Resources

This website contains abundant information culled from the Pew Forum’s work on the U.S. Religious Landscape. Based on interviews with...

Based on research from more than 100 interviews and site visits, this resource offers best practices for building a strong community, giving an...

This book offers how-to information to hire a youth pastor, ranging from sample job descriptions to how to conduct an interview.

Supplemented by sample surveys, forms, and interview questions, this resource will equip clergy search committees with the necessary tools to...

Is your ministry bogged down? Are you "going through the spiritual motions" because the demands of congregational life have impacted the joy...

This brief video is a compelling introduction to the concept of congregational garden ministries.

This video helps congregations reflect on their conversational skills. Journalist and author Celeste Headlee, speaking at TEDxCreativeCoast...

This collection of African American narratives and statistics offers practical strategies to reach and disciple Black young adults.

This article contains an interview of a pastor who reflects on the experience of his congregation merging with an even larger congregation.

This interview with Shirley Hoogstra of Calvin College and Rev. Dr. Geraldo Marti explains that there is no formula for growing an intercultural...