Center for Transformational Churches
The Center for Transformational Churches exists to develop Christian leaders, congregations, and communities to empower gospel change through whole-life discipleship.
Church Planting & Congregational Growth
Cultural Engagement & Human Flourishing
Collaborative Partnerships
Pastoral Formation & Leadership Development
Mission
Christ calls the church to be the primary vehicle for communicating the gospel and creating individual, communal, and cultural change. Christian ministry must reach beyond the church, but the church is the starting ground for gospel transformation. We believe that every vocation matters to God and that pastoral leaders are called to empower their congregations for fruitful mission in all of their vocational contexts.
Church Planting & Congregational Growth
Cultural Engagement & Human Flourishing
Collaborative Partnerships
Pastoral Formation & Leadership Development
In order for Christians to influence culture and cultivate fruit, missional engagement must include the world of work. Pastors must be able to lead their congregations in understanding the role of work and their participation in the economy as it pertains to living a life of faithfulness. By empowering pastors and congregation members to understand the value of their daily work, churches create a ripple effect in bringing about human flourishing and discipleship that encompasses the whole life.
Resources
The Center for Transformational Churches uses study to promote pastoral wellbeing amid the demands of ministry. We are taking an active role in helping Christian leaders, churches, and communities flourish.
A recent report co-authored by the Center for Transformational Churches took a closer look at the challenges facing pastors in hopes of offering them, and those who support them, practical counsel as they seek better health. “Pastoral Wellbeing: PCA Pastors Reflect on the Tensions of Ministry” outlines the results from a nationwide survey of almost 900 pastors and 16 in-depth focus groups.
The findings of the Pastoral Wellbeing report pertain to three core tensions inherent to the role of a pastor that pull them between healthy and unhealthy approaches to life and ministry:
- Relationships
- Identity
- Systems
Engage
At the heart of the data from Pastoral Wellbeing is the need for meaningful connections to God through Christ and others. The Center for Transformational Churches facilitates such connections by hosting pastoral retreats where a couple’s ongoing ministry experience is explored in light of the wellbeing themes. This exploration occurs in a safe space among like-minded colleagues who recognize the struggles and share in fostering healing and hope.
“Thankfully, we know with considerable confidence what contributes to and challenges pastoral wellbeing... What we need to explore further is how these influences affect specific groups of pastors, their families, and the congregations they serve.”
Donald Guthrie, EdD
Executive Director of Center for Transformational Churches
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