Finishing Well 2025

End well in ministry so you can pass the baton to the next generation and live in the afterglow.

What you'll learn

Learn to finish well in Christian ministry.

Understand the landscape of getting older while leading.

Process the reality that few leaders finish well and how you can be different.

Understand the moral, relational, and faith barriers to finishing well.

How to cooperate with God for meaningful transformation.

Learn the value of renewal in last season of ministry.

Increase focus in your life and ministry.

Learn to leave a lasting legacy for the next generation.

Requirements

This course assumes a basic understanding of the Bible. If the Bible is new to you, certain portions may be hard to understand.

This course assumes that you are a Christian and involved in some kind of formal or informal ministry setting.

Description

This teaching series on Finishing Well by Dr. Paul Leavenworth and Richard Clinton is designed to share Biblical principles and practical life lessons that will help you in your process of Christian growth and ministry development, particularly in the final stages of your life in ministry. We believe that there are biblical principles, if applied, that will help Christian leaders to start, live and lead, and finish well in their lives and ministries. To this end, we have designed this teaching series to facilitate insight, evaluation, and application for the following goals:Provide an overview of Biblical principles and concepts that relate to finishing a lifetime of ministry.Impact your heart as well as your mind.Create opportunities for personal evaluation and application.This is part three of the three-part Well Trilogy that also includes Starting Well and Living & Leading Well. These courses and the corresponding books can be done in any order. However, if you are in your final years of ministry, it is okay to just take this course. Courses for for the other two areas are available on Udemy as well. You may find them valuable information after taking this course especially as it pertains to passing the baton on and investing in ministry leaders in the early and middle stages of their calling.

Overview

Section 1: Finishing Well Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Finishing Well Session 1: Finishing Well

Lecture 2 Finishing Well Session 1 Video

Section 3: Finishing Well Session 2: Living with the End in Mind

Lecture 3 Finishing Well Session 2 Video

Section 4: Finishing Well Session 3: Moral Barriers

Lecture 4 Finishing Well Session 3 Video

Section 5: Finishing Well Session 4: Relational Barriers

Lecture 5 Finishing Well Session 4 Video

Section 6: Finishing Well Session 5: Faith Barriers

Lecture 6 Finishing Well Session 5 Video

Section 7: Finishing Well Session 6: Deep Processing

Lecture 7 Finishing Well Session 6 Video

Section 8: Finishing Well Session 7: Renewal

Lecture 8 Finishing Well Session 7 Video

Section 9: Finishing Well Session 8: Focused Living for Convergence

Lecture 9 Finishing Well Session 8 Video

Section 10: Finishing Well Session 9: Spiritual Authority

Lecture 10 Finishing Well Session 9 Video

Section 11: Finishing Well Session 10: Ultimate Contributions and Legacy

Lecture 11 Finishing Well Session 10 Video

Section 12: Finishing Well Session 11: Passing the Baton

Lecture 12 Finishing Well Session 11 Video

Section 13: Finishing Well Session 12: Afterglow

Lecture 13 Finishing Well Session 12 Video

This course is best for those in the end season of their ministry career, calling, or experience. Likely with at 20+ years of ministry leadership.,This course is also valuable for those working with people in the end season of their ministry career.