Center for Congregations Podcast

Your congregation is important. And we know that leading and serving in congregations is hard work. Join current and former Center for Congregations consultants Dr. Terrance Bridges, JC Campbell, Abby Miller, Shellie Riggs Jordan, McKenzie Scott Lewis, Ben Tapper, Matt Burke as they interview thought leaders and experts to encourage, inspire and help you find the right information and resources to address your congregation's needs. Center for Congregations staff will share what they're learning through work with congregations. Speakers, authors and congregational practitioners will share their stories and best practices to help your congregation thrive.

The views expressed by podcast guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by CfC employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of the CfC. If you have any questions about this disclaimer, please contact us at 866.307.2381 or info@centerforcongregations.org.

Religion & Spirituality
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S4 E15: Suffering in Silence: Addressing Mental...
Apostle Ken Hilliard talks about the importance of addressing mental health in your congregation.
50 min
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S4 E14: Are You Seeing What I'm Seeing?
Wilisha Scaife sits down with Ben and Matt to discuss how we can listen to, learn from and love others well.
54 min
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S4 E13: More Than a Classroom: Reimagining Fait...
John Roberto joins Ben and Matt to discuss how communities can develop better ways of shaping faith in your congregation.
53 min
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S4 Mid-Season Break: A Look Back and A Look Ahead
Recapping Season 4 so far and pre-viewing what's to come.
11 min
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S4 E12: Stories > Stances
Ben and Matt talk with three different members of the LGBTQ+ community.
71 min
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S4 E11: Beyond Feisty and Divisive: Caring for ...
Mark Oestreicher joins Ben and Matt to talk about how to care for LGBTQ youth and their families.
56 min
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S4 E10: Possibility-Lessons from Jazz
What Jazz has to teach us about beauty, creativity and liberation with Dr. Kirk Byron Jones.
51 min
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S4 E9: What's Right with Congregations
Former Center for Congregations Staff share their experiences working with congregations in Indiana.
54 min
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S4 E8: When Digital Ministry Is Not Plug-And-Play
Rev. Dr. Rosario Picardo talk digital ministry.
50 min
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S4 E7: Remembering Our History In Order To Heal
Stories from the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Community
75 min
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S4 E6: Navigating Grief and Lamentation
47 min
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S4 E5: Moving Forward - Anti-racism in Congrega...
54 min
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S4 B4: Equal Justice Initiative Museum and Memo...
What Does Faith Have to Do With Justice?
15 min
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S4 E4: Pandemic and Purpose
Answering why we're here and what keeps us here
66 min
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S4 B3: The Review-Facing Death: Learning from K...
Everything Happens for a Reason
17 min
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S4 E3: Is Race The Real Problem?
Listen, Learn and Live
58 min
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S4 B2: The Review - Can I Get Your Number? Unpa...
A Review of The Paths Between Us
16 min
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S4 E2: Providing Touch in a Touchless Time
Deidre Gray and Adrian Warren discuss digital media in congregational life.
58 min
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S4 B1: The Review - Learning from Mars Hill
What went wrong at Mars Hill?
22 min
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S4 E1: 3 Big Questions
57 min
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S3 E11: Ghosts
Exploring the ghosts of congregations past, present and future.
38 min
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S3 E10: Gloriously Out Of Place
A Conversation about cross-cultural, interfaith relationship
48 min
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S3 E9: The Joys of Evaluation!
The importance of metrics, analytics and evaluation with Kelly Minas.
38 min
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S3 E8: Forced Into The Water
Post-Pandemic Adaptions in Religous Education
60 min
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S3 E7: Memento Mori
Remember You Must Die
49 min