Articles for Church Workers

This page presents links to selected articles and resources that will help you in your local church ministry.

This page does not list everything found on Assemblies of God Online regarding these topics. These links represent a starting point; much more is available. If you cannot find the training help you seek try our site wide search engine, or contact us by email.

Age-Level Ministries

See "Ministries" in the navigation menu for age-level specific ministries and programs.

Children's Ministry

• Children's Ministry (Enrichment Journal Issue Theme)
• The Value of Royal Rangers and Missionettes (Article)
• Royal Rangers, Missionettes, and the Purpose-Driven Church (Article)

Youth Ministry

• Ministering to Today's Youth (Enrichment Journal Issue Theme)
• Be Prepared (Article)
• Building A Bridge of Relationship with Teens (Article)
• Youth Sunday School as a Disciple-Maker (Article)
• Keeping the "Camp Fire" Alive (Article)
• Compassion in Crisis (Article)
• Confronting the Culture (Article)
• Coping With Truth (Article)
• "Don't Just Sit There - Do Something!! (Article)
• Get the Word Out (Article)
• Getting Students Into Class - and Keeping Them There (Article)
• Communicating the Gospel to Teens (Article)
• "Ya'll Come Back Now" (Article)
• Ministering to Youth in a Changing Culture (Article)
• Connecting with Students — Keeping "Up to Speed" (Article)
• I’m Not There Yet — Confessions of A "Student Teacher" (Article)
• P.E. Class — Exercise Your Students’ Ability to Share Their Faith (Article)
• Pervasive Pentecost (Article)
• Reaching and Teaching Millennial Teens (Article)
• Recognizing and Responding to Cries for Help (Article)
• Don’t let your students be…Unopened Gifts (Article)

Specialized Ministries

Counseling

• Counseling (Enrichment Journal Issue Theme)
• Increasing Care Through Lay Counseling (Article)
• Effective Ministry to Bereaved Parents (Article)

Deacons, Elders and Trustees

• Qualifications and responsibilities of Deacons and Trustees (Position Paper)
• Getting Your Church Board on Board (Article)

Divorce Recovery

• Single Adult Ministries (web site)
• Healing the Broken Heart of Divorce (Article)

Singles Ministry

• Single Adult Ministries (web site)
• The Role Of The Singles Pastor And His* Relationship To The Senior Pastor (Article)
• Single Adult Ministry (Enrichment Journal Issue Theme)

Hospital and Shut-Ins

• Ministering to the Terminally Ill (Article)

Marriage & Family Life Ministry

• Family Ministry (Enrichment Journal Issue Theme)
• Dealing with the Death of Your Spouse (Article)
• God's Plan for Your Healthy Home (Article)
• The Worst and Best Ways To Prepare for Marriage (Article)
• A New Twist In Family Ministry (Article)
• Parent Education In The Church (Article)
• Character Formation in Children (Article)
• Teach Them Diligently: A Case Study In Family Life (Article)
• Would Your Child Run Away? (Article)

Ushers and Greeters

• Starting a Greeter Program (Article)
• A Place To Belong - Making Visitors Feel At Home (Article)

Ministry to the Disabled

• Ministering to Children with Disabilities (Article)
• Special-Needs Children—Reaching Families No One Is Reaching (Article)
• Shepherding Other Sheep (Article)
• Turning Barriers Into Bridges (Article)

Prison and Jail Ministry

• Go To Jail (Article)

Small Group Ministry

• Making the Small Group Transition (Article)
• Christians Grow in Groups (Article)
• The Ministry Of Groups (Article)
• Starting Groups that Build People (Article)
• The Small-Group Dynamic (Article)

Visitation

• Visitation: A Ministry Of Love (Article)
• Ten Ideas For Visitation (Article)

Discipleship and Mentoring

• New Christian Life Ministries (web site)
• We Build People (web site)
• Purposeful Proximity - Jesus' Model of Mentoring (Article)
• Disciple (Article)

