by Rev. Dr. Charity Roberson | Aug 26, 2026 | Congregations, Consulting, Educational Event, Interim Ministry, Leadership
Last week a group gathered from across the country to receive training from Center for Congregational Health staff in Transition Consultant Training. Developed three years ago, this training was designed to meet the growing needs of congregations during the transition...
by Rev. Dr. Charity Roberson | Feb 19, 2026 | Coaching, Communication, Congregations, Consulting, Educational Event, Future, History, Interim Ministry, Leadership, News
You may have read earlier this year from our new director, Beth Kennett, that we are headed in some new directions as The Center for Congregational Health. In recent years, we have found ourselves in the same place many of our congregations have. The realities around...
by Rev. Dr. Charity Roberson | Aug 15, 2024 | Interim Ministry, Leadership, Uncategorized
Change is hard for most of us. It is a leaving behind of what we have known and moving forward to something new. There is always a space of not knowing, a space of transition. Like a trapeze artist who is leaving one bar before they grab the next. Transition can feel...
by Beth Kennett | Jun 13, 2022 | Congregations, Interim Ministry, Leadership
By Anne Tambling Churches are destined to change if they are going to survive. This can be a really uncomfortable truth, even though we all recognize the benefit of refining fire or pruning the branches; especially when they show up in our sermons. We just don’t face...
by Beth Kennett | Mar 30, 2022 | Interim Ministry
By Anne Tambling At the time of this writing, we are nearing the end of the season of Lent. It strikes me how similar the work of Intentional Interim Ministry coincides with our call to the wilderness during Lent. For churches in transition, this time can be daunting...
by Beth Kennett | Dec 13, 2018 | Coaching, Congregations, Consulting, Interim Ministry
Over the past year, at the Center for Congregational Health, we have experienced many changes, some that were natural and easy and some that were unanticipated and arduous. Les Robinson, frequently says that congregations are in a state of continuous change. We see...
