A group for Christian creatives

The Christian Creative is teaching-driven community for Christ-following creatives navigating ministry, freelance, or a mix of both.

Together, we share wisdom, encouragement, and perspective so none of us has to face the challenges of creative work in isolation.

Tools for Christian Creatives

Systems

  • Free

Deadline Calculator

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  • 3 files

The Deadline Calculator contains formulas that let you calculate due dates for large projects quickly and accurately. I built this specifically for those huge projects with lots of elements (like Christmas or Small Group launch), but day to day projects can be helped by this too. Includes: - 1 Numbers spreadsheet - 1 Excel spreadsheet

  • Free

Disaster Relief Plan

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  • 1 file

When disaster strikes, it's not always clear how your church should respond. Rather than leaving you waiting and guessing, this Disaster Relief Plan gives you a structure to adapt to the approach leadership wants to take.

  • Free

Graphic Design Workflow

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  • 2 files

Having a standard approach to your creative projects is critical to reliable success and low tension between ministry leaders and creatives. Use this as a starting point to develop the process that works best in your ministry.

  • Free

Onboarding Document for Creatives

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  • 2 files

Discover the benefits of having a structured onboarding document for new employees in your church. Learn how an onboarding document can improve your hiring process and increase retention rates. You can use this document as a starting point or as inspiration to build a custom onboarding document that better fits your church culture.

  • Free

Practical Tools Bundle

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  • 8 files

Having the right tool for the job is a major piece of leading your creative team toward health. The four practical tools included in this bundle will equip you with the strategies you need to help address the challenges you face today, and reveal the opportunities of tomorrow.

  • Free email delivery

Pricing Calculator

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  • 1 file

This simple tool helps freelancers find a fair, reality-based project rate by combining industry benchmarks with your actual time investment. In the included video (link in the spreadsheet), you’ll learn how to find your minimum base rate and build a bid you can feel confident in.

  • Free email delivery

Quarterly Focus Worksheet

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  • 1 file

If too many options are keeping you stuck, try out the Quarterly Focus Worksheet. This simple printable helps get all the possibilities out of your head so you can decide what gets a "yes" and what gets a "no".

  • Free

Sermon Series Development Plan

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  • 1 file

It takes a lot to effectively support a weekend teaching series. The more coordinated your planning, the better prepared everyone will be–from the one teaching God's word to those that are designing powerpoint slides.

  • Free

Understanding the Eisenhower Box

  • Course
  • 2 Lessons

The Eisenhower Box is a deceptively powerful tool. If you feel like you are busy all the time but can't identify exactly why, this tool will be a game changer for you.

Skills

  • $49

Foundations of Graphic Design for Ministry Leaders

  • Course
  • 15 Lessons

If "graphic designer" is part of the long list of tasks you tackle as a ministry leader, this course is for you. You'll learn ministry specific design tips that will help you design faster (and better), so you can get back to investing the ministry.

  • $19

KidMin Sans Font Pack

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  • 5 files

KidMin Sans is a friendly, readable, hand-drawn sans serif built for churches and ministries. With four weights and support for accented Latin characters, it’s perfect for multilingual slides, signage, and kids ministry visuals. Use it across all your campuses, platforms, and projects without licensing headaches. Just clear, joyful design.

  • Free

3 Design Secrets that Will Save Ministry Leaders Hours of Time

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  • 3 files

Have you somehow found yourself designing graphics for your ministry (or entire church!) without any design training? Over 16 years in creative ministry, I developed these 3 design secrets to help me and my teams get more efficient. They'll work for you too. These 3 Design Secrets will help you spend less time on your graphics so you can spend more time on your calling.

Heart

  • Free

5 Ways to align your graphic design with your mission

  • Course
  • 2 Lessons

Most graphic designers have been trained to pursue their craft over everything else. While that might make you technically skilled, it might actually make you less effective in serving your church. Good design that isn't on mission isn't good design. This mini course walks through five things you can start doing today to start creating design work that moves the mission of your church forward.

  • Free

How to Land a Job as a Church Creative

  • Course
  • 3 Lessons

Looking to get a job as a church creative? I've seen a lot of portfolios over 16 years in creative ministry. I've seen what works and what doesn't. I've filled this mini-course with 7 critical steps you need to take so you can land your next church creative opportunity.

  • Free email delivery

Influence Map

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  • 1 file

Influence starts with proximity. This worksheet helps you identify the people God has placed closest to you so you can see where you already have influence.

  • Free

Mission Minded Critique Checklist

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  • 1 file

If you don't provide structure for feedback, you'll end up getting opinion and preference driven changes. Things like "I don't like these colors" or "I really like this font better". The Mission Minded Critique Checklist helps solve that problem by guiding the feedback conversation back to the thing that matters most: the goal for the project.

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Weekly Schedule Planner

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  • 1 file

If your days feel scattered or your focus fades fast, the Weekly Schedule Planner is your reset button. This simple tool helps you see where your time really goes, rebuild sustainable habits, and plan weeks that move the right things forward.

Services I use or recommend

These are affiliate links that will either cost you nothing or get you a discount

Paperform

A great form builder service that can handle forms ranging from simple to complex. The forms are easy to build and customize to match the look you want. The link will save you 10% for the life of your plan.

Descript

Descript lets you edit videos by editing the transcript. This completely changed the speed at which I'm able to create reels and shorts. One major benefit to editing this way is that it allows non-video editors to create videos.

The Church Shop

I recommend The Church Shop to any one that wants to sell merch. They offer great customer service, handle taxes for you, and give you the ability to quickly create a print on demand shop for your church.

Skool

I use Skool for the Healthy Creative Ministry mentorship group and have been very impressed with how well it works for communities. It incentivizes meaningful interaction as opposed to mindless engagement. I highly recommend it.

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