Deciding when to re-open a church facility for in-person worship and meetings is an intentional and rigorous discernment process. The Baltimore-Washington Conference’s COVID-19 Task Force has provided a number of resources. The questions below...
Preparedness, not panic, is key in addressing the coronavirus. This list of resources will assist churches with their response.
Kay Kotan offers game-changing traits for leaders ready to relaunch their church in the post-pandemic age.
Todd Bolsinger reassures leaders that they don't need fancy gadgets or expensive programming to move their church into the future. Rather, what is needed is strong adaptive leadership, a creative examination of a church’s best gifts and...
To be a church that survives and thrives in the wake of COVID-19 will require grace and guts, say those working in the field of New Faith Expressions.
Q: What will participants learn in the Catalyst Initiative? A: Participants will learn to more deeply and intentionally cultivate discipleship, to discern and experiment, to build better relationships with one another and those in the...
Tea leaves transform water into tea and we--as bearers of God's love--are called to transform hate, division, and loneliness into a beloved community. The Catalyst Initiative provides a 12-month congregational cohort process of discovery...
Presenters: Douglas Powe, Jr., Ph.D. Director of Lewis Center for Church Leadership and James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism (E. Stanley Jones Chair) Wesley Theological Seminary Many congregations are struggling to move forward as vital...
Resources to assist churches in taking their worship online.
Presenters: Rev. Bill Brown, Rev. William Chaney and Rev. Donna Claycomb Sokol COVID-19 has effectively wiped out the entire church calendar for the rest of 2020 yet the mission of the church to make disciples for Jesus Christ continues...
