Starting/Growing Singles

​Resources to help start, grow your young/single adult ministry

Note: See our store for additional resources such as Bible studies, more mp3/CD's and outlines. See our articles to build singles ministry by Kris Swiatocho as well as other authors.  All items below are created by Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries unless noted. The Singles Network Ministry is supported by your gifts and purchases so please give today.

Before You Begin
• How to Start a Singles Ministry Guide, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free doc ] [Watch Video] [Español]
• Great Work in Reaching Singles (great resource to send your pastor) [Free doc]
• Singles Ministry Philosophy/Mission by North Coast Church, Vista, CA
• What Singles Need from Church (Audio)
• Spiritual Gift Online test 
• Census/Stats on Singleness
​• Stats/Information on Singleness, Dennis Franck [Free ppt]
• How to solve the problem of single people in the church [Free doc]
• Questions Singles Ask, Kris Swiatocho [Free doc]
• 10 Ways Churches Drive Divorced and Single Again from Their Churches [Free doc]
• Six Things to Know for Your Singles Ministry [Free pdf] [español]
• How To Minister to Singles without Having a Singles Ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Dennis Franck [doc]
• Should I start a Single Parent Ministry by Joseph Northcut, Church Initiative [Free doc] 
• The Single Adult Ministry HOW TO Guide by Max Holt and Doug Stephens, Ebook (New), Chapter 2 Excerpt 
• Forty Days of Prayer by Ann-Marie Schell, Min.of Ed, University Parkway Baptist, Johnson City, TN [Free doc], [Free mp3]
• Budgeting for your singles ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• Names for Singles Ministries, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• Developing a Vision for your Single Adult Ministry by Former Singles Pastor Tim McLauchlin, Trinity AOG, Allgood, TN. Live Taping. [Free mp3]   
• Age Breakdown for you Singles Ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf] [Espanol]
• Demographic study (start here with your zip code to find out some basic demographics of your city).
• Models of Young and Single Adult Ministry by Dennis Franck, National Singles Director, Assemblies of God. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• What I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Singles Ministry by Dennis Franck, National Singles Director, AOG. Live Taping. [Free mp3]  
• Danger Zones in Young and Single Adult Lives by Pastor Max Holt, Hilldale Baptist, Clarksville, TN. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Frequently Asked Questions about singles ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
 
Building Your Team/Structure
Note: Be sure to visit the leadership article section by Kris Swiatocho
• Leadership 101 By Kris Swiatocho [Free doc] 
• Leadership Notebook by Pastor Don Munton, First Baptist, Houston Tx [Free doc] 
• Different Kinds of Leaders by Kris Swiatocho [Free doc]
• Leadership Development [Free Video]
• One Plus One by Pastor Arthur Keeley Discipleship Material
​• 6 Week Singles Ministry Leadership Course (downloadable/editable word doc) [$59.99 doc]
• Building Leaders/Failure by Pastor Andy Jennings, First Baptist, Dallas, TX [Free doc]
• Leadership Manual by Kris Swiatocho, Temple Baptist, New Bern, NC [Free pdf]
• Leadership Manual: Shandon Baptist Church, by Pastor Freddy Johnsnon [Free pdf]
• Leadership Notebook: Providence Baptist Church by Pastor Ryan Epley [Free doc]
• 8 Values of Teamwork that Keep the Church Healthy by Rick Warren
• Law of Explosive Growth by Pastor Don Munton, First Baptist, Houston, TX [Free pdf]
• 5 Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell [Free pdf]
• Leadership Tips/Reminders, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• Developing Leaders by Dennis Franck, Singles Director, National AOG. Live Taping [Free mp3]
• Team Building for your Single Adult Ministry by Dennis Franck, Singles Director, National AOG. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Five Questions Every Singles Ministry Should Ask by Former Singles Pastor Freddy Johnson, Shandon Baptist, Columbia, SC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Job Descriptions: Detailed descriptions of the various positions. Editable file, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free doc] 
• Covenant/contract for your singles leaders [Free Sample 1 pdf, Sample 2 doc]
• Extending Your Effectiveness through Team Ministry by Pastor Brian Frost, Providence Baptist, Raleigh, NC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• The DNA of a Godly Singles Ministry by Pastor Freddy Johnson, Shandon Baptist, Columbia, SC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Sample Survey [Free doc]
• Singles Ministry Structure, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries[Free pdf] [Free mp3]
• Team Development Ideas, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free doc]
• Discipleship Check 1 [Free doc] [español]
• Discipleship Check 2 [Free doc]
• Giving your Leaders a Gift [Free doc]
• Scriptures for Leadership [Free doc]
• Acronym for Leadership [Free pdf]
• Action Plan for your leaders and singles ministry [Free pdf]
• Goal Setting for your leaders and singles ministry [Free pdf] [Español]

Marketing Your Ministry
• Marketing Your Ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• 36 Creative Ideas to Post on Social Media for Business
​• Marketing your business/ministry
• Marketing Ideas Outside the Church
• Social Media [Free doc] NEW
• Fifty Great Places to Advertise for Free [Free pdf]
• Developing a name, logo and website basics, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free doc]
• Long Term Marketing Success by Christian Web Trends
• SEO Services Ranked List
• Social Media: Is it working for you and your ministry?
• How to Grow Your Church/Ministry Through Online Marketing?

