Leadership Lab
Annual Pastor Cohort
Build Your Leadership Playbook
Your Church's Next Season Starts With Your Next Level of Leadership
Your church has not outgrown your calling but can outgrow your leadership. Leadership Lab is where you develop the leadership your people need, so you can take them where God wants to go next.
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Recommended by pastors
Next Cohort Call is September 23, 2026
The 6 Leads Framework
One Leadership System Built Over 12-Months of Community
01
Leading Self...
the internal work
02
Leading Sundays...
services that disciple
03
Leading Staff...
a team that trusts you
04
Leading Systems...
growth that won't break you
05
Leading Servants...
volunteers who develop (and stay)
06
Leading Stewardship...
finances with clarity & integrity
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"Super practical and helpful for pastors. My leadership has been challenged and improved. Seriously biblically solid, down to earth, real world stuff."
Josh Reinken · Pastor
Why Leadership Lab Works
One Monthly Call Turns Into Your Leadership Growth Playbook
Focused training. Real conversations. Confidence to lead.
01 / Learn
Monthly Cohort
We cover each of the 6 Leads twice per year in a 90-minute cohort call. Each call begins with 10-15 minutes of teaching and the remainder of the time is live Q & A and real-time coaching.
02 / Apply
Training Days
Every cohort call ends with simple next-steps, including additional training materials to take you further. You get insights and action items to help you develop in vital leadership areas.
03 / Compound
Your Playbook
Twelve calls become your own personal Leadership Playbook. Instead of scattered notes you have a finished guide to reference teach out of, or hand off.
A Partnership, Not A Program
Most training gives you a folder of notes you’ll look at once and never open again. Leadership Lab is designed to actually build something: a Playbook you’ll lead from in the immediate and over the long-haul.
“The team at Faithful & Fruitful produces fantastic content and is also extremely responsive when I need help. They feel like a genuine partner. They see my ‘wins’ as wins for them as well. I’d highly recommend them.”
Jon V.
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The Leadership Lab Framework
Six Areas of Influence Every Minister Should Desire to Develop
We cover all six, twice a year. Twelve months. Twelve conversations. One complete leadership system.
01
Leading Self
The internal work nobody sees but everybody feels. Your rhythms, your rest, your capacity to lead everyone else.
02
Leading Sundays
Running services that disciple people, not just fill a room. The difference between attendance and formation.
03
Leading Staff
Hiring, developing, and leading a team that trusts you. The conversations you were never taught to have.
04
Leading Systems
Building the structures that let your church grow without breaking you. The plumbing nobody sees until it fails.
05
Leading Servants
Recruiting and developing volunteers who actually stay. Moving people from filling a slot to owning a mission.
06
Leading Stewardship
Generosity, budgets, and leading with a clear conscience. Money conversations most pastors avoid until they can’t.
If you choose to complete the monthly cohort next steps, at the end of the year you will have a total ministry leadership playbook.
Included In Leadership Lab
One Membership Includes Everything You Need to Develop Your Leadership
Leadership Lab gives you immediate access to all Faithful & Fruitful content and is available 24/7 for the entirety of your membership.
$564 value
Monthly Cohort Coaching Call
90-minute Zoom call designed around the 6 Leads
Leadership Lab Cohort Calls are led by Luke Simmons. Each call begins with 10-15 minutes of fresh content. All remaining time is dedicated to discussion and open Q & A. Just-in-time coaching for pastors hungry to grow and lead with vigor and courage.
- 4th Wednesday of the Month
- 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET
- All Cohort Call Recordings
Next call is September 23, 2026.
$675 value
The Complete Training Day Library
A one-hour training video focused on one real ministry problem.
Get practical Christian leadership training designed to help you bypass the learning curve (and mistakes) of ministry leadership. Learn & lead with confidence knowing you’re using a proven framework.
$694 value
The Preaching Lab Essentials Course
A one-hour training video focused on one real ministry problem.
The Preaching Lab Essentials gives you a complete system for sermon preparation and delivery, transforming your weekly process from pressure to purpose. In addition to Essentials, you’ll also get access to additional preaching and ministry leadership courses.
