Resources

This section gives access to a wide selection of writing on church administration and operations:

• Articles - items of up to 10,000 words covering a wide range of topics
• Training Notes - shorter, no more than 2,000 words, a 5 minute read
• Health-checks - detailed models for testing churches, mission agencies and individuals

   
You can now check the complete library by means of the:

• Topics index

   
Or, if you know the title of the item, try the:

• Alphabetical index

 
In broader terms, the same items are also indexed by the church operations themes of:

• Leadership
• Management
• Structures
• Planning
• Communication
• Administration

Bookmark the site and return to this page to check out the growing collection. Ask to come on my bimonthly e-letter mailing list to inform you of new resources as I add them to the site. The link just given also gives you access to my data privacy notice.

I check, update and, I hope, improve each Article and set of Training Notes at least once every two years. For example, in September 2024 I updated Article A15 plus Training Notes TN9, TN45, TN57, TN84, TN111, TN126, TN127, TN141 and TN142.

I welcome feedback by email and will amend items and add notes in the light of comments received. That's the beauty of web publishing.
 

PRINT YOUR OWN LISTING

To produce a printed listing of all the resources, download the following file and print it backed by flipping on the short side (set the Adobe print menu to 'actual size' not 'to fit'). This lists all resources to October 2024. You are welcome to make as many copies as you like, or I can post you copies.

FOR OTHER MATERIAL

If you are looking for other material on church administration and operations, I warmly recommend Gavin Smith's website: The Church Office. This includes a range of helpful templates.

Church Administrators and Operation Managers should join the UK Church Administrators Network (UCAN) and their website then offers members a wide range of resources.

If you are looking for similar material to my Training Notes and on related themes written for small charities and churches I recommend Helen Calder's website: Helen's Headlines.