By The Rev. Cn. Julie Wakelee Canon to the Ordinary Episcopal Diocese of Northern California A new energy is bubbling up in nine churches around our...
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“Discoverables”
Photo by Juan Rojas By Steve Matthews, FaithX Senior Missional Consultant FaithX exists to provide resources including cutting-edge data,...
Getting Grounded with Data
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Consultant Here at FaithX we have had our share of challenges this Fall. Our executive director moved across the country,...
The Power of WITH
We often say that we are doing “for” our communities, when really we are doing “to” them, and what we should be doing is engaging “with” them.
Holy Attention: Seeing your Neighborhood with New Eyes
What do you know about your neighbors? What about the neighbors around your church building? Is your knowledge based on your intuition, some good research (hopefully utilizing some of the excellent data available to you through FaithX)?
How Does your Garden Grow?
How Does your Garden Grow? Steve Matthews, FaithX Senior Associate Consultant My partner and I bought a house in Western North Carolina in April...
Is the Glass Half Full?
Some recent survey results suggest that the landscape of the church is still shifting in less than positive ways. New findings from the Public Religion Research Institute shows that 24% of people say they have switched religions in their lifetime – a 50% jump from 2021 when only 16% of people said they make a jump.
Where Do We Go From Here?
By Mary C. Frances, Senior Associate Consultant Last week I was meeting with a group of clergy and we were talking about the future of the...