Problem Solving
• How to Get Healthy Men into our Singles Ministry, Kris Swiatocho [Free doc]
• Sample Dating Guidelines by North Coast Church, Vista, CA [Free doc]
• Why We Think Dancing is OK at Singles Events by North Coast Church, Vista, CA [Free doc]
• Way Singles Come to Church, Pastor Don Munton, First Baptist, Houston, TX [Free jpg] 
• Where to put singles when they don't fit in traditional Sunday school/small groups [Free doc] [español]
• Dating Guidelines for Small Groups/Sunday School Classes, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• Conflict Resolution: Steps for your singles, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• The Ups and Downs of Single Adult Ministry by Pastor Tim McLauchlin, First AOG, Allgood, TN. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Pitfalls in your Single Adult Ministry by Dennis Franck, National Singles Director, AOG. Live Taping. [Free mp3] 
• Leading your Singles into Character Driven Relationships by Pastor Brian Frost, Providence Baptist., Raleigh, NC. [Free mp3]
• Open Forum Discussion on Singles Ministry. Live taping. [Free mp3]  
• Closing the Back Door of your Ministry by Pastor Chris Dowd, Bedrock Church, Bedford, VA. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Evaluating Your Singles Ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• Singles That Don't Fit, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free doc]
• Dealing with Dysfunctionals in your Ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free doc] UPDATED
• Volunteers: how to get them for your singles ministry [Free pdf]
• Getting people to participate in your singles ministry [Free pdf]
• Why Volunteers Quit [Free doc]
​• Creative Way to Say Thanks to Volunteers [Free doc]

Growing Your Ministry/Tools
• Pray for a Mate Resource
​• Conversation Starter Questions (secular)
• Spiritual Gift Test/Questions [Free pdf]
• Personality Test [Free pdf]
• How to Lead a Small Group [Free doc]
• Creative Things to Do, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf] Updated
​• Challenges of Planning and Event by Dennis Frankc [doc]
• Dealing with Co-habitation/Stats by Dennis Franck [doc]
​• MyDGroup.org
• Seven Reason Why Outreach Fails
• Live Out Love Discipleship Ap for your smart phone [Free download]
• It's All in a Name: Naming Your Sunday School/Small Group by Keith Lowry, BGCT [pdf] 
• How to Get/Recruit/Build Volunteers by Pastor Andy Jennings, First Baptist, Dallas, TX [Free doc 1, 2 files] NEW
• Singles Survey done for Gap Ministry in Columbus, OH by Vineyard Church
• Creative Sunday School/Small Groups. Live Taping. [$2.99 mp3]
• Ways to Grow Your Sunday School/Small Group [Free Doc]
• Networking in your Single Adult Ministry by Dennis Franck, National Singles Director, First AOG. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Creative Single Adult Ministry That Works by Singles Pastor Max Holt, Hilldale Baptist, Clarksville, TN. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Ten Ways to Keep the Fun in Ministry [Free doc]
• Quiet time for Leaders by Ernest Jefferson, Singles Director, Bethlehem Baptist, Simpsonville, SC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Teaching Topics for singles Sunday school or small group. [Free pdf]
• Free 30 Intro Questions/Icebreakers for your next event [Free doc] NEW!
• Icebreakers/Skits/Games for your leaders and singles ministry (over 100 different ideas) [$4.99 pdf]
• Accountability 1 [Free doc]
• Accountability 2 [Free doc] 
• Questions to ask regarding accountability [Free doc]
• Wise Steward of Time [Free doc]
• Fund-Raising Ideas, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free doc]
• Bible Study Covenant [Free doc]
• Sample Survey Handout for your singles ministry [Free pdf]
• Christmas Trivia [Free pdf]
• Bible Trivia Wall Game [Free doc] New!
• Soularium by Campus Crusade for Christ
 
Talking to your pastor/staff
• God's Great Work in Reaching Singles [Free doc]
• Equipping your Church Staff for singles ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• How to Talk to Your Pastor about Starting a Singles Ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
• Why My Church Does Not Have a Singles Ministry, Kris Swiatocho, Director, The Singles Network Ministries [Free pdf]
 
