This article describes the Quaker practice "clearness committee" and instructs the reader in how to conduct this meeting for the purpose of...

This user-friendly resource encourages congregational leaders to use the Spiritual Discovery Method for decision making, promoting open and...

This leader's guide goes hand-in-hand with "Way of Discernment, Participant Guide." It equips leaders to explore the process of discernment as a...

This study guide engages small groups in a 10-week consideration of discernment, helping congregational groups determine where the spirit of...

This book provides a creative framework, CARE, to discern purpose and plan a path forward. Its process applies to organizational and...

This book provides spiritual and practical processes to search for a new clergy, offering helpful tools to make it a positive discernment...

This book coaches congregations through transition with leadership strategies and group discernment excercises.

This book helps congregational leaders understand and apply a human development framework to congregational life that encourages...

This book leads the reader through a journey of doubt, creating an infrastructure to question without losing faith.

This book describes the range of mergers for strong, stable, stuck, and struggling churches. No matter what type of merger a church may be...