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Learn storytelling skills To Support Your Ministry.

We've set out to empower your ministry and your partners because Engaging stories can mobilize the church.

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Marketing is expensive...

Your ministry needs storytelling content to keep donors informed, educated, and inspired. But, creative content can be expensive.

... but, it's essential.

God is at work in incredible ways through your ministry. If told well, those stories can serve as effective tools for inspiring action.

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So, here's our simple plan!

Your ministry partners, missionaries, and staff are in the field watching God at work. We want to empower them to tell those stories!

COURSES

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Why Story

This course attempts to answer why storytelling is so important within a Christian ministry context. Storytelling is an underutilized tool in the Church and we'd like to see that change.

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Purpose-Driven Strategy

In this course, we walk you through a messaging strategy that is rooted in the Hero's Journey. The goal is to teach you to create clear messaging and communication with your audience.

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Story-Driven Messaging

In this course, we'll walk you through the process of creating a brand story script for your ministry. This script is rooted in Monroe's Motivated Sequence and The Hero's Journey, and it will help you clearly communicate in all brand touch-points.

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Storytelling Structures

We use and teach 3 act story structures and the Hero's Journey to create compelling and engaging stories that relate and engage with audiences across cultures. In this course, you'll learn how to apply the Hero's Journey to your ministry marketing efforts.

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Story-Driven Content Strategy

Storytelling is an incredibly powerful tool, and yet it goes completely underutilized in the ministry sector. In this course, we discuss a framework and content strategy for how your ministry can turn a single beneficiary's story into a month's worth of daily content. In theory, from 6-12 beneficiary story's, your ministry could create a piece of story-driven content per day for an entire year.

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Your Testimony & The Hero’s Journey

In this course, we discuss how The Hero's Journey can be used as a story structure to share testimonial stories. Stories are powerful. The Church needs to be a storytelling people, and The Hero's Journey story structure is the perfect tool to use to help us tell more stories more often, while being guaranteed to engage with our audience.

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Ethical Storytelling

In this course, we discuss the ethics of storytelling. It’s important to tells stories ethically. Guilt marketing and poverty porn should be things of the past, yet these are marketing tactics that are still used today. Ignorance is not an excuse and we need to do better. In this episode, we’re sharing some of the best practices we use to ensure that we are doing our best to tell stories ethically.

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Web Design Strategy

Your website should be a marketing tool that engages your audience, tells a clear and compelling story, and one that converts. In this course, we'll teach you how to apply the Hero's Journey story structure to your website and build a sitemap and flow of information that drives your user to your intended goals.

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Scriptwriting

In this course, we discuss scriptwriting basics and give you a guideline for your interview questions so you can tell compelling and engaging stories with consistency and structure.

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Documentary Storytelling | Pre-Production

Learn the basics of the Pre-Production stage from our Documentary Storytelling process for better storytelling in the field.

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Documentary Storytelling | Production

Learn the basics of the Production stage from our Documentary Storytelling process for better storytelling in the field.

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Documentary Storytelling | Post-Production

Learn the basics of Post-Production from our Documentary Storytelling process for better storytelling in the field.

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Advanced Photography

In this course, we discuss intermediate and advanced photography concepts and explore how you can get the most out of your DSLR or mirrorless camera setup.

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Photography 101

Learn the basics of photography for better storytelling in the field. In this course, we cover composition, technique, basic lighting concepts, and perspective centered around your mobile device.

Grow your knowledge and provide valuable story content for your ministry.

100% Free

Our goal is to help the Church communicate and share what God is doing globally more effectively for greater Kingdom impact. To that end, all Reliant Resources are FREE.

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Trusted Knowledge

Our instructors are talented creatives with real world ministry experience. They aren’t just instructors, they’re practitioners in each of their creative fields.

Anytime, Anywhere

We know you’re busy so we’ve made these courses available anytime, anywhere. Download and learn at your own convenience.

Schedule Live Consultations

You can schedule a live consultation with our instructors for any of our courses, and you can do it on your time. No need to wait for a pre-scheduled webinar! Schedule personal training for your team, on your time, and let’s get your ministry, your national partners, and your missionaries telling stories well.

All of our courses can be scheduled as a live consultation OR you can download the pre-recorded content. Once the course is complete you can also schedule a follow-up critique so we can discuss the content your team is creating. 

News & Insights

We also share weekly insights on our blog covering a wide range of topics, and informed by some of the industries top thinkers and practitioners. From storytelling tips and content strategy insights, to digital communication and fundraising strategy, we’ve got a wide range of resources to fit your needs. Enjoy some of our recent posts. 

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The Power of Storytelling: Unveiling the Hero’s Journey

Table of Contents Introduction: Embracing the Universal Language of Stories In a world inundated with diverse forms of media, storytelling has become an integral part of human connection. Whether through movies, TV shows, art, or literature, narratives captivate our imagination

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Learn how to use Story-Driven Messaging to Engage Your Audience.

  • Is your audience disengaged from your ministry?
  • Is your current messaging confusing and messy?

The Ultimate Guide to Story-Driven Messaging will help you engage ministry brand ambassadors through the power of storytelling. 

Learn how to use Story-Driven Messaging to Engage Your Audience.

  • Is your audience disengaged from your ministry?
  • Is your current messaging confusing and messy?

The Ultimate Guide to Story-Driven Messaging will help you engage ministry brand ambassadors through the power of storytelling.