Resources

A 2014 course by Gennifer Brooks and Mark Fowler at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary "is intended to help students to increase and improve the skills needed to create effective sermons of varied styles, which are appropriate to the contexts of the Biblical text, the culture of society and their particular community, and the situations that define the particular preaching moment." Attention is also paid to the performance aspect of preaching.

A 2018 course by Carmichael Crutchfield at Memphis Seminary prepares "educators, pastors and other leaders in the church to effectively design, implement, lead, and evaluate Christian education endeavors and to gain a working understanding of Spiritual Formation."

A 2018 course by Carmichael Crutchfield at Memphis Seminary aims to promote "deep thinking about Jesus' teachings and the impact they have on today's teaching, especially in the church environment."

A 2015 course by Brian Cannon at Western Theological Seminary covers "the fundamentals of good money management."

A 2017 course by Pam Bush and Kyle J.A. Small at Western Theological Seminary surveys personal and professional dimensions of financial stewardship for clergy.

A 2015 course by Lovett Weems at Wesley Theological Seminary introduces the "basics of personal financial management, including link of financial health to overall health, consumerism, debt management, tax considerations, legal issues, saving and investing, risk management and insurance, and health care and retirement benefits."

A 2014 course by Jonathan Miller and Katherine Shaner at Wake Forest University School of Divinity "surveys both the Biblical literature on debt and the landscape of consumer debt in the 21st-century United States."

A 2014 course by John Senior at Wake Forest University "examines the structure of modern markets and evaluates their moral meaning in Christian theological perspective."

A 2016 course by Ched Myers at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities "examines . . . [economic justice] through the biblical lens of “Sabbath Economics,” which identifies relational sufficiency as the divine vision for human life, and structural socio-economic disparity as an essential characteristic of human sin."

A 2014 course by Jan Cason at Baylor University "is designed for church leaders to study church business concepts and basic administrative practices in order to enhance the vision and ministry of the church. Major emphases include constitution and bylaws, policies and procedures, financial processes, budgets, personnel issues, tax and legal issues, risk management, facilities management, church debt, social media, personal finances, donor issues, and stewardship philosophies."