Crossroads Resolution Group | Conflict Resources
CRG’s work is focused on helping churches deal with deeply rooted conflict. This includes relational breakdowns between staff or board members, unhealthy leadership dynamics, and patterns of communication that are no longer working. CRG is a fit for churches that feel like they have tried internal solutions but still find themselves stuck or divided. They offer structured help for churches that are willing to take an honest look at what is going wrong. Their process can support situations ranging from early leadership tension to larger congregational conflict that has already escalated.
Conflict Resolution Training | Peaceful Leaders Academy
Peaceful Leaders Academy (PLA) offers faith-sensitive conflict resolution training for churches. These online courses equip leaders with skills for communication, conflict coaching, volunteer management, and fostering unity, all framed by values of trust, safety, and inclusion. Programs are designed for pastors, lay leaders, and administrative staff seeking to strengthen leadership and community engagement. PLA also provides downloadable resources and the option to pursue leadership certification, creating a flexible, affordable solution for leaders navigating complex ministry dynamics.
Certificate in Conflict Management and Congregational Leadership at Conrad Grebel
The University of Waterloo’s Conflict Management Certificate Program, housed at Conrad Grebel University College, offers comprehensive training in mediation, negotiation, and leadership, blending theory with practice. Two streams are available: a general track for professional mediation skills and a specialized Certificate in Conflict Management and Congregational Leadership for clergy and church leaders. Workshops—delivered online and in person—cover foundational conflict theory, coaching, facilitation, and biblically informed approaches for peaceable congregations. This respected, ADR-approved program equips leaders to manage conflict constructively, reduce division, and strengthen organizational health.
AI For Churches Podcast
The AI for Churches Podcast equips ministry leaders to navigate the evolving world of artificial intelligence and how it is colliding with the church world. Episodes explore how AI intersects with church leadership, ethics, discipleship, and digital outreach. Through interviews with pastors, innovators, and tech experts, each episode provides practical insights for harnessing AI tools while staying rooted in biblical principles.
Pulpit AI
Pulpit AI is an advanced platform that transforms your sermon into multiple forms of content—video clips, discussion guides, devotionals, blog posts, and more—helping churches extend their message beyond Sunday. It also includes a sermon assistant for brainstorming illustrations, applications, and outlines, making it a powerful tool for both sermon prep and digital outreach.
Sermon Shots
Sermon Shots is an AI-powered platform that helps churches repurpose their sermons into engaging, shareable digital content. From creating short video clips and captions to drafting devotionals, discussion guides, and blog posts, Sermon Shots enables ministry leaders to extend the reach of their messages across multiple platforms with minimal effort.
GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment)
GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment) is a nonprofit organization equipping Christian communities to recognize, prevent, and respond to abuse with integrity and compassion. Through safeguarding initiatives, policy development, independent investigations, and educational resources, GRACE helps faith-based organizations create safer spaces, prioritize survivors, and build cultures of accountability.
Towards Wellbeing: Mental Wholeness in Church, Person and Community
Towards Wellbeing: Mental Wholeness in Church, Person, and Community is an ecumenical study guide from the Canadian Council of Churches, designed to help faith communities engage theological and pastoral responses to mental health. It offers grounded reflections, pastoral insights, and practical questions to foster healing, wholeness, and inclusive ministry.
Prayer Walking Guide
A Visual Guide to Prayer Walking is a thoughtfully designed set of visual prompts and prayers to help individuals and groups engage with God while walking through their neighbourhoods. Created by Randell Neudorf, this guide combines simple drawings and reflective questions to spark fresh ways of praying as you move.
City Leaders Collective
City Leaders Collective (CLC) is a global movement equipping and connecting city network leaders to strengthen the unity of the church and foster citywide transformation. CLC promotes collaborative, Christ-centered initiatives that bring churches together for the flourishing of their communities.
Building A Healthier Leadership Team - YouTube Playlist
Each video offers a starting point for conversation and reflection, helping ministry teams identify areas of growth and adopt practices that lead to healthier, more cohesive collaboration.
Sermon Spark
SermonSpark is a subscription-based AI platform designed to support pastors through every stage of sermon development—from brainstorming and research to writing and digital outreach. Church leaders can access a suite of tools that help overcome writer’s block, streamline preparation, and create engaging resources for their congregations.
The Sanctuary Course
The Sanctuary Course is a comprehensive, eight-session study resource created to foster informed, compassionate, and theologically grounded conversations about mental health in Christian communities. Developed by Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries in collaboration with mental health professionals, theologians, and individuals with lived experience, the course integrates psychological, social, and theological perspectives to support the Church’s engagement with mental wellbeing.
Liturgies for Parents
Liturgies for Parents by Kayla Craig offers prayerful support for caregivers navigating the holy mess of family life. Through books, podcasts, and newsletters, Kayla offers modern liturgies, breath prayers, and reflections to nurture parents’ souls and ground families in sacred rhythms.
Do Justice Podcast: It All Starts in a Garden
This episode of the Do Justice podcast explores the intersection of faith, ecology, and justice through the lens of Scripture and sustainable farming. Dr. Sylvia Keesmaat shares her lived theology of creation care and how biblical narratives inspire daily acts of ecological and communal renewal.