The Congregational Resource Guide

Web Resources

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White Privilege: Let's Talk - A Resource for Transformational Dialogue

The United Church of Christ offers a free, downloadable curriculum for White faith communities wishing to “engage in safe, meaningful, substantive, and bold conversations on race” and privilege.

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Church Assessment Tool (CAT)

This congregational assessment from Holy Cow Consulting provides benchmark data to inform decisions about identity, clergy search, strategic planning or a financial campaign.

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Governance in Small Congregations

This article has advice for small congregations to create a right-sized governance system.

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WordPress

This organization hosts template-based websites and allows users to customize their web presence.

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Teaching Tolerance

This resource hub helps students K-12 to learn about diversity and social justice issues.

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Health and Wellness

This website, provided by the Union for Reform Judaism, offers helpful information and resources about a variety of health issues.

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Cultural Intelligence for Ministry

This web resource offers a Faith-Based Assessment for congregations to examine their cultural dynamics.

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Disabilities, Religion, and Spirituality Program

This web resource by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville, Tennessee provides wide-ranging disabilities research, services and training for educators, service providers and religious leaders.

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Church Tech Today: Technology for Today's Church

This website views technology as a vehicle for congregations to communicate and also shares the latest tips and advice for practitioners.

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Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (CPYU)

This website by youth ministry veteran Walt Mueller offers guidance to parents, teens, and youth workers by bridging the "cultural-generational" gap and by providing an interpretive framework for contemporary culture.

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New Churches: Multiply the Mission

New Churches, brought to you by veteran church start pastor and educator Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im, director of church multiplication services at Lifeway, is an online hub for church multiplication resources and offers a podcast archive of nearly 350 presentations on church planting.

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Social Justice & the Union for Reform Judaism

This web resource provided by The Union for Reformed Judaism has compiled a variety of resources for congregational work on social justice, including worship materials, texts, blessings, and resources on particular topics and for community organizing.