches, Planning the Service, The Multi Media Myth, The Flow of Worship, All the Techs You Need, Dramas, Christmas, Twelve Month Worship, and a guide to helpful resources. 48 pages.