Christian Training Apps | Spiritual & Leadership Development

ARMA Courses

ARMA Courses is an online Bible education platform founded by Dr. Manny Arango and Dr. Aaron Ross, offering 55+ video courses on Scripture, theology, and cultural topics with workbooks, quizzes, a private community, and live calls — helping thousands of Christians understand the Bible for themselves. Available via web and an iOS app.

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.

The Odin Project

A free, open-source full-stack web development curriculum with over 1.86 million learners. Covers HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails through project-based learning and a 60,000+ member Discord community. Self-funded by donations via Open Collective since 2023. Curriculum GitHub repo has 12,700+ stars and was last updated July 2026.

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.

Kingdom Training

Free M2DMM training platform by Chasm Solutions that equips disciple makers to use digital media, advertising, and AI tools to find spiritual seekers online and connect them with face-to-face disciplers, with a focus on unreached people groups.

Zúme Training

Free, self-facilitated online discipleship course for small groups, covering 32 disciple-making and simple-church-planting concepts in 20 hours across three formats (10-Session, 20-Session, or weekend Intensive) in 50+ languages. iOS app available; Android app removed from Google Play. Built by a volunteer community through Gospel Ambition, with offline distribution via solar-powered devices for restricted-access areas and YouVersion Bible plans reaching 183,000+ subscribers.

Engage Spaces

Engage Spaces is an all-in-one operations platform for ministries, multisite churches, and nonprofits that combines communication, training, reporting, compliance tracking, and team management with location-based pricing and unlimited users across North America.

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 61-episode weekly podcast, and featured on Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark.

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.

BibleDojo

A free, gamified Bible hermeneutics platform that teaches you how to read Scripture — not just what it says. Progress from white belt to black belt across ten biblical genres with seminary-level ESV content from scholars Dr. Dru Johnson (Center for Hebraic Thought / Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) and Dr. Dominick Hernández (Talbot School of Theology), built by the Basil Tech nonprofit (creators of Read Scripture). Now includes a Discord community for collaborative learning.

MxU

MxU is an all-in-one platform for church worship and production teams — combining 1,000+ video training lessons, service planning tools, team messaging, task management, a live service dashboard, and native integrations with Planning Center, ProPresenter, and other production software so teams can develop volunteers, plan services, and execute Sunday from one place.

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, Jennie Allen, Lisa Harper, Matt Chandler, Tony Evans, and Louie Giglio. Tiered subscription plans serve individuals, small groups, and churches across iOS, Android, web, and smart TV platforms, with new studies released regularly — most recently Becoming Like Jesus (Matt Chandler) and Unbreakable Courage (Max Lucado).

Foster the City

A free app for churches partnering with Foster the City, connecting Foster Parents, Support Friends, and Advocates through shared calendars, prayer requests, messaging, an Inspiration and Hope screen, and curated foster care resources. Since launching in 2015, the movement has grown to 368 partner churches, 527 foster families, and 1,117 children welcomed into loving homes — with foster family retention nearly double the national average.

The Gameplan

A free Christian recovery app from Dr. Doug Weiss offering daily tips, videos, blogs, a free Clean Class, and YouVersion Bible studies to help men break free from pornography and sexual addiction. Developed by Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs. Note: the creator's personal/Daystar controversy has escalated through June 2026 — see AI Pre-Review.

Tether

White-label formation platform for faith-driven churches, ministries, and creators. Form, disciple, train, or activate communities through courses, cohorts, and branded native apps on iOS, Android, and web. Backed by Praxis and the Pinetops Foundation. No AI features; all content is human-authored.

Jesus.net Online Courses

Free online courses from Jesus.net covering faith, prayer, the Bible, identity in Christ, anxiety, finances, 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 hundreds of millions worldwide; flagship courses include Identity, The Character of God (with Bible Project videos), and companion courses for all five seasons of The Chosen.

CV (Christian Vision)

UK-based global Christian charity equipping the Church for evangelism through free video resources, training courses, the yesHEis app (16+ languages), the annual DigitalDay conference, a pioneering CV Pioneers program deploying culturally embedded local mission workers, and an active Digital Mission Fields initiative taking the gospel into online gaming communities — with outreach campaigns that have reached over 1.5 billion people worldwide.

