by Beth Kennett | Dec 14, 2016 | Coaching, Congregations, Consulting, Interim Ministry, Leadership
As we move toward the end of 2016, we have been reflecting on our work over the past year and diligently working on the training and event schedule for 2017. We want to hear from you what you experienced and what will be helpful for you in the coming year. (Survey)...
by Beth Kennett | Oct 31, 2016 | Congregations, Consulting, Future, Leadership, Ministers
By Dirk Elliott DownRiver Church celebrated its first worship service as a new church start on July 7, 2013, with 186 people in attendance. DownRiver is a Vital Merger of four churches in the Detroit area. In December, 2012, each of these four churches voted, with...
by Beth Kennett | Oct 11, 2016 | Congregations, Future, Leadership
by Beth Kennett An approach to working with congregations or groups of any kind is to use an appreciative approach, asking for and encouraging the group, and individuals, to focus on and appreciate what works. Several books and processes have been created to help...
by Beth Kennett | Mar 21, 2016 | Consulting, Leadership
The conventional approach to problem-solving in business or church is to discover the root cause of a problem and to fix it. Appreciative Inquiry takes a radically different approach: Discover the root of cause of success and improve it. Problems are acknowledged in...
by Beth Kennett | Feb 15, 2016 | Congregations, Leadership
By Beth Kennett Over the past few weeks, I have been in settings that have been preparing me for my Lenten journey—teaching a class on Ministry Leadership and Coaching Skills, participating in a Coach Training Program, working alongside of a congregational renewal...
by Beth Kennett | Jan 24, 2016 | Congregations, Future, History, Leadership, Ministers
by Les Robinson Recently, Chris Gambill, Director of the Center, wrote a blog (A new year, a new look at congregations) about the Faith Communities Today 2015 national survey of American congregations. He was referring to their most recent survey. Since 2000, this...
