Spiritual Growth and Development Resources
Spiritual growth materials to cultivate and foster ministry engagement.
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Spiritual Growth
Disciple-making ministries create opportunities for people to deepen their faith, grow in their relationship with Jesus and build rhythms of life centred on him. These resources are designed to support spiritual growth, personal formation and meaningful engagement in healthy communities of faith and practice.
Whether you are leading a small group, equipping new believers, supporting couples, encouraging prayer or building a culture of discipleship, this library offers practical tools to help individuals and corps grow together.
Highlighted: Spiritual Growth and Development Resource Library
This collection brings together trusted discipleship tools, Bible studies, prayer resources, devotional platforms and relationship-focused materials that can support individuals, small groups and corps ministries.
Use the summaries on this page to explore the available resources, then access the full listings and links through the resource library module below.
Bible Engagement
Prayer Resources
Discipleship Pathways
Marriage Support
Personal Formation
Full Resource Library
Browse the complete collection of spiritual growth and development resources below, including courses, studies, apps, discipleship tools and ministry supports for local corps and small groups.
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The Bible Course
The Bible Course is an engaging eight-session journey that helps participants understand how the whole story of Scripture fits together, from beginning to end. Through video teaching, guided readings, and visual resources, it builds confidence in reading the Bible personally or within a group setting. Ideal as a next step after courses like Alpha, it works well for individuals, small groups, or larger gatherings both in-person and online.
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Holiness Unwrapped - French
Learning how to live a holy life shouldn't be complicated. The special attraction of holiness Unwrapped is that it gets to the heart of the matter with clarity and simplicity. It's easy to read, yet shows insight and depth of understanding.By keeping the focus on Jesus. Robert Street skillfully ensures that the pages aren't needlessly cluttered or confusing. Readers will be glad to find that holiness is truly unwrapped in this concise and challenging publication.
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The Prayer Course
The Prayer Course is a free, interactive journey designed to deepen your prayer life. Based on the Lord’s Prayer, it includes video sessions, discussion questions, and practical tools to help individuals and groups grow in prayer. Led by Pete Greig, this course is ideal for churches, small groups, and personal study.
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Couple Care
The Couple Care Marriage Preparation Manual is a widely-used resource for premarital counseling, trusted by over 500 pastors in Canada, the USA, Great Britain, and Australia. The newly revised edition features insights from leading therapists like Dr. John Gottman, explores modern issues like the impact of pornography and digital technology, and aligns with six one-hour counseling sessions. It includes personal examples, testimonials, remarriage guidance, and a fresh design. Available in English and Spanish, it’s a practical tool for building strong Christian foundations for marriage. Written by Bob and Penny Armstrong, M.A., R.C.C.
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The Foundry Publishing
The Foundry Publishing offers resources for Christian ministry, including curriculum and study materials tailored to various age groups and church needs. Its catalog spans pastoral, children's, youth, and family ministry, focusing on spiritual formation and discipleship. For further details, visit The Foundry Publishing.
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Live a Better Story
The Live a Better Story initiative, created by Orange, provides a subscription-based library of Bible studies and resources aimed at helping small groups strengthen their faith and build community. Endorsed for its value in fostering connection, the program offers structured, discussion-based content for personal and spiritual growth. For more details, visit here.
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The Marriage Course
Developed in 1996, The Marriage Course, a ministry of Alpha International, has been run in over 117 countries for over 1.5 million couples.
Pre-Marriage Course: The Pre-Marriage Course is an opportunity for you to invest in your relationship through five in person or online date nights created to help you to learn to communicate well, understand and appreciate your differences, and prepare for potential challenges.Marriage Course: The Marriage Course runs over seven sessions, and each session begins with sharing dinner as a couple, followed by a fun, insightful video covering topics that are relevant for every couple like Good Sex or Resolving Conflict. In short? Your marriage. But better.Cost: FREE -
True^North Bible Study
Free
True North Bible Study offers comprehensive resources for churches seeking to deepen their members' understanding of scripture. With a range of study guides, videos, and other materials, churches can utilize this platform to facilitate meaningful small group discussions, discipleship programs, and spiritual growth initiatives, fostering a more vibrant community.
True North Bible Study is a program that focuses on four main techniques for interpreting scripture, which are Prayer, Observation, Interpretation, and Application. By learning and practicing these techniques, disciples can develop the skills to study, interpret, and apply scripture in the disciple-making process.
The workbook for the program is available for free download, and there are seven modules available for free through Kingswood University. The entire program can be completed in 9 to 12 weeks. In addition to the workbook, there are supplementary videos, teachings, and discussion questions to help deepen the understanding of the material.
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Becoming Holy
"Becoming Holy" an Introduction to a Life of Personal Holiness. Invitation to a Love Relationship with God. By Dr. David Winters from The Salvation Army USA Central Territory.
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Renovare
Free (except for certain resources such as retreats)
Renovaré is a Christian organization promoting spiritual formation and discipleship renewal. Through resources like books, courses, and retreats, it offers practical guidance for churches seeking to deepen their members' spiritual lives, fostering a vibrant, transformative faith grounded in the teachings of Jesus.
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Practicing the Way
Practicing the Way is a Pathway to Becoming Like Jesus in Community.
Free
The Practices are meant to be done in community over four weeks. Each week you'll gather with a group to learn through provided teaching, then spend the next days intentionally integrating the teaching into your life through spiritual and practical exercises. Before the next gathering, you can spend time reflecting with God and others, and potentially engage with additional recommended reading.
Currently, there are four Practices available for further study: Sabbath, Fasting, Prayer, and Solitude
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Lectio 365 App
Free
Lectio 365 is a free daily devotional app that helps you pray the Bible every day. With the Lectio 365 app you pray the Bible by meditating on the scriptures and asking God to speak through them. The app has short devotionals for morning and evening so you can open and close each day with God. When you pause in His presence, you create space for peace in a busy and complicated world.
