Resources

This online guide can be used to facilitate difficult conversations about faith and life.

This short article gives an overview of trauma-informed organizations and offers six key principles for ministries to adopt. SAMSHA’s...

This digital guide can help congregations provide programming and resources that support people’s overall wellness. Created by SAMHSA...

This book provides preparation and planning for sabbaticals. Bill Gaultiere, the author, psychologist and spiritual director, is invested in...

This web resource, adapted from the ACTS Coaches Guide, helps leaders in a congregation walk through the asset mapping process with their...

This article looks at how one pastor was able to incorporate technology and social media to benefit faith formation of youth.

This article details the story of an urban congregation in Indianapolis and how it adapted an asset-based approach that focused on the community...

This resource explores the unique characteristics of divergent churches, examining the how and where they meet, what brings them together,...

This blog post summarizes good reopening practices from multiple sources for returning to worship facilities after COVID-19 restrictions.

This ministry book helps congregations explore alternative models of church by introducing the vision, theology, and practices of microchurch...