ReShaping Church

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What is ReShaping Church?

ReShaping Church is a guided process for capturing and integrating the innovation and adaptation resulting from disruptive life experiences, transforming churches into greater expressions of the body of Christ.

The ReShaping Church program at Central Seminary, in partnership with Pinnacle Leadership Associates, and generously funded by the Lilly Endowment, brings together congregations of all kinds to join in dialogue with other pastors and churches to reflect on unpredictable experiences and process them in community.  Additionally, each congregation is led by a coach through the Reshape process to discern and discover the unique ways God is leading your congregation toward transformation in this new season.

Why Participate in ReShaping Church?

How does your church respond to crisis? In a world that is constantly changing, how do you decide which aspects of what you have done are worth keeping and which ones to let go? What will your congregation look like as it seeks to transform and be transformed?

If you are thinking about these topics, you are not alone. Central Seminary invites you to join the dialogue with other pastors and churches for reflecting on unpredictable experiences, processing them in community, and using them to grow more fully into your unique expression of the Body of Christ.

 

Who Can Participate in ReShaping Church?

ALL are invited! ReShaping Church is open to congregations of any size, in any domestic denomination.

 


JOIN AND RECEIVE

  • 10 copies of Reshape: Emerging Church Practice in a Volatile World by Mark E. Tidsworth of Pinnacle Leadership Associates
  • Digital access to the ReShaping Church Coordination Team Guide
  • Coaching through the ReShape process for the Coordination Team & Pastor
  • A Community of Practice with other congregations to share learnings.
  • Access to Basecamp (a team management system) for the Coordination Team
  • Technical support for the Coordination Team throughout the process
  • Opportunity to apply for funds for technology equipment to support a congregation’s participation in the program.
  • Opportunity to apply for grants of up to $5,000 (minus any funds utilized for tech equipment) to implement the newly discerned Ministry Plan
  • Participation in ReShaping Church Conversations with scholar-practitioners in areas of congregational transformation
  • Program offered virtually so engage from anywhere!

Ready to apply? Don’t delay! The deadline to apply is January 31, 2024. 

Apply for ReShaping Church Now

Download the ReShaping Church brochure to share with others

CONGREGATIONAL COMMITMENT 

  • $500 fee to participate
  • Implement a ReShaping Church Coordination Team to lead your congregation through this process along with your Coach.
  • Collaborate with Community of Practice and Coach
  • Engage the Reshape process fully including small groups, submitting covenant, questionnaire, and ministry plan when needed.
  • Attend Covenanting and Orienting Event (TBD: Typically in January or February, virtual or in-person event)
  • Attend Celebration Event (TBD: Typically in November, virtual or in-person event)

For more information:

Consider attending a Taste and See preview event to learn more about the process and ask any questions you may have. Contact Rhonda Hetzel at rhetzel@cbts.edu to sign up.

  • January 7, 2024 at 5:00PM CST
  • January 16, 2024 at 6:00PM CST

Rhonda Hetzel
Program Director, Reshaping Church: Thriving Congregations
rhetzel@cbts.edu