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Case Studies

Watch how co-learning and co-action grow into durable communities and lasting, faithful change, right where people live, work, and serve together.

case studies

Centenary UMC-Akron

Selwyn Avenue Presbyterian, Charlotte, North Carolina

testimonials

 [Our work in Thriving Congregations] “completely changed how we think of strategic planning….[it also] ignited both a pastoral and prophetic voice in me.

Pastor Neeley Lane
Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Covington, GA.

[Thriving Congregations] “has absolutely thickened the relational fabric [of our congregation] with deeper relationships formed across political line in our red-and-blue plaid church.”

Pastor Jim Honig
Senior Pastor, Shepherd-of-the Bay Lutheran (ELCA) Church, Ellison Bay, WI.

“The most impactful thing… from the very first week…was [learning about] prayerful paying attention… I still use it… at every step in my personal life.”

Vickie Amundson
Team Co-Leader, Shepherd-of-the-Bay Lutheran Church

“Thriving Congregations didn’t become another program. It became a way of being.”

Dan Walden
Team Leaders, First Presbyterian Church, Covington, GA.

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