Dear Center for Congregational Health Community, We invite you to help us celebrate the Rev. Dr. Chris Gambill as he retires from many years of service with the Center for Congregational Health and the Wake Forest Baptist Hospital (now Atrium Health, Wake Forest...
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...
Who will benefit from this training? What will I be able to do on the other side? This training is ideal for someone with pastoral experience who is looking to begin consulting with congregations in ministerial transition. If you are a trained intentional interim,...
I have been struck by the dichotomy of news in recent days—Buddhist monks, and their dog, walking for peace and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents activating chaos and terror resulting in the unnecessary deaths of people. With either side or pole...
The 2016 Trend If you are on social media these days, you may have seen the 2016 trend. People are flashing back to 2016 by sharing pictures of themselves ten years ago, sharing details of their lives, reminiscing about what life was like. There are also those...
The Center for Congregational Health has always consulted with congregations to gain clarity for strategic planning and visioning, helping churches through conflict, etc. But a critical portion of our work has always been quality, research and experience-based...
Over the past few weeks, we have been asking you about postponement — "What have you been, as a faith community, postponing?" Several responses have been around building maintenance and building use. What happens when we postpone maintaining? We are usually faced...
You ever had an injury? Something just stops working like it’s supposed to. You wake up one morning with a pain and you may not even been sure where it started but now you know something is not right. But you decide to wait. Just see if it takes care of itself. Making...
by Craig Schaub For some fifty years, often my bumbled life steps have been marked by the bright keening of Van Morrison. Steps are sometimes numb, but also often taken with misty eyes, and many states in between. Always with slippery intuitions about the bonnie boat,...
by Tarsha Banister When I walked the rugged coastlines and stood among the ancient stones of Ireland, I could feel the weight of the past beneath my feet. From monastic ruins to famine memorials, the Irish carry their history with a deep reverence — not to be trapped...