Christian Training Apps | Spiritual & Leadership Development

BiblicalTraining

BiblicalTraining is a free, donor-supported classroom of evangelical Bible teaching from professors across many seminaries, spanning basics through seminary-level study. Founded and still led by Dr. Bill Mounce, it also offers church leadership training, certificates for an enrollment fee, and a path into undergraduate and graduate degrees through Okanagan Bible College.

TheosU Online Biblical Teaching

TheosU is a subscription theology streaming library of video courses in plain English, taught by pastors and seminary faculty, with Theos Seminary as a path for those who want credit toward a certificate or degree.

Jesus.net Online Courses

Free online courses from Jesus.net covering faith, prayer, the Bible, identity in Christ, anxiety, finances, marriage and family, the character of God, and Jesus — with optional personal e-coaching or a self-chosen Accountability Partner using a WATCH-APPLY-SHARE model. Part of a global network of 120+ ministries in 40+ languages reaching millions worldwide; flagship courses include Identity, The Character of God (with Bible Project videos), and companion courses for all five seasons of The Chosen.

Zúme Training

Zúme Training is a free discipleship course that walks groups through 32 disciple-making concepts in 20 hours, with online, workbook, and offline slide formats in 50+ languages, plus iOS and Android apps that carry the full training offline.

Love Your First Year Premarital Course

An online Christian premarital course by SYMBIS Certified Counselors Britt and Kyler Nixon, featuring 22 video modules, an 85-page workbook, interactive tools, and extensive bonus resources — trusted by over 1,000 couples, supported by a 65-episode podcast, and featured on Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark.

Lingua Deo Gloria

Lingua Deo Gloria teaches Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek free of charge, through stories and comprehensible input instead of memorized paradigms. Its browser courses, illustrated readers, and live online classes serve the global Church.

Life After Pornography Coach

A research-backed 10-week coaching program by clinical psychologist Dr. Cameron Staley, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help individuals overcome unwanted pornography use through guided videos, mindfulness practices, journaling, and a supportive community.

The Odin Project

A free, open-source full-stack web development curriculum with more than 1.9 million learners. Covers HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails through project-based learning and a Discord community. Self-funded by donations via Open Collective since 2023. Curriculum GitHub repo has 13,100+ stars and was last updated October 2026.

FULLER Equip

FULLER Equip is Fuller Theological Seminary's online learning platform offering 160+ self-paced courses and nine professional certificates across theology, ministry leadership, emotional health, church planting, youth discipleship, and spiritual formation — accessible from any device without enrollment in a degree program.

Study Gateway

Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service from Zondervan and Thomas Nelson (HarperCollins Christian Publishing), offering thousands of teaching videos from trusted Christian authors and pastors like Max Lucado, Lysa TerKeurst, Jennie Allen, Lisa Harper, Matt Chandler, and Anne Graham Lotz. Tiered subscription plans serve individuals, small groups, and churches across iOS, Android, web, and smart TV platforms, with new studies released regularly — most recently The Stories We Live By (Timothy Keller and Michael Keller) and Gather (Lisa Harper and Christine Caine).

Storyverse Institute

Storyverse Institute is Derek Mathews' seminary-style library of Bible, theology, ministry, and soul-care courses, plus a podcast and a one-year Institute Cohort, for individuals and churches who want deeper Scripture without a degree. Sample courses are free, the course library is subscription-based, and the next cohort starts in January 2027.

Kingdom Training

Free M2DMM training from Gospel Ambition that helps disciple makers, church planters, and missionaries use media, advertising, and AI tools to find spiritual seekers online and connect them with face-to-face disciplers among unreached and least-reached peoples.

ICF EQUIP

Free resource-sharing platform from the ICF church movement offering sermon series, ministry manuals, leadership videos, job descriptions, and small group studies — part of ICF Digital's growing suite of church tools serving 71 locations and 95 micro churches across 12 countries.

Word on Fire Institute

The Word on Fire Institute is Bishop Barron's Catholic formation community for 29,000+ members: 58+ courses and films, live seminars, 15 expert-led communities, a quarterly journal, and paths to certificates and an accredited master's degree in evangelization and culture, on the web and in iOS and Android apps.

Thrive and Cultivate

A membership-based training platform equipping pastors and church leaders with mental health skills, strategies, and 130+ expert-led video sessions across nine tracks covering burnout, anxiety, grief, trauma, suicide prevention, and building a mentally healthy church culture.

