Training & Development
Troika Leadership Academy
The Troika Leadership Academy equips leaders at every level through Christ-centered, formation-driven training — grounded in the ABC Leadership Model of Attitude, Behavior, and Character. Formation is the metric — not completion.
Formation Levels
Level 1 → Level 4
The Academy has four levels. Each level requires demonstrated fruit — not just course completion. You do not advance by finishing. You advance by becoming.
Enter the formation journey. Build the foundation of Attitude, Behavior, and Character in your own life. Courses: D.R.E.A.M., A.R.I.S.E., A.C.E.
Translate personal formation into leadership practice. Lead others from a formed place. Courses: H.E.L.P., F.O.R.C.E.
Build formation cultures in teams, churches, and organizations. Character under pressure — sustained over time. Courses: L.O.Y.A.L., R.I.P., W.I.N.
The highest level — personal, fruit-verified, never automatic. Capstone integration of all three dimensions. Reserved for those who have demonstrated whole leadership across seasons.
All courses $19.99 · Available at troikaleadership.com
Troika Academy Course Suite
Eight formation courses structured around the ABC Leadership Model — Attitude, Behavior, and Character. Each course carries an acronym for memorable, returnable language.
Attitude Track
D.R.E.A.M. — Dream Bigger
Dare · Reach · Embrace · Align · Move
Learn to dream with God rather than apart from him. Reframes vision as a formation practice — the Spirit shaping not just what you hope for, but who you are becoming in the hoping.
Attitude Track
A.R.I.S.E. — The Power of a Positive Attitude
Awaken · Reframe · Ignite · Sustain · Establish
Attitude is not mood. It is the inner compass formed by the Spirit over time. Learn the difference between managed emotion and formed Attitude — cultivating Love, Joy, and Peace as the ground of all leadership.
Behavior Track
A.C.E. — Winning Every Day
Align · Commit · Execute
Behavior is what people encounter day after day. ACE forms the practical discipline of consistent, committed, Christ-honoring action — moving from good intentions to faithful execution.
Behavior Track
H.E.L.P. — The Serving Leader
Humble · Empower · Listen · Pour Out
Leadership is not about position — it is about posture. HELP forms the servanthood beneath every role, teaching leaders to lead through giving rather than extracting.
Behavior Track
F.O.R.C.E. — Leading with Resilience
Focus · Overcome · Recover · Commit · Endure
Pressure reveals formation — it does not create it. FORCE forms the resilience that keeps leaders faithful under load, building the capacity to endure without losing character.
Character Track
L.O.Y.A.L. — The Covenant Leader
Love Deeply · Own Your Word · Yield Your Will · Abide · Leave a Legacy
Integrity is dependability, not perfection. LOYAL forms the faithful character that holds when the spotlight is off — the kind of leadership that outlasts the leader.
Character Track
R.I.P. — Resurrection In Progress
Release · Invite · Persist
Fracture is signal, not verdict. RIP takes leaders into the most honest work of formation — the death of what was, the surrender of what must go, and the resurrection of who God called them to become.
Character Track
W.I.N. — The Empowered Life
Walk It Out · Invest in Others · Never Quit
The empowered life is not the invincible life — it is the sustained life. WIN forms the quiet, steady, enduring power of the Spirit working through a person who keeps showing up.
Capstone · Level 4 Architect
Whole Leader Integration — Lead Whole. Live True.
Attitude fully formed · Behavior consistently practiced · Character proven over time
The capstone is not a course — it is a recognition. When Attitude, Behavior, and Character are integrated across your life, household, and calling, the Architect level is not earned by completion. It is confirmed by fruit. “By their fruit you will know them.” — Matthew 7:16 · John 15:4
All courses available at troikaleadership.com
Book Series
Troika Leadership Series
A three-volume journey through whole leadership — from formation to practice to enduring legacy. Grounded in doctoral research and the Fruit of the Spirit.
Volume 1
In final editingTroika Leadership — Foundations for Whole Leadership
Lead Whole. Live True.
Formation — Who the leader becomes
The foundational volume introduces the ABC Leadership Model — Attitude, Behavior, and Character — grounded in the nine Fruit of the Spirit. Four parts, eleven chapters exploring formation beneath leadership, the three pillars, leading under pressure, and building sustainable integrity.
Volume 2
Mapped — not yet writtenTroika Leadership — Practicing Whole Leadership
Practice does not replace formation. It reveals it.
Practice — How the leader lives
From formation to daily leadership practice. Practicing Attitude (leading with love, sustaining joy, cultivating peace), Behavior (patience in change, kindness without loss of authority), and Character (faithfulness in boring seasons, self-control when you could win).
Volume 3
Mapped — not yet writtenTroika Leadership — Building Whole Cultures and Enduring Legacy
Leadership is proven not by what it builds, but by what it leaves whole.
Culture & Legacy — What the leader leaves
When systems shape souls. Building Troika cultures, confronting leadership failure at scale, succession planning, and the long witness of a life faithfully lived.
Ministry Formation
Troika Ministries Trilogy
Three books tracing the arc from discernment to covenant to multiplication — the practical formation theology of Troika Ministries.
You Will Know Them
Fruit Blindness in Leadership & Discernment
Matthew 7:16
The Covenant House
Covenant as Lived Formation — the Household Prototype
Belonging · 90-day journey
The Shepherd Layer
Shepherding Systems, Leader Care, ABC & Next Best Step
Formation dashboards
Published Works
Books by Dr. J
Formation resources designed for individual devotion, small group study, and church-wide implementation — rooted in the Troika Model of Attitude, Behavior, and Character.
reFOCUS Spiritual Formation Series
Troika Ministries Publishing
reFOCUS: 90 Days of Shedding Devotional
Shed. Strengthen. Soar.
A 90-day devotional journey in three phases: Personal Transformation (Days 1–30), Relational Transformation (Days 31–60), and Purpose Transformation (Days 61–90). Daily scripture, reflection, and journaling.
reFOCUS Companion Workbook
Guided reflection for the 90-day journey
Guided journaling prompts, fasting day guides, challenge checklists, breakthrough processing pages, and spiritual growth tracking tools.
13-Week Home Group Bible Study — Participant's Guide
A Transformational Journey of Shedding, Renewal, and Purpose
The small group companion to the reFOCUS series — structured for 13 weeks of community formation, covenant practice, and shared transformation.
13-Week Home Group Bible Study — Leader's Guide
Equipping facilitators for the formation journey
Facilitation notes, discussion frameworks, prayer guides, and pastoral guidance for home group leaders walking others through the reFOCUS journey.
Also by Dr. J
Authentic Faith: Practices of an Authentic Believer
Xulon Press · ISBN 9781632215772
Examining the faith practices of first-century believers to challenge the twenty-first century believer to deepen the practices that produce real transformation.
Teaching Philosophy
Formation over information.
Belonging before expectation
Students are received before they are assessed.
Transformation-focused
Not knowledge transfer — identity reformation.
Multiply to multiply
Equip people to equip others.
Christ-centered always
Every course is oriented toward Jesus.