Leading a Great Ward Mission is a guidebook discussing the duties of ward mission leaders. It covers topics such as:

• Leading the members
• Becoming an exemplary member missionary
• Creating and using a plan to lead your ward's missionary efforts
• Helping your ward missionaries succeed and grow
• Strengthening new converts
• Transforming converts into committed Latter-Day Saints
• Three things that Friends, Responsibility and Nourishment Provide
• Supporting the missionaries
• Holding effective weekly missionary coordination meetings
• Contributing to Ward Council and PEC meetings
• Implementing the Five Family program
• Organizing effective, inspiring baptismal services

Please note: printed copies of this manual are available upon request free of charge. Please email the site administrator with your address and the number of copies needed.

This guide is also available in Spanish (PDF) as well as Portuguese.

Leading Missionary Work in the Stake and the Ward discusses

• How stake presidents and bishops can personally succeed in sharing the gospel.
• How to train others to develop and use ward mission plans.
• What happens if you make missionary work the focus of your ward.

This is the true story of how a humble branch president's simple plan for new members resulted in nearly 500 baptisms in one year. New members were immediately called to be ward missionaries, who were charged with bringing another family to church. In the language of President Hinckley, these new members had a friend, a responsbility, and were constantly nourished by teaching the gospel to others. The resulting domino effect generated remarkable growth and lasting conversions.

This case study examines how better use of time in PEC can result in better communication -- which goes beyond a discussion about names to a discussion about people. This can result in a stronger and more diverse set of connections between investigators and ward members: when members understand who the missionaries are working with, they can contribute ideas and resources which can help everyone become more effective.