Stand to Reason

Free Stand to Reason app from Greg Koukl's apologetics ministry, with weekly podcasts, articles, Solid Ground, and mentoring letters so Christians can defend classical Christianity with clarity and grace. Stand to Reason University adds free interactive courses, and Alan Shlemon serves as president-elect while Koukl remains president.

Develop.Me

A subscription-based learning platform from Cultivate Leadership Institute for churches, schools, and Christian organizations that want on-demand leadership courses, cohorts, and white-label branding on web, iPhone, and Android.

Everyday Institute

Free digital discipleship platform from Austin Gohn (Lead Pastor, Bellevue Christian Church) offering four structured video courses — Day One, Everyday Habits, Everyday Faith, and Everyday Life — with downloadable church resources, designed for individuals, small groups, and churches to accelerate spiritual growth.

SundayU

An online training platform and resource hub for church communications leaders, offering 300+ video classes, certification courses, done-for-you design resources, and an annual planning system. Founded by Justin Dean in 2017 and acquired by Sylva, Inc. in 2021; Dean has since launched a newer companion platform, SaltyChurches.com.

Engage Spaces

Engage Spaces is an operations platform for ministries, denominations, and nonprofits that unifies training, groups, events, communication, and reporting under module-based pricing with unlimited users.

Formed

Catholic streaming platform by the Augustine Institute offering thousands of exclusive study programs, movies, documentaries, audio dramas, e-books, kids' shows, and daily reflections with Dr. Tim Gray. Trusted by 1.6M users, 5,000+ parishes, and 180 dioceses worldwide, with content from over 100 providers. 2026 additions include The Heart of Prayer, an eight-part Lenten series with Bishop Andrew Cozzens. Many parishes give members free access.

Contagious Disciple Making

Free Contagious Disciple Making app with podcasts, videos, and scripture lists that help Christians start Discovery Bible Studies and multiplying disciple-making groups. Founded by Paul Watson and led by CEO Rebecca Ewing.

yesHEis

yesHEis is a free evangelism app from CV that helps everyday Christians share Jesus through tools, training, and challenges, including a My People tracker and a live community map.

Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Faith Driven Entrepreneur is a free ministry platform for Christ-following founders, hosted by Faith Driven Movements and co-founded by Henry Kaestner and Justin Forman. It offers an eight-week Foundation Course in small groups, a weekly podcast, church tools, a conference, coaching, and a companion app on iOS and Android.

ARMA Courses

ARMA Courses is a subscription video school from Manny Arango and Aaron Ross that helps Christians understand the Bible through 55+ courses, workbooks, quizzes, a private community, and a Bible reading plan with daily videos. A free intro course and an iOS companion app sit alongside the web classroom.

BibleProject Classroom

Free, self-paced Bible courses from the BibleProject nonprofit, with scholarly lectures from Genesis through Paul's letters plus reading-skills classes. Guest instructors include Dr. Carmen Imes on Exodus; every class is crowdfunded and open to individuals and groups, and select classes now include facilitator guides.

WithTether

WithTether helps ministries, churches, and non-profits launch and grow their own branded web and mobile apps for learning, content, events, and community. The white-label platform brings an organization's content, courses, resources, and community together under its own brand. Visitors go to the website rather than a single Tether app.

CV (Christian Vision)

CV (Christian Vision) is a UK charity that equips churches and everyday believers to share Jesus through free videos, courses, articles, and the yesHEis evangelism app. Activation Hubs, Digital Day, and a growing gaming outreach extend that work into specific cultures and digital mission fields.

Open Network

A free Life.Church library of more than 100,000 sermon outlines, kids curriculum, graphics, and training resources for pastors and church leaders, serving more than 1 million pastors and leaders. Web-based, with no official mobile app, no subscription, and no paid tier.

Cultivate Leadership Institute

Cultivate Leadership Institute is a Christian leadership training program that walks churches, companies, and individuals through two-year Leadership and Ministry tracks — plus custom paths — on its Develop.Me platform, with academic partnerships for transfer credit.

MxU

MxU is an all-in-one platform for church worship and production teams, combining 1,000+ video training lessons, automated pathways, team messaging, tasks and checklists, and live service dashboards, with native integrations for Planning Center, ProPresenter, Rock RMS, and other production tools. Trusted by 6,000+ churches; available on iOS and Android.

BibleDojo

A free, gamified hermeneutics platform from Basil Tech that trains you to read Scripture yourself, starting with a live Law dojo and ESV trainings shaped by Dr. Dru Johnson and Dr. Dominick Hernández. A Discord community sits alongside the belts.