Resources
The whole framework, free to read — eighteen documents in one logical progression. When you want a copy for the shelf or to give away, the series is compiled into five bound volumes.
Every document, by volume on-line
Print / download PDFs ↓Buy paperback ↓The documents follow a deliberate progression — from the first invitation, through the framework and the gifts, into the body’s practice and the household, and out to the evidence. They are grouped here under the five bound volumes, so what you read on-site matches the books exactly. Read any of them free, in order or by the door that fits where you stand.
The Call & Church Governance
The Gifts
The Christian Household
The Body in Practice
The diagrams of the framework
The whole framework is pictured in a set of diagrams scattered through the documents. Here they all are in one place — click any one to jump straight to it in context.
The Survey Series
At the heart of the framework is the Spiritual Gifts Assessment, with three benchmark surveys around it — four in all. Take them online: the gifts assessment and the Governance benchmark are free with an account; the couples benchmarks come with a Family membership. For a whole church, the eldership sees the pooled gifts picture by consent (Elder), and the benchmarks run anonymously and aggregate-only (Engaged Church) — never a public score.
The heart of the whole framework: a prayerful, scored picture of the gifts the Spirit has given you — discerned, reflected on, confirmed in community, and carried into your calling across the five movements.
Shows how well you — or a whole church — understand New Testament church governance against the framework, and surfaces where there’s more to teach and explore.
For husband and wife: each answers privately, then you see a side-by-side comparison — where your understanding lines up, where it differs, and how well you each know the other’s gifts and calling. It builds stronger marriages.
For couples preparing for marriage: your readiness, a shared vision for a future household, and how well you each know the other’s gifts and calling — side by side.
The five volumes
For a copy on the shelf or to give away, the series is compiled into five volumes — the natural groupings that work best together in print. Each one is a free, print-ready PDF: sign in with a free account and download it. The framework is free; the platform is what is paid.
A word of honesty about the printing: these are long documents, and running five volumes off on a home printer usually costs more than a bound copy does — and looks it. The option is yours either way. If you would rather someone else print and bind it, the paperbacks are at Books.
The invitation, the framework — God’s vision, the Church’s purpose, and every believer’s commission and mission — how the documents fit together and the call to rise. These two open the volume as its front matter, which is why they are not separate books.
The theology of the eighteen gifts and the fruit of the Spirit, the full field guide — one profile per gift, the self-assessment guide, and the assessment workbook.
Marriage, parenting, and courtship — the family as the foundation of the body of Christ.
The Annual Plan, elder and deacon identification, five-fold ministry, church decision allocation, the redefined pastor’s role, and the New Testament evidence for flat governance — with the example constitution and white-label Our Church as appendices.
The warning and the remedy — approved and disapproved workers, the process for resolving conflict gently and without exposure, and the Restoration Conversation, a guided template for any two people who want to gain each other rather than win.
Every framework document is live to read free on-site, and all five print-ready volume PDFs are free to download with a free account — the teaching is never charged for. The printable field guide, the offline workbooks, the survey packs and the leadership templates come with the Elder or Church subscription; bound copies are at Books. The 18 gift profiles are free under The Gifts.