Congregations have experienced troubling declines in attendance and financial strength, thereby reducing their capacity to support fixed costs, member interests, and community needs. COVID-19 has exacerbated these traumas. Churches experiencing disruptive changes run the risk of making high-impact decisions in nervous reaction to threats of survival, which can be costly. This workshop introduces Faith-Based Strategic Change and a Congregational Agility® approach for the current climate. CONTINUE
Using F-Change, participants in this multi-level intensive program -- pastors and church members -- learn to build solutions for their unique congregational challenges and develop action plans to implement those solutions.
The Community Collaborative for Youth Safety (CCYS) is an initiative that brings together different groups with a shared interest in protecting at-risk children. In the instance profiled in this video, Chicago parents, youth, church leaders and police engaged in workshops, discussion groups and role-play scenarios to help create and implement solutions collectively.
