Supporting Transformation During Times of Congregational Change

Congregational Change, Congregational Conflict, Culture Frame, Leadership, Process Frame, Process-Feature

Even as change has become ever-present in our lives and those of our churches during the pandemic, our human struggle adapting to and learning from change persists. In our work consulting with congregations at ConvergenceUS.org, we see this in the conflicts and struggles that have heightened and sometimes exploded as congregations pivot from online to…

Flourishing Congregations:
Not All Are As They Appear

Attendance, Congregational Size, Interviews, Leadership, Process Frame, Process-Feature, Resources Frame, Surveys, Thriving Congregations, United States & Canada

Amidst the endless stream of research studies, news stories, and anecdotes that rightly report on religious decline across denominations and congregations, where are the signs of congregational life and vitality, and what can we learn from such settings? These are anchoring questions for our Canadian-based research team at the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University.…