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Office of Housing Stability: Warming Centers

Useful to congregations across the country, this resource from the Office of Housing Stability in Knoxville, Tennessee offers information about establishing a warming center ministry. The website contains a video featuring interviews with congregations currently partnering in a warming center ministry, a downloadable conversation guide with answers to common questions, and a checklist that provides a comprehensive plan, including topics such as leadership, food, volunteers, communication,...

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15 Winter Outreach Ideas for Every Church
This article helps congregations to aid their community and other congregations during the winter by suggesting...
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Serving Others: Make a Cold Weather Kit
This article suggests a way congregations can lend aid to others during the winter through the assembly and...
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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...
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What Was Lost: A Christian Journey Through Miscarriage
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This book helps congregations think theologically about the loss of a pregnancy. The...
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The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
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This book by The Arbinger Institute blends story, psychology, and leadership insight to...
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Learning to Speak God from Scratch
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This book blends cultural analysis, personal narrative, and theological reflection to show...
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Office of Housing Stability: Warming Centers
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Useful to congregations across the country, this resource from the Office of Housing...
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Reimagining Church: A Toolkit
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Reimagining Church: A Toolkit is a practical resource designed to help congregational...
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David Maldonado and His Bivocational Call to Service
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David Maldonado and His Bivocational Call to Service offers a first-person-informed look at...
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15 Winter Outreach Ideas for Every Church
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This article helps congregations to aid their community and other congregations during the...
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Serving Others: Make a Cold Weather Kit
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This article suggests a way congregations can lend aid to others during the winter through...
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10 Ways to Make Your Church More Inclusive
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This online article outlines ten practical steps congregations can take to become more...
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Organizations

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Be Known for Something: Church Secret Shopper
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Be Known for Something, a marketing and branding organization serving congregations, offers...
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Young Adult Ministry Now
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The Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) helps congregations develop their young adult ministry...
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BlueSearch.Co
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This organization offers congregations help locating and hiring a pastor that is the right...
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Podcasts

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S8 E22: Helping People Find Joy in Their Work
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The Center for Congregation's own Ryan Robinson, Executive Director of Talent and...
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S8 E21: Strangers in a Strange Land
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Weanne Estrada, Mental Health Specialist at ADRA International, joins JC and Matt to...
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S8 E20: The Human in You
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Janell and Aaron Lane, Co-founders of Courageous Healing and Courageous Living join...
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A People, A Place, and a Just Society
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This app-based small group Bible study leads participants through the scriptural basis for...
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What do American Christians believe about their Religion
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This podcast offers congregations insights into the range of Christian beliefs. Hosted by...
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Can the Local Church Heal Political Division?
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This podcast episode offers congregations insights into how they can support social change...
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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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Certificate in Community Storytelling
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This certification program offers congregational leaders a specialization in personal and...
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Project Resource: Fall 2026 Training
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This Fall 2026 webinar series from The College for Bishops focuses on annual giving and...
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iwave
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This software can help congregations find and connect with donors. A product of Kindsight,...
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Tarjimly
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Tarjimly is designed for overcoming language barriers, available anytime, anywhere, via...
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accessiBe
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This software helps congregations ensure that people with disabilities can access their...
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Greg Barker
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Greg Barker serves specifically as a bivocational pastor consultant and in leadership ...
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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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Charles Vogl
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Charles Vogl is an advisor, keynote speaker, and author whose insights on leadership 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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Outreach Magazine
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Outreach Magazine is a by-monthly, non-denominational magazine for Christian churches that...
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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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