Karen Goley

Contributor

Senior Director of CRG and Resources

Karen Goley serves as the senior director of the Congregational Resource Guide (CRG) and Resources.  Prior to joining the Center, Karen spent over fifteen years in the human resources field, serving nonprofit and financial services organizations in the Indianapolis area and the suburbs of Chicago.

With faith as her foundation, Karen enjoys spending quality time with her family and is a very proud Purdue University alum.  Having earned a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision, Karen put her pride on full display by naming the family pup Mackey- after Purdue basketball’s Mackey Arena.  Boiler Up!

Contributions From Karen Goley

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Responding in Times of Crisis
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Integrating AI in Your Congregational Setting
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Enhancing Your Ministry with AI
Curator Karen Goley
4 resources
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Perspectives on AI
Curator Karen Goley
5 resources
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100 Days to a Healthier Church: A Step-by-Step Guide for Pastors and Leadership Teams
Pastor and author Karl Vaters believes that it is possible to assess the health of your...
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Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel
Featuring contributions from a variety of scholars, this book focuses on ideologies in the...
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A Counselor's Guide To Christian Mindfulness: Engaging The Mind, Body, And Soul In Biblical...
This book explores practical strategies of using Christian, biblically based mindfulness...
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Mental Health and the Church: A Ministry Handbook for Including Children and Adults with ADHD,...
This book presents a simple, flexible model for mental health inclusion ministry for...
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Bully Pulpit: Confronting The Problem Of Spiritual Abuse In The Church
Through the lens of a biblical scholar and seminary president, this book defines spiritual...
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Leading Small Groups That Thrive: Five Shifts to Take Your Group to the Next Level
As a result of a large-scale research study, this book provides a data-driven model for...
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Response
Response is a texting service enabling congregations to quickly reach out to congregations...
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Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network
This organization offers leadership development and community support to Southern Baptist...
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StreamYard
This software helps congregations live stream and record worship services and other...
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Canva
This software helps congregations easily design social media graphics, flyers,...
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Danae Rodriguez, MS, LMHCA
This consulting service helps congregations provide compassionate mental health support to...
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Social Media is Weird: A How-to Guide on Using Social Media for Ministry
This guide helps congregations understand the basics of using social media for ministry....
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Boot Camp Digital
This organization helps congregational leaders and staff develop their digital marketing...
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Breakthrough: Trusting God for Big Change in Your Church
This book offers inspiration for congregations that are struggling with their future or...
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Purdue Extension Farm Stress Team: Tools for Today's Farmers Podcasts
This podcast helps congregational leaders in farming communities understand farmers’ ...
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How to Talk with Farmers Under Stress
This article helps congregational leaders identify and effectively communicate with a...
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Indiana Rural Health Association: Healthy Minds, Healthy Lives
The Healthy Minds, Healthy Lives program was established by the Indiana Department of...
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Saving the Farm: Heartland Clergy Train to Prevent Agriculture Workers' Suicides
This article helps rural congregational leaders explore the role congregations can have in...
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Making Space at the Well
This book helps Black congregations understand the cultural stigma of seeking mental health...
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Dr. Jessica Young Brown
Dr. Jessica Brown helps congregations pursue wellness through coaching, individual therapy,...
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The Lift Project
This web resource offers evidence-based well-being education that congregations can share...
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Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
This organization helps congregations access resources and training for motivational...
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Finding Our Way Home Retreat for Religious Professionals of Color
This event offers Unitarian Universalist (UU) religious professionals of color an...
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UUA Worship For Transformation Training
This training offers worship leaders insights into collaborating as a team to craft worship...
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Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline
This book offers youth ministry leaders a framework for mentoring young people who are...
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Managing Emotional Mayhem: the 5 Steps for Self-Regulation
This book can help youth ministry leaders support young people’s emotional...
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Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser
This book offers congregations a spiritual guide to aging well. Author Lewis Richmond is a...
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Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
This book helps congregations explore connections among spirituality, science, and nature....
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The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through...
This book helps congregations ground their antiracism work in mindfulness practices. Author...
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Veriditas
This organization offers training and events that help congregations explore the labyrinth...
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Always On: Practicing Faith in a New Media Landscape
This book can help Christian congregations explore how new media impacts their lives....
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Redefining HR: Transforming People Teams to Drive Business Performance
This book can help congregational leaders understand modern human resources (HR)...
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The Essential HR Handbook
This book helps congregational leaders understand the basics of human resources. Authors...
