Speaking
Honest, practical talks on the weight of ministry
Dr. Ian Mudge brings psychology and Scripture together to help pastors and the leaders who oversee them carry ministry well. Every talk is planned with you, for your people.
“By far the best speaker we have had in more than 10 years of planning conferences.”
A denominational leader, after a three-day leadership conference
The signature series
Spiritual Responsibility
Taking control of what we can, and trusting God with the rest.
A four-part series for pastors and ministry leaders, built from Ian's most requested conference sessions. Book it as a multi-day retreat or conference track, or choose a single session.
Responsibility to ourselves
Where our sense of worth comes from, how shame shapes leaders, and receiving God's love as the starting point for loving others.
Responsibility to those we serve
Helping without rescuing: the drama triangle, codependence, and the boundaries that make real care possible.
Responsibility in leadership
Lessons from Moses on ownership, fear of failure, and building teams that take responsibility instead of waiting for permission.
Responsibility in action
Emotions, burnout and expectations, and how to lead the kind of culture change that lasts.
Signature talks
Keynotes and workshops, tailored to your event
For pastors and ministry teams
Keynote
Control What You Can, Trust God With the Rest
Why anxiety, frustration and anger are often a fight for control, and how healthy boundaries put responsibility back where it belongs.
Keynote
Breaking the Righteous Cycle
Why pastors hide their struggles, how shame keeps them there, and how God's truth breaks the cycle.
Workshop
Out of the Drama Triangle
The rescuer, persecutor and victim roles that ministry pulls people into, and the assertive, caring and honest alternatives that replace them.
Workshop
Burnout Is an Expectations Problem
Exhaustion, distance and lost effectiveness, traced to the gap between what we expected ministry to be and what it is.
For denominational leaders
Keynote or cabinet briefing
Stabilization Is Not Improvement
Why a calmer season is not the same as a healthier system, and what leaders should measure instead.
Workshop
Leading Like Moses
Ownership, innovation and the fear of failure: how leaders build teams that solve problems instead of avoiding them.
Half-day or full-day workshop
Healthy People, Healthy Systems
A step-by-step process for leading culture change across a denomination, grounded in what your own pastors report.
Working together
Planned with you, for your people
- 1Reach out earlyAbout two months ahead gives time to plan well.
- 2Plan togetherIan meets with you to understand your people, your setting and what you hope will change.
- 3Tailored sessionsContent shaped for your audience, in person or virtual, anywhere in the world.
- 4Something to take homeReflection questions and resources so the conversation continues after the event.
Invite Ian to speak
Tell us about your event
Ian will reply personally to talk through your goals, dates and details.
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