- The Preaching Lab Essentials
- Preaching Gender & Sexuality
- 5 Tools of Effective Ministry
$397 value
Essential Church Documents Library
A large collection of templates, examples, and guides for day-to-day ministry
100+ field-tested templates, ready to copy and adapt. Policies, job descriptions, and process docs you don’t have to write from scratch.
- Organized by category (Assimilation, Communication, Money, etc.)
- Completely searchable by title or general topic
$297 value
Illustration Library
A searchable and filterable library of over 500 sermon illustrations and ideas
Luke’s entire illustration library has been digitized and organized. Explore over 500 illustrations by Book, verse, topic, or direct search. Each illustration includes a video of delivery, originating sermon for context, and a written transcript. Use any as is or modify for your context.
- Video, transcript, originating sermon for each Illustration
- INTRODUCING: My Illustrations, create and catalogue your illustrations
- New illustrations added monthly
"I first participated in the Preaching Lab with Luke Simmons. It was well done, encouraging, and practically helpful. Since then, I've benefitted from numerous training days, the Preaching Through podcast, and the encouragement of the online community. Luke and Dave have made themselves available to provide practical help and encouragement."
Carson Conover · Spiritual Formation Pastor
The Impact of Leadership Training from Faithful & Fruitful
What pastors and ministry leaders have said about our training and coaching experiences.
Highly useful! I’ve been involved in church planting for 20 years and have gone to countless conferences. I have never been equipped with the simplest of church tools you’re providing. Thank you.
Ryan M.
Lead Pastor · San Tan Valley, AZ
Luke has a great way of making us all feel like we are in this together. He has the tried-and-true experience we all collectively have, or will have, and then shares it in very clear ways. Very helpful!
Andy N.
Lead Pastor · Jonesboro, AR
I always get something very practical and actionable from time with Luke. It’s never ethereal or conceptual, it’s always very doable and something I can translate into my week.
Scott M.
Lead Pastor · Nashua, NH
Luke’s instruction is straight-forward, relevant, practical, and insightful. It is especially helpful that his approach works no matter the size or context of the church.
Shawn C.
Lead Pastor · Nashua, NH
This training accomplishes everything intended: immersive, practical, etc. They cover topics critical to my situation. Luke is a humble teacher, yet his expertise is obvious.
Jeremy S.
Lead Pastor · Ravenel, SC
I reference Faithful & Fruitful training as our church moves into new seasons and grows. I find your resources extremely beneficial.
Adam R.
Associate Pastor · Locust, NC
Very practical and helpful information coming from a trusted source. The way Luke presents is so simple and transferable. It really helps me to think wisely about my own church.
Josh L.
Lead Pastor · Champaign, IL
Practical, useful, something a real church is using, not just a book of theory. Plus, Q & A with Luke helps to clear up doubts and questions.
Cesar G.
Associate Pastor
This training was highly practical and transferable. Pastors are often bogged down by smaller details and your training gave a zoomed out framework to see the big picture vision for discipleship.
Lucas P.
Lead Pastor · Huntington Beach, CA
Great content, very well done! I plan to use this with my elders to get us thinking bigger picture about our approach to discipleship. Thank you.
Nathaniel Madonna
Associate Pastor · Howard City, MI
As always, the trainings are to the point and easy to apply. I’m thankful for Faithful & Fruitful trainings and hope many leaders take advantage of the opportunity.
Chris V.
Associate Pastor · Wesley Chapel, FL
Highly practical workshop talk that I can immediately plug into my ministry and long-term strategic vision that will help me plan out for the future!
Josh S.
Lead Pastor · Wesley Chapel, FL
Luke offers practical tools and ideas for increasing effectiveness of ministry. I recommend Q & A with Luke. He answers great questions with real gold nugget answers.
Neil L.
Lead Pastor · Mchenry, IL
I have participated in a number of Faithful & Fruitful trainings. Luke has a knack for making training relevant, helpful, and actionable. There are always nuggets I can take away and apply immediately.
Blake S.
Lead Pastor · Fernandina Beach, FL
Faithful & Fruitful is consistently biblically centered and practical for pastors to apply in their context.
Whitney C.