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The Coming Revolution in Church Economics: Why Tithes and Offerings Are No Longer Enough, and...
This book can help congregational leaders identify new ways to finance their...
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Play and Park Structures
This organization focuses on creating custom playground designs. Based in Tennessee, Play...
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Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition
This book of essays can help congregations that are exploring a significant change in how...
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Rethinking Worship Space and the Emerging "Phygital" Culture
This article helps congregations evaluate the integration of their physical and digital...
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Don't Ignore Use of Space When Planning for a Church's Environmental Sustainability
This article helps a congregation incorporate building usage into its environmental...
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Churchfront Conference
This event helps congregational leaders develop skills in audio and video production and...
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Pastoring Small Towns: Help and Hope for Those Ministering in Small Places
This book encourages ministry leaders to recognize, understand, and respond to the...
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The Daily Yonder: Religion and Faith
A part of a larger site dedicated to all things rural life, the blogs in the Religion and...
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Ministry in Today's Rural Church
A podcast interview with Karl Vaters and Brad Roth, the author of God's Country: Faith,...
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AmeriGlide Accessibility Solutions
This organization manufactures and sells accessibility equipment. With decades in the...
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Strategic Planning For Black Churches: A Guidebook to Understanding the Future Impact of Today's...
Strategic planning is the process of assessing assets, challenges, opportunities, and...
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Let's Not Do Strategic Planning
Offering an alternative view to the traditional instinct to do strategic planning, the...
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Discovering God's Future for Your Church Video Tool Kit
This toolkit supports congregational leaders by providing a framework for determining your...
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Guide For Developing High-Quality Emergency Operations Plans for Houses of Worship
This article provides congregations with information on emergency operations planning for...
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Worship Security Academy
This organization helps congregational leaders mitigate security concerns by offering...
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Mitigating Attacks on Houses of Worship Security Guide
This online resource helps congregational leaders understand what a holistic approach to...
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How Your Children's Ministry Can Reach Refugees
This article helps congregations understand the refugee crisis, reconcile why there might...
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Upwardly Global
This organization works to help immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals rebuild their...
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Hope For Pastors: A Collaborative Approach To Clergy Financial Health
This book helps congregations address the financial challenges that pastors face, such as...
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NAE Financial Health
This organization supports congregational leaders in addressing financial challenges. The...
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Geneva Benefits Group
This organization helps congregations by providing expert financial and benefits planning...
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Teamness
This organization believes in the restorative power of taking a break. Recognizing that 40%...
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How Your Church Can Respond and Minister During a Natural Disaster
This article reminds congregations how they can effectively minister to their communities...
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Church Workers' Quick Reference Guide For Disasters And Pandemics
This 14-page online, downloadable resource provides congregations with a practical guide...
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Light Our Way: A Guide For Spiritual Care In Times Of Disaster
Believing that spirituality inspires compassion as often seen after a disaster, the...
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Ilumina Nuestro Camino: Guía de Cuidado Espiritual en Desastre
Con la creencia de que la espiritualidad inspira compasicomo se ve a menudo después...
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Retreat Alliance
This organization is an alliance of retreat centers whose faith is aligned with the...
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Increasing Active Engagement Video Tool Kit
The Lewis Center for Church Leadership shares that research has shown that frequently,...
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How to Engage Young Adults in Church Media and Tech Teams
This article, by the team at Church Tech today, discusses the rewards and challenges of...
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Family Systems and Congregational Life: A Map for Ministry
Pastor and author R. Robert Creech believes in the importance and effectiveness of the...
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Play Nice in Your Sandbox at Church: An 8-Step Model to Help You Prevent or Resolve Conflict with...
This light-hearted book recognizes that, though most people don't enjoy conflict, it is an...
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Mediating Conflict in Congregations: An In-Depth Interview with Charlie Pillsbury
This YouTube video helps congregational leaders learn strategies to address conflict that...
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LiveSpace
This organization can help congregations create innovative dynamic audio, visual, and...
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Managing The Ministry: A Practical Guide to Church Administration
Author and Associate Professor Jody Dean recognizes that often, an occupational highlight...
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Church Financial Management: Principles and Best Practices in Handling Church Finances
This article from Ministry Brands provides a comprehensive overview of financial management...
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Developing Your Operating Budget Video Tool Kit
This video tool kit, from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, features videos and...
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Starting With Technology: A Guide For Small Churches With Limited Budgets
With this article, Church Tech News shares that congregations of all sizes can find...
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Both/And: Maximizing Hybrid Worship Experiences for In-Person and Online Engagement
With the goal of making no attendees an afterthought, regardless of whether they are...
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