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Simple. Actionable. Strategic.

Proven Systems to Help Pastors Thrive In Every Area of Ministry

Taught by Active Ministry Practitioners

Training Days are designed to help you bypass the learning curve (and mistakes) of ministry leadership in areas beyond the pulpit. You don’t have to ‘figure it out’. With Training Days you can learn & lead with confidence knowing you’re using a proven framework.

How we think about Training Days.

What Makes A Training Day Ideal

Each Training Day take less time than reading a book, is less expensive than traveling to a conference, is more immersive than reading an article, and more proven than trying to figuring things out on your own.

Choose Your Training Day

Each Training Day is approximately 45 – 60 minutes long and is presented in video format.

Reviews & Endorsements from Pastors

Training Days Deliver

What ministry leaders have to say about their Training Day experience.

This was so enlightening! It has educated me on what we are doing right and what we need to improve. Most importantly, it has given me ideas on how to improve the areas we need to improve. Love Pastor Luke’s training!!

Kenneth H.

Senior Pastor

It is evident that Luke and Dave have created this training as “practitioners”. As a ministry leader, the training was helpful, encouraging, and actionable.

Autumn G.

Director

I love the heart behind this and the big picture and minute details to help us better our weekly prep. This is timely. I needed a FRESH perspective on how to do more with the same 24 hours I have.

Josué V.

Lead Pastor

This training will help me greatly refine what I am already doing but could be doing so much more effectively and efficiently. It’s so encouraging to see that I am in the ballpark. Grateful for you pastors Luke & Dave! Highly recommend for all pastors/ministry leaders.

Carlo M.

Campus Pastor

It was clear and full of usable content. Also really appreciated Q&A. We’re going to take top 20min and share with our team leads next month so also appreciated it being recorded!

CJ M.

Youth Pastor

This has been so incredibly practical and helpful. The discussion about accountability was helpful, as were the insights about strengths and weaknesses. Thanks for making this available.

Dave W.

Discipleship Pastor

Each Training Day is taught by Luke Simmons, Lead Pastor at Ironwood Church in Mesa, Arizona. Learn more about Luke.

Luke Simmons, Lead Pastor, Ironwood Church

Meet Your Instructor

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.

Training Days on X

Here are a few Training Day style posts on X to give you a preview of our training videos.

Visiting people in the hospital is a common part of ministry, but it’s easy to accidentally do it wrong.

10 ways to not screw up a hospital visit: 🧵
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) June 21, 2024

Pastors are told to continually cast vision since "vision leaks."

But how? You can only preach a vision sermon every so often.

5 under-appreciated ways for pastors to cast vision: 🧵
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) February 8, 2024

Preaching is pretty subjective — different folks resonate with different preachers.

All good. It's awesome that preachers have different styles.

But here are 7 styles of preaching we need to avoid: 🧵
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) January 18, 2024

20 years ago today I began in full-time ministry.

It was a dream come true. And it's been a wild ride.

HERE ARE 20 REFLECTIONS ON 20 YEARS OF MINISTRY (and they're fairly random):

1. Everything hinges on your spiritual health, and you are responsible for it. The #1 job is to…
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) June 24, 2024

People like to be challenged by those they trust. When somebody says, "Here's a new challenge. You can do this!" — it's so dang motivating.

Our church has done a "90-Day Tithe Challenge" three times. Every time it's life-changing.

5 reasons your church should do it too:

1⃣…
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) August 16, 2024

When you plant a church or become a lead pastor, it's crazy how much more you have to consider financial realities.

And most of us weren't taught much about it.

25 LESSONS ABOUT MONEY & CHURCH LEADERSHIP:

1. Generosity begins in the heart of the pastor. If you don’t give…
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) August 1, 2024

Early in the week, most pastors evaluate the previous Sunday's services.

We usually review transitions, song choices, announcements, etc. And we should (if we want to improve).

But here are 5 more-important church service evaluation questions for a pastor to answer:

1. How… pic.twitter.com/04Re7l1Dk6
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) July 1, 2024

Yesterday our church celebrated 15 years. I got to preach the gospel.

The elders and some dear friends prayed over me & Molly.

My daughter & a pastor's son, who were toddlers when the church started, prayed a heartfelt prayer of dedication for our future as Ironwood Church. pic.twitter.com/vcUODwckzk
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) January 8, 2024

Five small changes most churches could make on Sundays that would make a surprising difference:

1. At most, make one announcement. Leaders think they have to announce everything so that people will know about it and participate. But instead, they end up overwhelmed and bored.… pic.twitter.com/Kd3yegTPLa
— Luke Simmons (@lukedsimmons) October 20, 2023