
Explore how John Wycliff's house arrest inspired the first English Bible and apply a media balance framework—growth media, neutral media, and avoiding toxic or addictive media—in nonprofit ministry during COVID-19.
Explore maintaining healthy relationships and organizational effectiveness in a remote work environment through the blake-moten grid and emotional bank account. Use video meetings and structured check-ins to build trust.
Learn how the CARES Act's Paycheck Protection Program provides forgivable loans to nonprofits and churches with 501(c)(3) status, covering payroll and other expenses, with forgiveness rules and application steps.
Learn about stimulus checks under the CARES Act for individuals and families, automatic eligibility, dependents bonuses, direct-deposit tips, and access to crisis resources and low-cost internet and computers.
Describe how homeless shelters and ministries protect high-risk clients during covid-19 with screening, isolation, social distancing, takeout meals, sanitation, and CDC-guided protocols while coordinating with health officials.
Move from panic to proactive planning by applying five crisis tools for nonprofits amid covid-19: SWOT analysis, competing values leadership, lean startup, business model canvas, and McLuhan’s four questions.
Explore a free nonprofitcovid19.org resource hub with extended materials, including government grants and loans, CARES Act insights, leadership content from John Maxwell, and cash flow management tools.
This course is designed to train leaders at nonprofits, NGOs and ministries on how to respond to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic effectively. Topics covered in this course include:
How to Maintain Healthy Relationships and Organizations in a Remote Work Environment
Resources for Organizations & Ministries Still Serving Clients
COVID-19 Planning Tools for Organizations & Ministries
Nonprofit Board Resources, Risk Management, HR & Legal Guidance
COVID-19 Fundraising Toolkit
COVID-19 Resources for Churches
Dr. Andrew Sears is President of City Vision University, which is an online Christian university that primarily provides degrees for those serving in nonprofit organizations and ministries. In the past 20 years, City Vision has trained and partnered with thousands of nonprofits and ministries. Dr. Sears previously Co-founded a research group with one of the fathers of the Internet at MIT.