Practical Formation for Everyday Ministers
Minister's Helper is built on a simple belief: everyone is a minister. Every day, we use our presence, wisdom, worship, stewardship, and compassion to care for ourselves and others.
Minister's Helper provides practical and invitational Christian formation to help you recognize that ministry, grow in it, and live it with greater intention.
Ministry isn't limited to a pulpit, church building, or title.
A parent ministers to a child's emotions.
A teacher ministers to a student's mind.
A healthcare professional ministers to the body.
A friend ministers through presence in grief.
An artist ministers through beauty, truth, and imagination.
We minister to others—and we also learn to care faithfully for ourselves.
Ministry happens wherever God's love takes tangible form through who we are and what we do.
If everyone is a minister, then everyone can use a little help along the way.
Discover Where You Are. Imagine Who You Can Become.
Growth begins with noticing. Minister's Helper helps you pay attention to where you are today, recognize where growth may be needed, and take practical steps toward where God may be inviting you next. One way we do this includes using our Christian Assessment, a free resource for anyone looking for help in their ministry.
Body
Presence
Mind
Wisdom
Spirit
Worship
Self
Stewardship
Others
Compassion
We don't experience faith in pieces. What happens in our bodies affects our minds. What shapes our minds influences our relationships. Our spiritual lives affect how we understand ourselves, serve others, and move through the world.
Minister's Helper uses five interconnected areas—Body, Mind, Spirit, Self, and Others—to help us notice and nurture whole-person growth.
Formation for the Whole of Life
Minister's Helper approaches Christian formation as a lifelong journey. Growth doesn't happen all at once, and it doesn't look exactly the same for everyone. We seek formation that is practical, invitational, steady, and fruitful.
PRACTICAL
Faith is meant to be lived. We offer resources and practices you can use in prayer, Scripture, reflection, relationships, leadership, creativity, rest, service, and everyday life.
INVITATIONAL
Growth isn't forced. You're invited to notice, explore, question, practice, and respond to where God may be leading.
STEADY
Formation takes time. Small, faithful practices repeated over time can shape how we live, love, worship, and serve through every season of life.
FRUITFUL
Growth isn't only about what changes within us. As we are formed in God's love, that growth bears fruit in how we care for ourselves, relate to others, use our gifts, and participate in God's work in the world.
A Path for Formation
Our way of thinking about life-long learning and formation.
Be Centered
Notice where you are and reconnect with what matters.
be grounded
Develop practices and understanding that strengthen your foundation.
be secure
Grow in the confidence and wholeness needed to live faithfully.
be love
Allow what is growing within you to become love expressed toward others.
How We Help
1. Discover
Assessments and tools that help you recognize where you are.
2: Practice
Prayer, journaling, Scripture, reflection, and practical spiritual practices.
3: Learn
Books, courses, studies, workshops, and guided formation.
4: Belong
Community, conversation, events, and opportunities to grow alongside others.
Founded by Rev. Linda Furtado
Minister's Helper grew from Linda's work at the intersection of Christian formation, ministry, teaching, writing, music, and the arts—and from a conviction that the work of ministry belongs to far more people than those who carry ministerial titles.
You are already ministering.
The question isn't whether you have a ministry. The invitation is to notice where you are, discover how you're growing, and become more intentional about the ways you live, love, and serve.
Start where you are.
Every free resource leads somewhere
Each offer below is connected to one of our four 8-week cohort experiences. Start free, go deeper when you’re ready — and know that the community membership ties it all together.
Attend the free seminar. Upon registration you get a free digital copy of the book Be One of The Five on living a holistic and balanced life of faith.
Take the free Christian Assessment to discover how aligned you are at life centered in light of in body, mind, spirit, self, and other.
Read the blog designed to offer you help along life's journey. Gain ongoing insight into facing real-life challenges and the great joys of living to the fullest.
Listen to the podcast that helps our community live and give with the heart and mind of Christ through stories, best practices, and self-reflection.
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