We want to see your life giving, hope inspiring message birthed into the world.
You’re in the right place if you’ve been dreaming of writing a study. Imagine guiding readers to encounter and experience God’s Word in a new way.
Desire is strong, but where do you start?
Start this January where you are with what you have: a deep appreciation for God’s Word and a desire to share it with others. You don’t need a theology degree. Your most important credentials are your lived experience, spending time in the Word and sharing personal stories of a message that’s alive and active.
Are you longing to create a bible study THAT INVITES others into the LIGHT?
Let us guide you to write and publish your study from January to June. This is your time to light the way for your readers to fall in love with the promise of God's Word.
It’s our passion to help you get that Bible study out of your heart and onto the page.
This is your time to become a brilliant Bible study writer who shines the way for others to experience the Word of God.
LET'S HELP YOU LIGHT THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO EXPERIENCE THE WORD OF GOD
We remember the day vividly. We wanted to write our first Bible study. We were passionate about God’s Word and desired to share our message of hope with others.
There was only one problem. We didn’t know HOW to write a Bible study.
"A quick Google search will tell us." Several hours later, we were overwhelmed and deflated. "We'll never get this Bible study out there!”
Confused by all the advice, we had too many questions.
But we resolved to figure it out. We stumbled and fumbled our way to writing our first Bible study, which we lovingly titled “Steadfast” because Mary’s steadfast spirit saw us through to the finish line. With each subsequent book, we figured out how to write Bible studies like the pros.
Hello there! We’re Mindy & Jenny
We want to share with you what we've learned along the way. We’re writing a new study this year alongside you, and we want to take each step of the process as it unfolds
We’re gathering a community of Christian communicators who wish to write and publish their Bible study this year.
A 6-month LIVE masterclass experience where you learn to communicate the passion in your heart onto the page and into the hands of your readers.
Light the Way
Write a Brilliant Bible Study
Introducing
You’re writing a Bible study because you want to share your love for God’s Word with others, but how do you get your Bible study into their hands? How do you find readers and build community connections? In this module, you learn how to launch your study with in-person and online initiatives. And you’re going to have fun doing it! You’re not building a platform but rather gathering a community of people who share your passion for finding light and love in the Word of God.
Market Your Bible Study
The good news is you have access to many publishing options today. It’s truly the golden age of self-publishing. The bad news is you have to sift through the options to choose wisely and prayerfully what’s right for your Bible study. This is not a problem when you have guidance you can trust. We help you choose the design, publishing, and distribution route that compliments your purpose, goals, and reader needs. The reward? Holding your completed project in your hands and making it readily available to your readers.
Publish Your Bible Study
phase four
After organizing and outlining the content, it’s time to write! We will show you the different types of content included in Bible studies, so you can choose what fits best for your writing style, content, and reader interest. We also practice the art and craft of writing brilliant questions. With your writer toolbox fully outfitted for writing, self-editing, and working with a professional editor, you produce a manuscript ready for design and publishing.
Write & Edit Your
Bible Study
phase three
Next you organize and outline your study by learning solid research skills and mapping out the reader’s journey. Even if you’re not a naturally organized person, we provide all the tools you need to be successful. With the support of our Bible Study Planning Template and Trello project planning board–which are reusable for the other projects on your heart–you’ll be prepared to write with confidence.
Organize & Outline Your Bible Study
phase two
We start at the beginning and teach you to plan your Bible study one step at a time. You begin by clarifying your idea, identifying your readers’ interests, and preparing the journey within a 4-week study framework—focusing on a manageable-sized study you are sure to complete by June.
Discover Your Purpose & Identify Your Reader
phase one
phase five
Organize and outline your study with the support of a planning framework that removes all the guesswork. Even if you’re not naturally organized, we provide the tools you need to be successful. Personalizing the 4-week framework with stories, insights, and questions to engage your reader, your Bible study topic comes to life.
Organize & Outline Your Study
phase two
After organizing and outlining, it’s time to write! Learn about the different types of content included in Bible studies, so you can choose what fits best for your writing style and reader interest. You’ll especially enjoy the guidance on writing brilliant questions as you complete an edited draft ready for publishing.