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YouVersion
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You Said Yes
You said yes to Jesus. Now what’s next?
This book is organized into 21 days, but feel free to go at the pace that best helps you grow. You might finish this book in 100 days, 21 days, or a week. You might even keep reading it over and over. Finishing the book is less important than finding direction, growing in confidence, and starting conversations with others about what you’re learning.Following Jesus is a process of taking next steps, one day at a time. We’re thrilled to join you!
Featured resources at a glance
These highlighted tools offer practical starting points for discipleship, spiritual formation and ministry engagement across a wide range of settings.
The Bible Course
An engaging eight-session journey that helps participants understand how the whole story of Scripture fits together from beginning to end. Ideal for individuals, small groups or larger gatherings in-person or online.
The Prayer Course
A free, interactive resource based on the Lord’s Prayer that includes video sessions, discussion questions and practical tools to help individuals and groups grow in prayer.
Practicing the Way
A pathway to becoming like Jesus in community through guided practices such as Sabbath, Fasting, Prayer and Solitude, designed for shared learning and lived application.
You Said Yes
A next-steps discipleship resource for new believers, designed to build confidence, offer direction and help readers begin following Jesus one day at a time.
Courses and Bible study resources
These resources are especially useful for group discipleship, Bible engagement and intentional spiritual growth over time.
The Bible Course
The Bible Course is an engaging eight-session journey that helps participants understand how the whole story of Scripture fits together, from beginning to end.
Through video teaching, guided readings and visual resources, it builds confidence in reading the Bible personally or within a group setting. It works well as a next step after courses like Alpha.
True North Bible Study
True North Bible Study offers free resources to help churches deepen their understanding of Scripture through small groups, discipleship programs and spiritual growth initiatives.
The program focuses on four core practices for interpreting Scripture: Prayer, Observation, Interpretation and Application. The workbook is available for free download, and seven modules are available through Kingswood University.
The full program can typically be completed in 9 to 12 weeks.
Foundry Publishing
Foundry Publishing offers resources for Christian ministry, including curriculum and study materials for various age groups and church ministry settings.
Its catalogue includes pastoral, children’s, youth and family ministry resources with a strong focus on spiritual formation and discipleship.
Live a Better Story
Created by Orange, Live a Better Story provides a subscription-based library of Bible studies and resources for small groups seeking to strengthen faith and build community.
The program offers structured, discussion-based content designed to support both personal and shared spiritual growth.
Holiness Unwrapped - French
Holiness Unwrapped presents the call to holy living with clarity and simplicity. By keeping the focus on Jesus, Robert Street offers a concise yet thoughtful resource that is accessible and spiritually rich.
This French resource helps readers approach holiness without unnecessary confusion or complexity.
Becoming Holy
Becoming Holy is an introduction to a life of personal holiness and an invitation into a love relationship with God.
This resource is by Dr. David Winters from The Salvation Army USA Central Territory.
Formation and devotional tools
These resources encourage spiritual rhythms, prayerful reflection and everyday discipleship.
The Prayer Course
The Prayer Course is a free, interactive journey designed to deepen your prayer life. Based on the Lord’s Prayer, it includes video sessions, discussion questions and practical tools to help individuals and groups grow in prayer.
Led by Pete Greig, it is well suited for churches, small groups and personal study.
Practicing the Way
Practicing the Way is a pathway to becoming like Jesus in community.
The practices are designed to be experienced with others over four weeks, combining teaching, reflection and practical spiritual exercises. Current topics include Sabbath, Fasting, Prayer and Solitude.
Lectio 365 App
Lectio 365 is a free daily devotional app that helps people pray the Bible each day by meditating on Scripture and listening for God’s voice.
With short morning and evening devotionals, it helps users open and close each day with God and create space for peace in a busy world.
Renovaré
Renovaré is a Christian organisation promoting spiritual formation and discipleship renewal through books, courses, retreats and practical guidance.
It helps churches foster a vibrant and transformative faith grounded in the teachings of Jesus.
YouVersion
YouVersion offers accessible Bible reading and devotional tools that can support personal reflection, group engagement and regular rhythms in Scripture.
RightNow Media
RightNow Media provides video-based discipleship content and an exclusive library of resources that can support corps ministries, leaders, families and small groups in spiritual growth.
You Said Yes
You Said Yes is a practical next-steps book for those who have said yes to Jesus and are beginning their journey of following him.
Though organised into 21 days, it is meant to be used at a pace that supports real growth, confidence and conversation. The emphasis is not on finishing quickly, but on taking faithful next steps over time.
Marriage and relationship resources
These tools support healthy relationships, Christian marriage preparation and practical care for couples.
Couple Care
The Couple Care Marriage Preparation Manual is a widely used premarital counselling resource trusted by pastors across Canada, the USA, Great Britain and Australia.
The revised edition includes insights from leading therapists, addresses contemporary issues such as pornography and digital technology, and aligns with six one-hour counselling sessions. It is available in English and Spanish.
The Marriage Course
Developed by Alpha International, The Marriage Course has been run in more than 117 countries and has supported over 1.5 million couples.
The Pre-Marriage Course offers five date-night style sessions to help couples communicate well, appreciate differences and prepare for challenges. The Marriage Course includes seven sessions covering topics such as conflict resolution, intimacy and relationship growth.
Cost: Free
Using these resources locally: Many of these tools work well in small groups, discipleship pathways, pre-marital preparation, prayer gatherings, one-to-one mentoring and personal devotional rhythms. Consider which resources best fit the stage of growth, context and needs of your corps community.
