The Coaching Toolbox

Tools and Resources for Coaching Clients

This toolbox is reserved for pastors in the Build the Church coaching program. Everything we build together in coaching lives here, so you can come back to it any time.

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Church Leadership: Building & Releasing Teams for Ministry (Slide Deck)
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Find, vet and release leaders who fit your church's culture. A short training deck on building ministry teams you can trust.
Volunteers
Church Leadership: Internal Messaging — Mission Statement Transformation (Slide Deck)
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Write a vision, mission, one-liner and values your people can actually remember. A training deck for clarifying what your church says to itself.
Branding
Church Marketing: Navigating the Social Media Mission Field (Slide Deck)
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Use social media to build relationships, not just promote events. A short training deck on showing up online consistently and with purpose.
Marketing
Church Marketing: External Messaging That Moves People (Slide Deck)
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Market the benefits of your church, not just its features. A training deck on crafting outward-facing messages that connect with your community.
Branding
Marketing
Church Outreach: Open Door Sundays (Slide Deck)
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Shift from insider services to Sundays that reach the unchurched. A training deck for planning intentional outreach Sundays your people will invite friends to.
Guest Experience
Outreach
Church Connection: Increasing Guest Engagement 301 — Build the House (Slide Deck)
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Relationship strategies that move guests from connected to committed. A training deck on building community that keeps people in the house.
Guest Experience
Church Connection: Increasing Guest Engagement 201 — Close the Back Door (Slide Deck)
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Build the follow-up systems that turn a first visit into a second. A training deck on connection cards, reporting and follow-up funnels.
Guest Experience
Church Connection: Increasing Guest Engagement 101 — Open the Front Door (Slide Deck)
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See your church through a first-time guest's eyes. A training deck for walking every front door, from your website to the welcome team.
Guest Experience
Church Connection: The Guest Journey Game Plan (Free Workbook)
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A four-quarter workbook that helps your team build a clear guest journey game plan, from the digital door to a lasting connection.
Guest Experience
Volunteers
Church Marketing: The Final Marketing Push (Free E-Book)
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How to run the last stretch of promotion before a big Sunday, so the invitations land when they matter most.
Marketing
Church Outreach: Another 101 Outreach Ideas (Free List)
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A second helping of outreach ideas for when your team has worked through the first list and wants something new.
Outreach
Church Outreach: 101 Outreach Ideas (Free List)
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A hundred and one ways to get your church out of the building and into the community, sorted so you can find something that fits your size and season.
Outreach
Church Outreach: 10 Outreach Ideas That Work (Free List)
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Ten outreach ideas that have been tried and proven in real churches, with enough detail that your team can run them.
Outreach
Church Outreach: Before You Go — How to Get Started with Outreach (Free Guide)
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The groundwork to lay before your team ever steps outside the building, so your outreach actually connects instead of just handing out flyers.
Outreach
Church Connection: 7 Steps to Run a Party with the Pastor (Free E-Book)
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Most churches lose first-time guests before they ever get connected. Seven steps to run a Party with the Pastor, a simple and genuinely fun gathering that turns guests into friends.
Guest Experience
Outreach
Church Giving: The Year-End Giving Playbook (Free E-Book)
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A practical playbook for finishing the year strong, with the plan, the language and the timeline to run a year-end giving push without it feeling like a fundraiser.
Giving
Church Connection: The First Seven Minutes (Free E-Book)
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A first-time guest decides whether they are coming back long before you ever open your Bible. Walks you through those first seven minutes and gives you a connection system your team can run this Sunday.
Guest Experience
Volunteers