Write & Edit Your Content
phase three
You’ll learn to publish a digital study to distribute free or paid, easily printed and spiral-bound if you desire that experience for your readers. The masterclass includes a Canva template designed for the 4-week study layout, ready for you to personalize with your favorite fonts, colors, and images. It’s going to be gorgeous!
Publish Your Bible Study
phase four
You’re writing a Bible study because you want to share your love for God’s Word with others, but how do you get your Bible study into readers’ hands? Learn to launch your study with in-person and online initiatives as you gather a community that shares your passion for cultivating time in the Word of God and feasting on the fruit that grows.
Market Your Bible Study
phase five
WHAT you will LEARN IN
Jackie Jenkins
"This masterclass taught me step-by-step what to do through an easy-to-follow guided process. The planning guide kept me on track each month. Light the Way helped me to formulate and define the study's purpose, aided me in organizing my manuscript in a Bible study format, and creating a solid marketing plan. It was encouraging to walk through the process with others. I never felt alone!"
Julie Lefebure
"Light the Way gave me the tools and know-how to write and publish a Bible study I've had on my heart for a long time. My passion project guides readers through Matthew 26 as we learn from the woman in Bethany about our purpose as women. No longer are we compelled to overachieve because we feel unseen, invalidated, or unheard. Thank you, FlourishWriters, for helping me birth this dream."
Mariel Davenport
"So many favorite parts of Light the Way: I loved tracking with Mindy and Jenny as they wrote their study. The mentors were inspiring and the teaching sessions informative. But I think what really made this Masterclass special was the community of women working with me toward a similar goal. We learned each other's names and met online. We cheered for each other and prayed together. What an amazing experience!"
Becky Myerson
"After being asked to teach a class in my church, I joined Light the Way to help me self-publish my study for those ladies. It was a wonderful guide to pace out the steps for me. I self published the study on time and taught it in my church. I also made incredible online writer friends at FlourishWriters. We still meet regularly to encourage one another in our writing."
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Get into Community and Write Alongside Us
with Guidance and Real Time Teaching
If you’ve struggled to get started, or you started and stalled out, this is your chance to find your voice and get your Bible study out into the world.
Why is it going to work this time?
We’ve simplified and streamlined the process with a framework that guides you each step of the way as you plan and write. This proven framework provides a Bible study approach for you to customize based on the process we’ve used to successfully write and publish our studies.
The camaraderie with writers and mentors keeps you motivated and on target. This isn’t just another workshop where you learn about writing a Bible study. Experience is the best teacher. Write your study and master the process.
Discover all that’s included inside this 6-month masterclass experience.
Writing Workshops
During January to June, we lead six workshops with clear instruction, detailed examples, and step-by-step assignments. We answer your questions live so that clarity reigns.
mastermind sessions
Jenny works in-depth through student projects, problems, and ideas. Maybe it's clarifying a theme, checking research, or confirming a launch strategy. The insights are gold.
CRITIQUE EDITING GROUP
Mindy gives focused editorial attention to student writing, providing a live edit of Bible study drafts. Let’s make sure your words on the page say what you intend as powerfully as possible.
MASTERCLASS WORKBOOK
We’re excited to announce that the workbook is available in print from Amazon this year. Keep your outlines and notes organized in one place. The workbook correlates with the training, so you don’t miss a thing.
Step by Step Assignments
Each session guides you to plan and write your Bible study using the 4-week framework. This framework removes overwhelm from the equation. Just clear guidance for you and the Holy Spirit to write a study together.
Private Community Space
All students in the 2026 Light the Way cohort gather January to June in the FlouirshWriters private community space off social media. Here we collaborate, share hot tips, receive feedback, and celebrate wins!
PRAYER SUPPORT
FlourishWriters stands out as a community that remains connected to the heart of Jesus as we write. Prayer support is not a luxury. It’s a necessity. Staying close to God's voice enables us to hold fast to hope as we craft a Spirit-breathed experience for our readers.
