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Relational Health
- Healthy relationships across ministry and family
- Community and connection with other leaders
- Leader retreats and peer environments built for honesty
LeaderCare, a ministry of the Louisiana Network
Strong, healthy leaders build strong, healthy churches
LeaderCare strengthens the people who carry our churches. We offer relational, spiritual, and practical support so ministry stays sustainable and Spirit led.
RelationalConnection, peer groups, and retreats
PracticalLegal, insurance, and safety guidance
AdministrativeFinances, governance, and compliance
A word of welcome
Hear why LeaderCare exists
A short welcome to LeaderCare, and an invitation to lean on the network when ministry gets heavy.
What we do
Support that keeps ministry sustainable
LeaderCare exists to strengthen leaders so they can build strong, healthy churches. We work in three areas, and every part of the library below points back to one of them.
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Practical Protection
- Legal risk awareness for the local church
- Insurance guidance for property, liability, and staff
- Abuse prevention and child safety best practices
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Administrative and Financial Health
- Fiduciary responsibility for boards and pastors
- Budgeting and compliance through the year
- Governance, incorporation, bylaws, legal help, and record keeping
Ministry Readiness Support
Four questions behind every credential
Ministry Readiness Support exists to assess the called and give district leadership a foundation of character, vision, passions, and gifts. Each tool stands on its own. Take one today and the rest whenever you are ready; nothing here is timed, tracked, or scored against you.
Is this person called?
Called
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Sixty statements across twelve ministry gifts drawn from Ephesians 4, Romans 12, and 1 Corinthians 12, with a printable profile of your three strongest.
Is this person sound?
Sound
Fundamental Truths Study Quiz
A study companion built on the sixteen Fundamental Truths. Every answer comes with the correct teaching, a short explanation, and the scripture behind it.
Is this person equipped?
Equipped
Ministry Competency Self-Assessment
Rates the developed skills of the work: preaching, counseling boundaries, budgets, child safety, church planting, and communications. Gifts show wiring. This shows training.
Is this person sustained?
Sustained
Sustainability & Family Margin Check
A private look at sabbath, family health, isolation, and financial strain. The quiet things that decide whether a call lasts thirty years or five.
Not a grade
This assessment is not a tool that grades you. The whole process is designed to prepare you for ministry, give you awareness of areas for growth, and help build the strengths you already possess.
A partnership
LA district leadership is positioned to support you on your road to ministry, and MRS prepares that road with in-depth discipleship. We are excited to partner with you and see what God is doing through you.
The library
Curated help, sorted by need
Financial, church administration, and pastoral resources gathered for Louisiana credentialed ministers. Filter by area, switch between links and documents, or search by keyword.