Evangelism and Outreach

• Light for the Lost (Web site)
• Response Evangelism: A spiritually natural approach to witnessing (Article)
• Overcoming Evangelism Barriers (Article)
• Four Convictions of Highly Evangelistic Churches (Article)
• Teletouch Ministry (Article)
• Building Bridges: The Key to Reaching People (Article)
• The Secret to Building a Soul-Winning Church (Article)
• Does Anybody Care? (Article)
• Out of the Huddle and Into the Game (Article)
• Those who believe the inner city is filled with trash are—Dead Wrong (Article)
• Carrying Out the Great Evangelism Cause (Article)
• Harvesttime Praying (Article)
• How To Win More Than Ever Before (Article)
• The Lost - Restoring a Sense of Urgency (Article)
• The Church's Forgotten No. 1 Priority (Article)
• When the Saints Go Marching Out (Article)

Ethnicity

• Ministering to an Intercultural Community (Article)
• Mentoring: A person-to-person ethnic ministry (Article)

Secular Culture

• The Church and Secular Society: Reading the Cultural Stream (Article)
• The Church and Secular Society: Reaching and Discipling the Secular Person (Article)
• Reaching Secular People (Enrichment Journal Issue Theme)
• An Interview With Charles Colson (Article)
• A Dialogue About Doing Ministry in a Postmodern Matrix (Article)
• The Missing Generation in Our Churches (Article)

Personal Growth and Development

• Credibility (Article)
• Character: The Foundation Of Servant Leadership (Article)

Burnout

• Square Pegs in Round Holes (Article)
• Stress Management for Women in Ministry (Article)

Spiritual Life

• A Catalog Lives On (Article)
• Why Every Church Must Fast (Article)
• Prayer: Key to Revival (Article)
• Prayer and Fasting in Today's World (Article)
• Prayer Changes Everything (Article)
• Fasting & Prayer (Article)

Leadership

• Five Essential Leadership Skills (Article)
• Four Steps To Building Leaders (Article)
• 10 Steps To Developing A Powerful Team (Article)
• Multiplying Leaders (Article)
• Character: The Foundation Of Servant Leadership (Article)
• The Power Of Vision (Article)
• Developing the Characteristics and Skills of a Godly Leader (Article)
• Defanging the Serpent Called Success (Article)
• Creating a Climate that Develops Leaders (Article)
• Understanding and Working with Your Church's Culture (Article)
• What Causes Tensions in the Team (Article)
• Adapters and Innovators (Article)
• Integrity - Reality or Illusion? (Article)
• Seeing the Glory - Anointed, Effective Leadership (Article)
• Shepherds (Article)
• 7 Habits Of Highly Ineffective People (Article)

Leading Change

• New Wineskins — I Hate Change! (Article)
• 10 Steps To Bringing Change And Living To Tell About It (Article)

Interpersonal Skills

• Dealing With Difficult People (Article)
• Understanding The Differences In People (Article)
• Contending With Your Critics (Article)
• Managing Church Conflict Creatively (Article)
• Good Listening — The liberating Ear (Article)
• The Gift of Listening (Article)

Finances, Money and Stewardship

• Perspectives on Borrowing (Article)
• Stewardship As A Ministry In The Local Church (Article)
• Money - Getting you finances under control (Article)

Church Life

• Diversity — the Crying Need for Balance (Article)

Church Facilities and Equipment

• Church Signs (Article)
• Master Planning New Church Facilities (Article)
• Maximizing Church Facilities (Article)
• Administering Church Property Purchases (Article)

Church Growth

Assimilation

• How To Keep Those We Reach (Article)
• Keeping Newcomers With A Pastor's Class (Article)
• Who Is Holding The Rope? (Article)
• Are You Ready For Company? (Article)
• Blessing of Belonging (Article)

Church Planting

• Home Missions - Church Planting (web site)
• Impressive Moments - Improving Your Church's Image (Article)
• Church Planting In The Small Community (Article)
• So You Want To Be a Church Planter? (Article)
• The Right Way To Split a Church (Article)

Worship and Music

General

• Are We Missing Something In Worship? (Article)
• Word Study: (AVODAH) — Work/Worship (Article)
• Pentecostal Liturgy? (Article)
• The Priority of Pentecostal Worship (Article)

Drama

• Affordable Set Designs (Article)
• Drama - Yes, You Can Do It! (Article)
• Why Drama? (Article)

Music

• Music in Worship (Article)
• Instilling Purpose in Your Choir (Article)
• Building Choir Commitment (Article)
• Fine-Tune Your People Skills (Article)
• The Power Of A Great Hymn (Article)
• The Most Important Music Group (Article)
• Motivation - Your Secret To Success (Article)
• Music: An Effective Instrument For Worship (Article)
• Musical Discipleship (Article)