Ember & Ironby Mark Sentell
Free resources

Free resources

Print these, hand them out, and use them. Each page prints cleanly (use your browser's Print or “Save as PDF”).

Leader's guides for every book

Lead a group through any book

Each guide follows the discussion questions at the back of the book, session by session, with a suggested format, a passage to open with, and a step for the week.

If you only read two pages

Every book in two pages

The whole argument of each book on two printed pages. Free to download, copy, and share with your church. Freely I have received; freely I give.

Giving Account Leader Kit

For men's groups

One page

The Weekly Self-Report

Four questions a man answers before the group meets, and reads aloud first, before anyone asks.

 One page

A Brotherhood Covenant

Six lines built on Galatians 6:1-5, to read aloud together at the first gathering.

 Three pages

Leader's Guide for Men's Groups

How to start, what a gathering looks like, the ten-week plan, and questions that receive an account.

 Two pages

20 Questions to Ask an Accountability Partner

Twenty questions grouped by what the moment needs, and five to stop asking. Keep it in your Bible.
For small churches

Outreach that lasts

Worksheet · Three pages

30 Outreach Ideas for Small Churches

Thirty ideas and four filters: volunteer load, cost, repeatability, and relational depth. Score your top three as a team.
AI and technology in ministry

For pastors and church teams using AI

Practical tools for using AI where it helps, keeping it out of the work that forms us, and protecting the people who trust us.

Three pages

25 AI Prompts for Ministry

Prompts that question you, check you, and take busywork off your plate, with three guardrails up front.

 Template · Download

A Baseline AI Instruction File for Pastors

A fill-in-the-blanks AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md: tone, how hard to push back, Scripture, and your church's hard lines.

 One page

The Sermon Integrity Test

Four questions to answer before you preach any message AI helped prepare, and a workflow that keeps the study yours.

 One page

Church AI Settings Checklist

Twenty minutes on the settings page before your team uses AI for church work. Print it for your staff.

 Full policy · PDF

A Church AI Policy You Can Adapt

The policy our elders adopted in June 2026: approved and prohibited uses, sermon prep, data privacy, disclosure, and discipling the congregation.

 One-page handout

Using AI Faithfully: A Congregation Handout

Five things to know, four habits to keep, and a monthly self-check. Hand it out after a sermon or class on AI.