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Struggling With What to Do With Your Church Building? Here is How to Find Help

This article provides resources and strategies for congregations that are beginning to evaluate the future of their building and property. Author Elizabeth Lynn of the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving encourages congregations to start slow and gather inspiration from other congregations. To begin this process, the article offers three actions congregations can take to get started and a robust guide to organizations that support congregations through this process.

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Processing the tragedy of school shootings

This short article offers practical and compassionate steps to support youth in the wake of mass violence.

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A Planning Handbook For Small-Sized Congregations

This online article provides planning and resources for synagogues to create strategic plans based on their...

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Applying Positive Deviance

This article tells the story of seven congregations in Indiana that used positive deviance...

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Why We Aren't Learning

This article identifies four factors that keep congregational leaders from adapting.

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Research Strategies for Congregations: Tools for Understanding the People in Your Church and...

This article explores a variety of research-based strategies to help congregations gain a...

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A Liturgy for the Closing of a Church

This resource contains a church closing liturgy that fits around the structure of a Sunday...

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The Order of Service for the Closing of a Church

This download contains a Roman Catholic liturgy template for the closing of a church.

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Spiritual Practices And Community Engagement: Incarnational Presence, Listening, And Prayer

This online article from Discipleship Ministries emphasizes the importance of embodying...

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"Nones" on the Rise

This research report on the religiously unaffiliated offers a measured view of what's...

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Local Church Planned Giving Manual

This practical UCC resource helps congregationas develop and manage a planned giving...

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Church Leader's Guide to Immigration

This practical article is formatted around a series of questions and answers for church...

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