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Allender Center

This organization provides congregational leaders with resources for mental health and trauma healing by facilitating transformational narrative storytelling. The Allender Center believes healing comes from courageously stepping into the painful parts of the story. For congregational leaders, the Allender Center offers online courses, conferences, and podcasts that focus on topics such as strengthening marriage, racial trauma and healing, Narrative-Focused Trauma, and restorative storytelling.

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The Power of Togetherness: Essential Guidelines for Connection Events for Nonprofit and Associate...

This online document offers congregational leaders guidelines for hosting events that foster deep connection....

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Project Planning & Fundraising Guide

This web resource, the Project Planning & Fundraising Guide, has downloadable PDFs that together provide a...

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American Latinos Congregating Apart from Catholicism: A Conversation with Gerardo Martí

Rabbi Aaron Spiegel spoke with Gerardo Martí about his recent CRG guest blog post ....

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4 Steps to Free Community Data

In the last few years there's been a surge of congregations interested in their communities....

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Keeping an Anti-Racism Focus

As 2021 unfolds, events in the public arena once again demonstrate the dehumanizing reality of...

Books

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Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure

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This book will help you reframe failure and redefine success. Rev. Dr. J.R. Briggs,...

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The Art of Community

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This book helps congregations explore seven principles for fostering belonging. The book is...

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Projects That Matter: Successful Planning and Evaluation for Religious Organizations

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This classic book helps congregational leaders, who are not expert project managers, be...

Web Resources

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The Power of Togetherness: Essential Guidelines for Connection Events for Nonprofit and Associate...

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This online document offers congregational leaders guidelines for hosting events that...

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Project Planning & Fundraising Guide

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This web resource, the Project Planning & Fundraising Guide, has downloadable PDFs that...

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Sacred Spaces Innovative Places- Reimagining Church Property and Facilities as Assets

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This resource, Sacred Spaces-Innovative Places, from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship,...

Articles

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6 Ways To Know If Your Church Is Overstaffed

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This article helps congregations evaluate staffing levels by offering six diagnostic...

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Steps to Planning and Preparing for Transformational Church Events (Part One of Two)

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In this article, author Parry Dalzell urges churches planning events and programs to...

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Steps to Planning and Preparing for Transformational Church Events (Part 2 of 2)

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This article outlines practical steps for planning transformational programs and events....

Organizations

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Allender Center

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This organization provides congregational leaders with resources for mental health and...

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Ministry Architects

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This organization provides a wide variety of resources, such as coaching, workshops, and...

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The Church Network

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This comprehensive administration website compiles vast resources covering multiple domains...

Media

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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

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This four-hour PBS series, hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., honors the Black Church as a...

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YOU Bible Study

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YOU is a Bible study curriculum for and by the urban and multicultural church. A ...

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Moving Church Volunteers from Burnout to Their Best Fit

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This video podcast episode from The Malphurs Group's Church Revitalization Podcast explains...

Podcasts

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S8 E7: At The Center of Your Community

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Dr. Courtnye Lloyd joins John and Matt to share from her education and experience about...

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S5 E9: Hybrid Congregations: You Can Be in Two Places at Once

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Author and speaker Jason Moore joins McKenzie and Matt to talk about how congregations...

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S2 E1 Wisdom to Start Your New Year

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Aimee Laramore, lead consultant at AlLyd Solutions, joins Ben and Matt to discuss the...

Software

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Pulpit AI

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This software helps congregational leaders streamline writing and communications by...

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OpenReel

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This software helps congregations create and share branded videos. OpenReel aims to...

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StreamYard

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This software helps congregations live stream and record worship services and other...

Events

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Mental Health First Aid

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This training helps congregations respond effectively to people experiencing a mental...

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Finding Our Way Home Retreat for Religious Professionals of Color

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This event offers Unitarian Universalist (UU) religious professionals of color an...

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The Sanctuary Course (SANCTUARY Mental Health Ministries)

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This free online, small group study course through Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries is an...

People

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Bailey, Marlon, PhD

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Dr. Marlon M. Bailey offers invaluable expertise to congregational leaders seeking to...

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Porras, Sixto

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This resource person is a speaker, author, and National Director in the Focus on the Family...

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Dr. Jessica Young Brown

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Dr. Jessica Brown helps congregations pursue wellness through coaching, individual therapy,...

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MinistryTech Magazine

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Formerly Christian Computing Magazine, this free, monthly e-zine is for church staff and...

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RELEVANT Magazine

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Since 2002, RELEVANT Media Group has published RELEVANT magazine, intended to speak to...

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The Racial Equity Torch

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The Racial Equity Torch magazine contains stories of multicultural ministries in ethnically...

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