Outreach (How To)
• 52 Outreach Ideas
• Community Outreach
• 101 Ideas for Outreach for a Small Church/Ministry
• Outreach leadership materials [Free pdf]
• Outreach Ideas, Tools, misc.
​• Skit on Philemon [Free pdf]
• Women's Missionary/Outreach Ideas
• How to Reach and Unreach People Group [Free pdf]
• How to Develop a Small Group/Study [Free pdf]
• How to Plan a Conference/Retreat for your singles ministry [Free pdf]
• Joshua Project using Facebook
• How to Start a City-Wide Single Adult Ministry. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Community Ideas to Outreach
​• How to Pray for Unbelievers [Free doc]
• How to Create Intimate Worship Settings. Live taping of Pastor Chris Dowd, Bedrock Church, Bedford, VA. [Free mp3]
• How to Reach College Students by Lee Sullens, Consultant, NC Baptist. Live Taping. [Free mp3]     
• How to Develop a Successful Missions Program by Pastor Chris Dowd, Bedrock Church, Bedford, VA. Live Taping. [Free mp3]    
• How to Minister to Singles by Ernest Jefferson, Singles Director, Bethlehem Baptist, Simpsonville, SC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]        
• How to Develop Prayer Garden Walk for your singles ministry [Free doc ] [photos]
• How to Make Better Media Choices by Roger Acton. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• How to Develop to Victims of Domestic Violence by Roger Acton. Live Taping. [Free mp3]  

Divorce Recovery/Single Parent/Grief
• After Divorce Recovery; suggested resources
• The Single Mom and Her Roller Coast Emotions, Audio CD
​• Helping Children with Divorce (Legal resource)
• Creating/Maintaining a Divorce Recovery Ministry by Pastor Curt Dean, Lawndale Baptist, Greensboro, NC. Live Taping. [Free mp3] 
• Divorce Recovery: Finding hope and healing by Hal Hamilton, former director, SOLO II, Raleigh, NC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]    
• Single Parent Ministry Development by Linda Jacobs, Former Director, Divorce Care for Kids, Raleigh, NC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]  
• Working with Children of Divorce by Linda Jacobs, Former Director, Divorce Care for Kids, Raleigh, NC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]    
• How to Deal with Grief by Hal Hamilton, former SOLO II Director, Raleigh, NC. [Free mp3]

Personal Leadership/Growth
• Restoring after Burnout/Balance Online Course by Vicki Legge [pdf]; video promo
• Building Relationships That Last by Jeannette Inman [Free mp3]
• Balancing Life and Ministry as a Leader by Pastor Leon Tucker, Providence Baptist Church. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Becoming a Life-Changing Leader: Live discussion from a Navigate Leadership Conference with 3 singles pastors. [Free mp3]
• Spiritual Leadership by Ernest Jefferson, Bethlehem Baptist, Simpsonville, SC. Live Taping, [Free mp3 Part 1], [Free mp3 Part 2]
• On the Relationship Road by Singles Pastor Curt Dean, Lawndale Baptist, Greensboro, NC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Maximizing Your Spiritual Gift of Teaching by Ernest Jefferson, Bethlehem Baptist, Simpsonville, SC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]     
• Dealing with Relationship Regret by Pastor Kevin Whidden, First AOG, Concord, NC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Letting Go of your Past by Pastor Kevin Whidden, First AOG, Concord, NC. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Contentment, Loneliness, & Sexuality: Live taping by Kris Swiatocho. [Free mp3]
• Stress Relief for leaders and singles [Free pdf]
• Jesus, Single Like Me: He Was Grateful. Live Taping. [Free mp3] 
• Jesus, Single Like Me: He Had Purpose. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Jesus, Single Like Me: He Was Alone.Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Jesus, Single Like Me: He Had Friends. Live Taping. [Free mp3]
• Jesus, Single Like Me: He Had Friends of the Opposite Sex. Live Taping. [Free mp3]

Miscellaneous
• Christmas Trivia [Free doc]
Prayer Stations Exercise [Free doc]
• Estate Planning Outline/Guide [Free doc]
• Secular Survey on Singles in America 
• Single Ministry Resource Handout [Free doc]
• Tips for Online Dating [Free pdf] 
• Guide to Online Dating* [Free pdf]
• How to Find Your Life-Long Companion by Chuck Swindoll
• Before Your Singles Say I Do [Free doc]
• What is Your View of God [Free doc]
• What Type of Giver Are You? [Free doc]
• Don't Forget What You've Just Learned [Free pdf] 
• Extra Tips for Planning a Retreat/Conference by Lifeway
• Prayer strategy for events/conferences by Lifeway 
• Small Group Development
*This guide is put out by a denomination that I do not personally align myself with, however, the tips are good advice.

Other Articles
Articles by Kris Swiatocho, Director to build ministry
Articles by Kris Swiatocho, various topics
Articles by other authors
Stats on Singles Ministry
Blog's/forums of various singles leaders/teachers/authors
Marriage Pre Course by HTB, UK

The Singles Network is my go-to resource for anything in the realm of singles ministry! Kris has more experience and wisdom on singles ministry and the experience of singles in the church than anyone I know. She also has a great way of communicating God's heart and vision for singles and has helped many find purpose in their singleness.
—Dawn Vanderwerf, Single Parent Missions, Grand Rapids, MI