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Stories Can Transform Your Church's Stewardship

This online article explores how storytelling can reshape congregational attitudes toward giving by reframing stewardship as a joyful, year-round narrative practice. Rather than seeing giving as a once-a-year financial appeal, author Erin Dunigan highlights practical examples, theological grounding, and cultural shifts in charitable giving. This article equips leaders to cultivate a stewardship culture that emphasizes meaning, identity, and mission to help congregations communicate why giving...

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How Inflation Affects Church Finances

This article, written by Bachir Kallas for the Catholic Professional, helps congregations understand the...

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Church Facilities: Maintain and Gain

This 40-minute webinar discusses the importance and challenge of facility maintenance for houses of worship....

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Community and Congregational Listening: Coaching and Practices from Online Sessions

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Faith Formation Across the Generations

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This article describes various aspects of intergenerational learning. Topics include the...

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Engaging Young Adults: A Resource from the Center for Congregations

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Published by the Center for Congregations, this four-page article shares insights from Indiana...

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Alternative Worship

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This article summarizes alternative worship's history and offers eight alternative worship...

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Applying Positive Deviance

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

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Becoming an Adaptive Leader: Based on the Work of Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky

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Death and Resurrection of an Urban Church

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Anne Curley: Do the Right Thing

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