Free PDF · For pastors & care teams
Pastoral Care Triage Checklist
A step-by-step guide to help pastors and lay leaders decide when to listen, when to refer, and when to call for emergency help during a mental health or pastoral crisis.
Resources
Resources for Church Mental Health
Practical, faith-informed tools to help pastors, church staff, and lay leaders respond to mental health needs with confidence and care. Download free guides, fact sheets, and checklists you can use with your leaders right away.
For pastors · church staff · lay leaders · nonprofit teams
Quick-start tools included here
Featured free guides
Start with these practical downloads you can share with your leadership team. Each guide is written in accessible language and designed to help you take the next faithful step, not overhaul everything at once.
Free PDF · For church leaders
Clergy Self-Care Checkup
A brief self-assessment with reflection questions to help clergy notice stress, fatigue, and early signs of burnout and identify small, realistic next steps for care.
Free PDF · For leadership teams
Mental Health Sunday Planning Checklist
A planning tool to help you design a Mental Health Sunday or emphasis month that is thoughtful, trauma-informed, and grounded in your congregation’s context.
Fact sheets & one-sheets
Use these concise overviews with boards, elders, staff, and ministry teams to start data-informed, compassionate conversations about the realities leaders and volunteers are facing.
Fact sheet
Pastors in the United States: 10 Key Insights
An at-a-glance overview of current research and trends related to pastoral well-being, workload, and mental health for church leaders in the United States.
Fact sheet
Church Staff in the United States: 10 Key Insights
Highlights workload, compensation, emotional labor, and retention issues that affect church staff, with questions to help your team reflect on next steps.
Fact sheet
Lay Ministry Leaders: 10 Key Insights
Focuses on volunteers and lay leaders who carry significant ministry responsibilities, often on top of full-time work and family commitments.
Mini-pack
Leadership Fact Sheets Mini-Pack
A bundled PDF that includes pastors, church staff, and lay leader insights, plus reflection questions you can use in leadership retreats or training days.
Checklists & tools for leaders
Simple, repeatable tools you can pull out in staff meetings, supervision conversations, and planning sessions. These are designed to be adapted to your context.
Tool
Staff Care Check-In Guide
A guided conversation tool with suggested questions and a simple agenda for checking in on the emotional and spiritual health of your staff or ministry team.
Tool
Church Mental Health Conversation Starters
Short, thoughtful prompts you can use in small groups, leadership teams, or Bible studies to normalize conversation about mental health and faith.
Webinar & training topics
Explore sample three-hour webinar topics created for pastors, nonprofit leaders, and broader leadership teams. These topics can be adapted for congregations, denominational gatherings, and nonprofit partners.
For Pastors
Examples include:
- Leading the Self First: Caring for Your Mind in Ministry
- Sacred Boundaries: Saying Yes and No Without Guilt
- Resilient Leadership in Perilous Times
For church-wide and denominational teams
Examples include:
- Creating a Mental Health Friendly Church Culture
- Caring for Caregivers: Strengthening Those Who Carry Others
- Pastoral Care Triage in the Local Church
Ongoing learning: blogs, podcast, and media
Continue the conversation with articles, podcast episodes, and media that explore faith and mental health in everyday church life.
Blog
Church Mental Health Training Blog
Read articles on clergy well-being, church conflict, caregiver support, suicide prevention, domestic violence response, and more.
Podcast & media
The TheoTherapist Podcast & Media
Listen to conversations that integrate theology and therapy, and explore sermon clips, interviews, and trainings on the Media & Ministry Moments page.
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