RESOURCES FOR CONGREGATIONS
Places of Promise
Places of Promise
Finding Strength in Your Congregation’s Location
Traditionally we think about context as location. In this view:
- Community context determines who we were, what we are, and what our future holds.
- Congregations are passive—location has the upper hand!
- Leaders use contractual language about location—our location is a piece of real estate with a specific land value, appraised as a retail outlet might appraise a location. It’s a commodity.
Leadership that Fits Your Church
Leadership that Fits Your Church
Matching the right pastor with the right congregation is one of the most important—and daunting—decisions either party can make. While there are many pastors and congregations that merely fit, there are others that fit perfectly, and some who are disasters. This new book shows how a good match might be made between pastor and congregation. The authors follow the pastoral transition experiences of three churches: a mainline, Protestant congregation; a conservative church; and a Catholic parish.
Evangelism and church growth
- Myths and Facts About Evangelism and Church Growth — What have we learned from fast-growing churches that participated in the survey?
- How Are Fast-growing Presbyterian Churches Different from Others?
- What growing churches do
- To Grow or Not to Grow?
- The Strengths of Small Churches
- Is Bigger Always Better?
- Myth: Local Population Growth Leads to Congregational Growth
Learn about congregational leaders
- A Snapshot of Associate Pastors
- Who Leads Church of the Nazarene Congregations?
- Preachers’ Kids by Jackson Carroll
- How Do Pastors Practice Leadership? by Jackson Carroll
- What Do Clergy Do All Week? by Becky R. McMillan
- First and Second-Career Clergy by Jackson Carroll
Congregational Resource Guide
The Congregational Resource Guide (CRG) is a great resource for congregational clergy, leaders, staff and members. Use our media kit to help get the word out to your constituents.