Resources

This article advises churches considering a merger to explore ten key issues that will impact the merger's success.

This article lists the eight principles of a successful church merger.

This web resource, by Pastoral Care, Inc., an ecumenical organization dedicated to providing pastoral support to clergy, has created a...

This article draws from the author's own experience, finding parallels between hospice ministry for a person and hospice ministry for a church....

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

This article looks at the story of one church's closure and describes how signs of death and resurrection can co-exist simultaneously.

This downloadable liturgy from the United Church of Canada is designed to be the final community worship service in a closing church.

This resource contains a church closing liturgy that fits around the structure of a Sunday morning service of Word and Table.

This article shares how congregations can use resources starting with self-awareness and details about the congregation's situation.

This article introduces and describes five church-planting models.