BibleProject Classroom

Free, self-paced Bible courses taught by Dr. Tim Mackie and guest scholars like Dr. Carmen Imes (Exodus) and Dr. Lucy Peppiatt (1 Corinthians). The library of 15 classes spans the full biblical story — Genesis through Paul's letters — with a planned seven-class series through the Gospel of Matthew in progress. Seminary-depth video lectures, teacher's notes, quizzes, and reflection questions. Built by the BibleProject nonprofit, led by CEO Steve Atkinson. Also available in prisons through the Pando tablet program.

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.

Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Free global community and content platform for Christ-following entrepreneurs — featuring a top-rated weekly podcast (381+ episodes), video courses, small group cohorts, coaching programs, a Fractional Pastor initiative, campus chapters, city networks in 140+ countries, and annual conferences. Co-founded by Henry Kaestner (Bandwidth) and Justin Forman, with sister movements including Faith Driven Investor, Faith Driven Teens, and Solving the World's Greatest Problems.

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.

Formed

Catholic streaming platform by the Augustine Institute offering thousands of exclusive study programs, movies, documentaries, audio dramas, e-books, kids' shows, daily reflections, and *The Augustine Institute Show* with Dr. Tim Gray (now 73 episodes). Trusted by 1.6M users, 5,000+ parishes, and 180 dioceses worldwide. Summer 2026 additions include *Into Great Silence*, *LoFi Saints*, the *Practicing Catholic Podcast*, *What Catholics Believe*, and *The Ulmas: A Blessed Family*. iOS updated to v10.301.1 on July 2, 2026.

Open Network

The largest free church resource library in the world — 100K+ resources from Life.Church (the biggest church in the U.S. by attendance) and 45 partner ministries. Sermon series, kids/youth curriculum, worship music, leadership training, and creative media. Serving 1M+ pastors worldwide since 2006. Completely free, web-based (no mobile app).

TheosU Online Biblical Teaching

TheosU is a subscription theology streaming platform offering 100+ masterclass-style courses from a diverse faculty — including professors from Boston College, Princeton, Asbury Seminary, Regent College, and Arizona Christian University — making seminary-level biblical education accessible and affordable for everyday Christians.

Loveology

A free, donation-funded nonprofit video library of 667 bite-sized relationship videos from 102 Christian experts covering marriage, dating, parenting, communication, finances, and more — with curated third-party assessments, 31 themed deep-dive collections, a Marriage Champions program for counselors and pastors, and upcoming Webinars and Blog sections. Built by a distributed team with ongoing managed services from faith-tech studio Servant.io. Web-only platform (no mobile app).

Contagious Disciple Making

Free app from Contagious Disciple Making with podcasts, videos, scripture lists, and training resources to help Christians engage the lost through Discovery Bible Studies and multiplying disciple-making groups. Founded by Paul Watson and led by CEO Rebecca Ewing as part of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit devoted to the Great Commission.

Storyverse Institute

Seminary-level Bible, theology, apologetics, and ministry courses made simple — via app, online platform, podcast, and live cohort. Built by DTS grad Derek Mathews for individuals and churches. Now offers a 10-month cohort with seminary credit. Endorsed by Dallas Theological Seminary, Watermark, and Faithbridge Church.

BiblicalTraining

Free seminary-quality Bible education from 84 world-class professors across 180+ classes and 2,700+ hours of instruction. Four learning levels from basics to graduate-level, eight structured Certificate programs (several with ACSI CEU credits), a Leadership program for church elder development, and a 17,000+ article library. Founded by Dr. Bill Mounce (NIV translation committee). ECFA accredited. Partnered with Okanagan Bible College for accredited undergraduate and graduate degrees.

yesHEis

Free evangelism app from CV (Christian Vision) with practical tools, training courses, interactive challenges, a global activity map, and a "My People" tracker — helping everyday Christians share their faith with confidence in 20+ languages, backed by nearly 5 million social media followers and actively maintained by CV Digital through 2026.

Word on Fire Institute

Bishop Barron's Word on Fire Institute forms confident Catholic evangelists through 55+ courses in nine categories, 15 expert-led Evangelical Charism Communities, monthly live seminars with Q&A, a quarterly print journal, all of Barron's films and study programs, and an accredited Master of Arts in Evangelization & Culture — all in one app for iOS and Android.