Associate Pastor · Mesa, AZ
The Leadership Lab is led by Luke Simmons, Lead Pastor at Ironwood Church in Mesa, Arizona. Learn more about Luke.
Luke Simmons, Lead Pastor, Ironwood Church
Meet Your Leadership Lab Coach
I’m Luke Simmons — I’ve been in full-time pastoral ministry since 2004 and I’ve got the scars to prove it. After all those years, I’ve remained joyful in ministry, my family loves the church, and I still delight in helping people meet, know, and follow Jesus. I want the same for you.
Sometimes we need an experienced coach who can answer questions, offer suggestions, cheer us on, and be confident on our behalf. That’s why I’m here.
God has graciously allowed me to serve as a church planter, lead pastor, preacher, and leadership coach (read my full bio here). I love learning and when things I’ve learned get to help other leaders… oh baby, that’s the good stuff.
Shannon Butler
Associate Pastor, Calvary Chapel Tallahassee
Luke has been a terrific resource in the areas of communication and preaching for me since 2016.
Nine years later, I still use his sermon evaluation forms and communication strategies as a tool for strengthening my skills as a communicator.
He comes highly recommended not based on knowledge alone, but attention to details and care for shepherding people well. (Shannon Butler, Associate Pastor, Calvary Chapel Tallahassee)
Josh Reich
Lead Pastor, Community Covenant Church
Luke has been one of the people I go to and always listen to when it comes to preaching and leadership.
He has the ability to help people communicate strategically, without losing the heart of the gospel or shepherding your church through a moment or sermon.
I’ve walked away from every conversation with him with tons of notes and nuggets about how to move forward and communicate better as a pastor.
Landon Myers
Lead Pastor, Restoration Church
Working with Luke afforded me needed perspectives and ways to think about how to best lead in my context— all in real time.
While I could have gained those things otherwise, without Luke I would have paid in the form of many slow years of gaining experience and avoidable mistakes along the way.
A Message from Luke
Every time I read a book or listen to a podcast, I have the same thought: “I wish I could ask them about ___.”
Part of it is that I’m curious. But it’s also that I learn so much more from interacting than from just ingesting.
This has certainly shaped my approach to our new Leadership Lab. My goal is to create a place for curious, hungry ministry leaders to be able to get just-in-time-coaching, without it busting the budget.
I’ll come with a few minutes of fresh content. But more than 90% of the call will be interacting over the ministry situations YOU are working on. Real-time coaching about real-life scenarios.
So think about a situation you’re facing and come ready to ask about it.
See you soon,
Luke
“Thank you Luke, for your care of my soul!” — Gregory Odiorne, Senior Pastor
Leadership Lab Pastor Cohort
Everything You Get With Your Annual Membership
Monthly Live Cohort (12 Calls)
$564
Training Day Collection + New Releases
$675
The Preaching Lab Essentials Course
$497
Preaching Gender & Sexuality Course
$197
Essential Church Docs Library
$397
Illuminate Illustration Library (500+)
$297
Leadership Lab Playbook Worksheets
$97
Total Value: $2,724
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Questions About Leadership Lab
How long do I have access to the included materials? (Training Days, Documents, etc.)
You’ll have unlimited access to all included materials through the live of your memberships. All memberships are 12-months and are automatically renewed unless canceled.
What happens to resources I’ve already purchased? Do I still have access to those?
Yes, if you have purchased individual resources you will continue to have Lifetime Access to those materials. Joining Leadership Lab will unlock all additional materials for the life of your membership. When your membership ends, you will continue to own all items you purchased individually and have access to those items.
Are the resources in the Leadership Lab available without a subscription?
Most of the items included in the Leadership Lab are currently available for purchase separately. The 12 monthly cohort calls are exclusive to Leadership Lab members.
What is the Leadership Playbook?
Every month we focus on one strategic area of ministry and will provide a roadmap of instruction to watch along with next steps ‘homework’ which becomes one chapter of your leadership Playbook. This ‘homework’ is optional.
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Everything You Get With Your Annual Membership
- Monthly Cohort Calls (12 Calls)
- Leadership Lab Playbook Worksheets
- All Training Days + New Releases
- Essential Church Docs Library
- The Preaching Lab Essentials Course
- Illuminate Illustration Library (500+)
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