VIRTUAL WRITERS CONFERENCE
All students receive a FREE ticket to our virtual Bible Study Writers Conference, where you meet multi-published authors and learn the industry standard for writing brilliant Bible studies, crafting questions, editing, branding, marketing, and publishing.
each step of the way!
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Soul Care Coach, Author, and Speaker
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Legacy Press Books
Lynn Cowell
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Mentors
Meet with multi-published Bible study authors
who can’t wait to share their wisdom with you
Are you looking to
Publish
this year?
your Bible Study
i Am ready to join
We will see you through to the finish line as you take your Bible study from idea to a beautifully designed digital study ready for readers.
If you’re determined to publish, but you know you’re going to need help seeing it through to publication,
DIGITAL BIBLE STUDY TEMPLATE
The 4-week framework corresponds to a pre-designed Bible study template in Canva, so that your writing translates perfectly to the layout on each page. Space is provided for key Scriptures and devotional content, ready for you to input the questions you write for each day. No need to figure out the copyright page because it’s already there with instructions on personalizing for your study. What about a cover? We’ve got you covered! Several options are ready for you to tweak with your favorite fonts, colors, and images.
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We provide instruction on how to write your back cover copy and author bio so that you know you’re headed in the right direction. Good marketing copy is critical to attract your ideal reader. We teach you the key elements to include, so that you show up with compelling copy that communicates the heart of your message.
back cover copy and AUTHOR bio development
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publishing and
marketing support
We’ve seen too many writers with a brilliant Bible study idea and a heart to reach readers, but no idea how to share it. Authors who thought they had something special to share lose hope and give up because they can’t get to the finish line. We want to help you find your way past the frustrations to learn how to publish your message in a digital format that’s easy to share with others. And when it’s time to launch, you have curated an experience for your community that fits with your voice and your brand.
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If you’re using Canva.com, you know what we’re talking about! If not, let us introduce an author hack you want in your back pocket. Canva enables authors to create professional-looking marketing materials and even course materials.
We created quite a few of our early studies on Canva, and we’re providing those templates to you. The two templates enable you to fill in your own words to create attractive, colorful digital Bible studies.
digital bible study canva templates
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print ready files
When you're completing the interior formatting, we work with you to ensure that you have attractive and properly formatted print-ready files ready for KDP/Amazon. Small tweaks can make all the difference.
We test the file upload to check for compatibility and recommend any tweaks that are needed. With your custom cover and formatted interior, you're one step closer to holding that Bible study in your hands.
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You don't need to fear the final step of getting your study uploaded and published online. We're here for you each step of the way until your new study is live and ready for people to order.
We don't do it for you. We do it with you so that you know how to successfully complete each step all by yourself, ready for your next study, and the next!
publish to amazon
kdp support
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Shemeca Richard
"FlourishWriters guidance has helped me push through the writing and self publishing process. The professionalism, support, and encouragement from Jenny and Mindy has been extraordinary."
Marvita Franklin
"What I appreciate most is being surrounded by a tribe of writers to encourage me. FlourishWriters provides support, structure, and encouragement to continue my writing journey."
Do you want one-on-one support from Mindy or Jenny?
Clarity! Keep the goal in view
Accountability! Complete your study on time
Confidence! Accomplish each step with certainty
- Personal coaching with Jenny or Mindy
- Regular check-ins & coaching calls with your coach
- Review of your Bible study outline & draft
- Back cover and author bio development
- Additional support while publishing
REGISTER TODAY
Jennifer Kochert & Mindy Kiker founded FlourishWriters to share the lessons they learned while writing their personal stories of God’s faithfulness. FlourishWriters nurtures faith-based communicators as they grow in the craft of writing. Mindy and Jenny gather writers who desire to birth a message from the heart to the page.
