Resources

This book argues that congregations should focus on designing their church for the unchurched, equipping readers with strategies and a detailed...

This guide walks through the five levels of conflict, identifying the warning signs and characteristics of each, along with steps to resolution....

This book provides guidance and healthy practices to navigate ministry transitions. Written for graduating seminarians, first-time pastors will...

This resource offers guidance for worship planners in congregations going through difficulty and identifies key considerations for worship life....

This organization provides consulting and online resources for leaders who serve large congregations. Consulting addresses a wide variety of...

Written by a United Methodist leader, this article offers 50 helpful actions that congregations can take to ease clergy leadership transitions....

This resource frames clergy transitions as a period with potential to strengthen relationships between the new pastor and the congregation.

This article advocates for an increased number of trained intentional interim ministers and a larger number of churches to seek intentional...

The Center for Healthy Churches (CHC) believes in the importance of being Spirit-led in their consulting work. It is a consulting and...

National speaker, advocate and emcee, Rev. Julian DeShazier, joins JC Campbell and Matt Burke from the Center for Congregations to discuss...