Resources

This book helps congregations use Appreciative Inquiry and Asset Mapping in order to build a community.

This article shares how Black churches improve food accessibility and community health by starting local gardens.

This 18-minute TedTalk frames community engagement positively with compelling stories and theory. Speaker Cormac Russell teaches that...

Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD)’s website shimmers with enthusiasm and dedication to provide tools and information...

This interactive toolkit from Advancement Project- Healthy City gives congregational leaders concrete strategies, steps, and 'how to's' when...

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 simple checklist from Denver Institute for Faith and Work allows congregational leaders to take an inventory of physical, network, and...

Join the Center for Congregations staff as we introduce a new host and answer your questions. Send us questions you'd like us to answer at...

This webinar highlights considerations for an empty worship facility such as safety, maintenance, community outreach, and neighborhood presence....

This article shares a conversation between Duke University's Faith and Leadership newsletter writers and Mark Elsdon, author of the Book,...