Jenny Kochert & Mindy Kiker
About Your Instructors
Mella Davis
"The heart of FlourishWriters is to bring the author's vision to serve God and her audience into focus with craft, discipline, and self-patience. They provide essential skills in understanding the craft of writing and the business of publishing. "
We want you to be completely satisfied with your purchase. If you have any doubts about the value of this LIVE masterclass experience, if you’re prone to buyer’s remorse, if you purchase Light the Way and then a financial crisis throws your budget into a death spiral, you have 7 days after the live kickoff event to ask for a refund. We’ll give your money back without hesitation. We’ll be sad, but we understand. Life happens.
But if you stick around, we’ll be here for you, through all that life brings this nine months. We are a family. We commit to you through the ups and downs of your writing journey. So after the initial 7 days, we will no longer offer a refund. Instead, we’ll get to work making your writing dreams come true.
If you’re ready for a change, we’re ready to come alongside you. Light the Way LIVE Masterclass Experience is like nothing you’ve experienced. We’d love to see you truly flourish.
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Pauline Rogers
"I was looking for ways to incorporate spiritual lessons into my novel and came across How to Write a Bible Study at FlourishWriters. Through the masterclass, God showed me how to use my house remodel project in relation to us as a house in need of a dire restoration. This class helped me use MY experiences, and show God through them in ways that others can be reached in a very practical real way. Then I started an online series of the women of the Bible on my website."
ok, i'm in!
That’s right! We’re writing a Bible study at the same time you are. Synchronicity allows us to use our writing and publishing process and a real-time example to learn together what works, what doesn’t, and how to solve problems as they arrive.
We love to teach by example, and this year provides the perfect opportunity for you to learn by doing with us.
Students of this year’s live experience have the extra benefit of seeing behind-the-scenes at each stage of our Bible study writing process, from idea to planning and organizing, then writing, editing, publishing, and marketing.
We can’t wait to share our creative process with you real-time. Want in? We’re saving you a seat.
Write Along with Mindy & Jenny
Do you help with editing my study?
What if I change my mind?
If I’m more experienced, will I feel out of place?
We are not professional editors. We offer reviews and feedback, but we provide a list of recommended editors if you go that route.
We commit to you for the duration of the program. When you sign up, we expect you are committing to us as well. We’re in this together! We offer refunds up to seven days after the kick off date of January 9th.
Writers come from every walk of life with a wide variety of skills, so we each have strengths and areas of growth. The result? Sometimes we don’t know what we don’t know—we need help to identify the gaps in our knowledge base. Inside the masterclass experience, we teach the information we’ve tested with a focus on practical, doable, step-by-step processes. Beginners and experienced writers will benefit.
If I’m a beginner, will I feel out of place?
What if I don’t use social media?
What time zone will the meetings it take place in?
The material we present assumes that you’ve accepted the call to write and you want to grow in your writing and publishing skills. We’ll get you moving in the right direction.
No problem! Our live events take place on Zoom. Our private community space is hosted on a non-social media platform called Circle.
We are located in the Eastern USA/New York, but we will hold our sessions at a variety of times and days (Monday through Friday) to accommodate most students most of the time. However, we cannot guarantee that all of the live sessions will be scheduled at a time that works for you. Replays are provided with lifetime access at your personal login to the learning portal.
How much time is involved?
What if I can’t attend live? Will I get a replay?
What is involved in the masterclass experience?
Allow two to three hours to engage with live sessions and do the assignments each week.
Yes, you have a learning portal with your personal login. All content is recorded and stored in one place, conveniently organized with easy access from any device. You won’t miss a thing, and you can go back and review the content again and again. You have lifetime access.
The experience provides live training sessions (all replays provided) and one-on-one coaching that guides you step-by-step through each stage of the writing process. We co-work together and all keep pace with the assignments in order to have a study published this year.
Do I need to be a Bible teacher?
No, all you need to do is love the Word of God and desire to share it with others. We’ll show you how to manage all the other parts of the process. If you do have degrees in Biblical studies, that works too!
Do I need to have a Bible study started?
No, the masterclass experience takes you from idea to done, so come on and we’ll help you decide which one to write first.
When does the masterclass
experiance Start?
The kickoff is January 9th, 2026 (recording provided) and the masterclass concludes at the end of June. You have lifetime access to all course content.
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