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The Quick and Simple Congregational Asset-Mapping Experience

This article introduces asset mapping as a strategy that can have an immediate and powerful...

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African American Church Management Handbook

This thorough handbook has advice for all aspects of management in the Black Church including...

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Quietly Courageous: Leading the Church in a Changing World

This book, authored by Gil Rendle, an ordained minister, calls for new leadership skills...

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Strategic Planning in Congregations

This practical article shares the insights of six congregations who hired strategic planning...

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Strategic Planning: Management Within the Local Church

This book supports congregational leaders who are looking to effectively build...

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Mission Trips that Matter: Embodied Faith for the Sake of the World

This resource seeks to optimize the impact of short term mission trips on young people by...

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Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message

This resource divides renovation and building projects into a three part process, showing how...

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Sticky Faith Service Guide: Moving Students from Mission Trips to Missional Living

This guide provides a map for youth leaders to transform the short term mission trip into an...

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Mission Planning: Do-It-Yourself Tools

This website, provided by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has curated...

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A Door Set Open: Grounding Change in Mission and Hope

This book covers the basics of Family Systems Theory, identifying where congregations get...

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