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  • Congregational Redevelopment

    We work with many congregations that have significant challenges. It is not unusual to receive a call from a congregational leader who says, “We have 20% less in worship than we did two years ago, and we can’t meet our budget. We need to try something new.”
    Posted May 02 2010, 06:44 PM with
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  • Practices and Your Congregation

    Every congregation participates in certain activities that are common to any number of human communities. Congregations make decisions. They help others. They sing. They tell stories. Congregations offer hospitality. They make choices about money.
    Posted Feb 08 2010, 10:30 AM with
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  • Family Systems and Congregations

    A new resource about to be released provides an opportunity to further explore a way of thinking that has been helpful to many congregational leaders for (amazingly enough!) about two generations now. Bowen Family Systems Theory began
    Posted Jan 19 2010, 08:33 AM with
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  • Congregations and Military Families

    Congregations all across Indiana have families whose members are serving in the military. Here in Indiana, we also have an excellent resource that conducts research about, with, and for military families. The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University develops and delivers outreach activities for the military and civilian infrastructures supporting military families.
    Posted Nov 25 2009, 08:00 AM with
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  • Finding What Best Fits Congregations

    I’ve been wondering about what kind of thinking helps congregations. Congregations truly matter. People find their homes with God
    Posted Oct 08 2007, 09:18 AM with
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