Nine M's
Nine M Educational Academy
A partnership between Pastor Lee Jenkins, the Stewardship Coach, and Allan Bell - CPA, CMA, MBA, Nsites founder and creator.
About the Nine M Academy
The Nine M Academy is the teaching and assessment core: the Nine M's methodology of Pastor Lee Jenkins in nine modules and thirty-six lessons, with exercises, evidence, a principal deliverable per M, module scoring and both printed and digital workbooks. Leaders and members answer the digital workbook and the responses compile into one shared church score per M.
Its part in the whole: Establishes where leadership believes the church stands on each M, then closes the lowest-scoring gaps through teaching and a 90-day plan.
It teaches into the gaps the applications and the Dashboard reveal, rather than teaching in the abstract. Back to Dashboard
Assessment alone is not enough — the systems behind the scores are tested in Church Operational Readiness. Continue to Church Operational Readiness
Nine M curriculum version 1.0. Nine M methodology, content, exercises and deliverables by Pastor Lee Jenkins. Version 1.0 · Sample contents created by Allan Bell - CPA, CMA, MBA, for illustrative purposes.
Eagles Nest Academy access: 9 of 9 Ms · 36 participant lessons · 36 facilitator lessons.
How the Academy works: assess first, then teach the gaps
The Nine M Academy is where the church learns and does the work. But the work starts with assessment: invite leadership, staff, ministry leaders and members to complete the digital workbook. Their compiled answers reveal which modules need teaching first.
1. Assess — assign participants
Choose the modules and due date, pick the groups taking part, and add or remind people on the roster.
2. Respond — participants answer
Each person works through the same nine modules online, rating each area 0–4 with notes and evidence.
3. Compile — see the church score
All submitted answers combine into one church score by module, with agreement, group views and gaps. The lowest modules are the teaching priority.
Overall Nine M health
At riskLessons complete
Needs attention11 of 36
Eagles Nest Leadership Cohort 1
Current module
At riskM1 Mission
Mission and Strategic Identity Brief
Next coaching session
HealthySep 24
2026-09-24 · Money, Lesson 3 — Budgeting, Cash Flow, and Reserves
Overdue work
At risk1 items
Across all modules
Cohort members
Healthy6
Coach: Pastor Lee Jenkins
Modules green
At risk0 of 9
Green requires deliverable, evidence, approval and coach review
Continue learning
M1 Mission · Lesson 3 — Understanding the Community and Priority Audience
Use demographic, psychographic, relational and ministry information to understand the people the church is positioned to serve.
Next recommended action: Adopt a written mission decision filter and apply it to the next budget cycle.
The Nine M journey
Mission → Management → Money → Marketing → Magnification → Membership → Maturity → Ministry → Missions
Foundation
Mission, Management, Money — why we exist, how we operate, how we steward.
Attraction
Marketing, Magnification — how the community meets us and experiences Sunday.
Connection
Membership, Maturity — how people belong and grow.
Mobilization
Ministry, Missions — how people serve and how we impact the community.
Only Ms assigned to Eagles Nest appear here. Study is sequential by default; an administrator may change the assignment.
Cohort progress
Eagles Nest Leadership Cohort 1 · coach Pastor Lee Jenkins
- Pastor A. WhitfieldSenior Pastor
62% complete
- M. OkaforExecutive Pastor
74% complete
- D. RamirezFinance Director
88% complete
- J. BellConnections Director
55% complete
- T. AdeyemiDiscipleship Pastor
31% complete
- S. NwosuVolunteer Director
22% complete
Learning cycle
- 1. Learn
- 2. Understand
- 3. Assess
- 4. Document
- 5. Evaluate
- 6. Plan
- 7. Coach
- 8. Implement
- 9. Verify
Educational completion requires all lessons, exercises, evidence, the named deliverable, an action plan and coach review. It does not require a green health score.
Generated reports
- Baseline Nine M Church Health Report28 pages
- Individual M Scorecards (9)18 pages
- Leadership Alignment Report9 pages
- 90-Day Action Plan6 pages
- Coaching Progress Report11 pages