Featured Articles

article

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.

Add to Collection

article

Processing the tragedy of school shootings

This blog offers faith leaders guidance on helping youth and congregations process grief and trauma from school...

Add to Collection

article

10 Ways the Church is Responding to Mental Health Needs

This online article provides congregational leaders with insight into10 meaningful ways the church is...

Add to Collection

More Articles (387)

article

How Churches And After School School Programs Can Partner with Students

Public

This article explains how churches and after-school programs can team up to support...

article

4 Practices to Help Small Church Stay Nimble and Open to Change

Public

This online article is authored by Allen Stanton, an ordained elder in The United Methodist...

article

Digital Storytelling for Faith Formation: Ways to Explore Faith Together... Both On and Offline

Public

This online article details how to use the digital space to create deepened faith formation...

article

How (and Why) to Tell Your Generosity Story

Public

Shelia Dolinger recognizes that our journey of giving is an important story to tell, and...

article

Applying Positive Deviance

Public

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

article

Why We Aren't Learning

Public

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

article

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

Public

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

article

A Liturgy for the Closing of a Church

Public

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

article

The Order of Service for the Closing of a Church

Public

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

Featured Collections

Curated by a CRG consultants, collections provide a better way to discover and collect the right resources by topic.

Start Exploring

Bookmark

Collection

Mental Health Ministry

12 resources

Bookmark

Collection

The Storytelling Church

4 resources

Bookmark

Collection

Strategic Planning Made Easy (4 steps)

4 resources

Featured Articles

More Articles (387)

Featured Collections

Get the latest from the CRG