Wendy McCormick

Wendy McCormick is the Center for Congregations’ southwest Indiana director. She has an interest in congregational fundraising and stewardship, including planned giving.

Contributions From Wendy McCormick

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Making Planned Giving Work

Planned giving doesn’t need to be a complicated challenge for your congregation. By following...

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The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict

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This book is based off a four-part biblical peacemaking method centered around the New...

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What To Do When… A Fight Breaks Out

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These two video discussions suggest how to avoid congregational conflict and what to do when...

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

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This resource outlines the importance of initiating difficult conversations, providing tips on...

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A Door Set Open: Grounding Change in Mission and Hope

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This book covers the basics of Family Systems Theory, identifying where congregations get...

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Conflict Prevention and Mediation in the Jewish Tradition

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This article provides an overview on conflict resolution and mediation in contemporary and...

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Principled Ministry: A Guidebook for Catholic Church Leaders

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Grounded in scripture and tradition, this resource organizes 30 leadership principles into...

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Stilling the Storm: Worship and Congregational Leadership in Difficult Times

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This resource offers guidance for worship planners in congregations going through difficulty...

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Behavioral Covenants in Congregations: A Handbook for Honoring Differences

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This book offers ground rules and strategies for handling disagreement.

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The Peacemaking Pastor: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Church Conflict

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This scripture-based book offers a Biblical view of peacemaking to help congregations...

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Getting to Amen: 8 Strategies for Managing Conflict in the African American Church

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This book addresses the unique characteristics of conflict in African American congregations,...

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Staying with Conflict: A Strategic Approach to Ongoing Disputes

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This book addresses the unique challenges of enduring conflict and equips congregational...

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Avoiding Splits – Fighting Fair in Church: Guidelines for an Effective Church...

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This article addresses the problem of church conflict and the lack of training for pastors to...

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Lombard Mennonite Peace Center (LMPC)

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This organization offers hands-on training clinics and onsite consulting for nonviolent...

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Transforming Church Conflict: Compassionate Leadership in Action

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This book evaluates nonviolent communication as a useful tool to be used by churches as a...

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Orchestrate the Conflict: How to Creatively Engage Conflict to Achieve Leadership Goals

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This book chapter offers a variety of strategies for congregations to address conflict...

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Insights Into: Congregational Conflict

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Part of a series produced by Faith Communities Today, this article analyzes the results of two...

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Every Congregation Needs a Little Conflict

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This book reveals how congregations can deal with conflict in a healthy way that will promote...

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Starting a Nonprofit at Your Church

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This comprehensive book provides congregations with the necessary tools to decide whether or...

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Thinking of Forming a Non-Profit? What to Consider Before You Begin

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This 25-page booklet reviews the questions to ask and steps to take before determining whether...

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Should Your Church Start a Nonprofit?

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This concise article will be helpful for any congregation beginning to think about starting a...

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How to Start a Nonprofit

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This article is a comprehensive overview of the steps for creating a successful nonprofit...

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Projects That Matter: Successful Planning and Evaluation for Religious Organizations

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This classic book helps congregational leaders, who are not expert project managers, be...

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Completing the Circle: Reviewing Ministries in the Congregation

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This book outlines an easy-to-follow process churches can use to more effectively evaluate...

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When Better Isn't Enough: Evaluation Tools for the 21st Century Church

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This book offers a 3-step process for effective congregational leadership evaluations,...

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Level Best: How Small and Grassroots Nonprofits Can Tackle Evaluation and Talk Results

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This resource makes it easy for congregations to measure the effectiveness of particular...

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God's Tapestry: Understanding and Celebrating Differences

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This book is meant for individuals and congregational leaders invested in understanding...

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Crossing the Ethnic Divide: The Multiethnic Church on a Mission

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This resource will be useful for congregational leaders interested in ministry within a...

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The Post-Black & Post-White Church: Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi-Ethnic World

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This book examines how to combine the theories behind multi-ethnic and missional church...

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Worship Design Studio

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This website offers creative ideas and resources to turn worship into an integrated and...

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Positive Change for Congregations

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This article summarizes the experience of the Indianapolis Center for Congregations in...

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Local Church Planned Giving Manual

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This practical UCC resource helps congregationas develop and manage a planned giving...

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Disabilities, Religion, and Spirituality Program

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This web resource by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville, Tennessee provides...

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Welcoming People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families: A Practical Guide for...

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This short booklet contains helpful information and practical strategies to aid...

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Beyond Fundraising: A Complete Guide to Congregational Stewardship

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This book covers all aspects of congregational stewardship, ranging from the spirituality of...

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Moving Your Church Through Conflict

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This guide walks through the five levels of conflict, identifying the warning signs and...

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The Little Book of Cool Tools for Hot Topics: Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings When Things Are Hot

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This concise book will be helpful for people looking to spark conversations about difficult...

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Family Life Centers and Congregations

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This article offers insight and guidance to congregations contemplating building a Family Life...

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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Information for Churches and Religious Organizations

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This website offers useful information for congregations seeking to clarify their nonprofit...

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Kaleidoscope Institute

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This organization provides training, week-long workshops, and consulting on a variety of...

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Levels of Conflict - Based on the work of Speed Leas

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This article summarizes Speed Leas' work on the five levels of congregational conflict.

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Engaging Young Adults

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This data-packed report contains a summary of factors essential for improving young adult...

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Strengthening Congregations: Paving the Road to Meaningful Young Adult Engagement

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This web report from the 2013-2014 Union of Reform Judaism Young Adult Engagement Community of...

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National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO)

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This organization helps congregations find information and resources about organizations...

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How to Live Stream Worship Legally

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This succinct and thorough summary of copyright law helps congregations stream worship...

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Managing Your Church's Communication During Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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This article helps congregations create effective and concise messages during an evolving...

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Ministering During COVID-19: Creative Ideas for Small Rural Congregations

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This article lists doable, creative ideas from small rural congregations for how to do...

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Coping with Crisis: Webinars for Youth

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These recorded events support youth ministry leaders and parents during COVID-19 with advice...

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Caring for Wellbeing of Older Adults during COVID-19

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This list provides ideas for coordinating care and connection for senior adults during...

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Town Hall Preaching During Crisis: Igniting Pastoral Imagination in the Face of Fatigue,...

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In this video clergy candidly discuss preaching justice and hope during the pandemic and...

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Braver Angels

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This organization helps Americans seek understanding across red and blue political lines,...

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Your 'Surge Capacity' is Depleted: It's Why You Feel Awful

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This article unpacks why self-care and crisis-management skills are insufficient for the...

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COVID-19 Congregational Study

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The findings of this national survey provide insight into how the pandemic has effected...

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6 Ways to Grow a Thriving Facebook Group

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This short article has tips to create and manage a church Facebook group.

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Sticky Faith Innovation: How Your Compassion, Creativity and Courage Can Support Teenagers'...

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This book offers a step-by-step innovation process that equips youth leaders to serve...

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Relational Authority: The State of Religion and Young People 2020

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This short, accessible e-book shares implications of research based on 13- to 25-year-olds and...

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The Easiest Person to Fool

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This podcast episode from Hidden Brain explores how culture celebrates uncertainty. Then it...

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The FYI on Youth Ministry

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This Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) podcast shares research insights and creativity for...

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Black Baptist Church and Interim Ministry

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This 35-minute video features Dr. Kilen Gray presenting about pastoral transitions,...

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Balm in Gilead

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This nonprofit improves health and wellness for African Americans by spreading awareness in...

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Collaborative On Faith And Disabilities

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This website helps congregations discover programs and research about supporting people...