Our Partners

Helping our clients achieve their strategic goals through an ecosystem of trusted partner organizations.

Partner Organizations

The FaithX Project guides its clients through a process of data-grounded discernment to make strategic decisions about the future of their congregations and the neighborhoods they serve.

FaithX also has a cadre of trusted partner organizations that clients can call upon for resources and services to help them successfully implement those decisions at discounts of up to 20%.

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Christians in GIS is an initiative dedicated to connecting our fellow Christ followers serving in various professional and volunteer capacities who leverage Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool for decision-making. These capacities include for instance business, education, humanitarian aid, science, missions, and church planting.

Christians in GIS invites FaithX clients to join its network.

Christians in GIS is one of the “Channels” FaithX uses to share our learnings with faith-communities and faith-based organizations.

The College is a comprehensive training program that seeks to nurture and develop congregational development practitioners from within existing parish lay and clergy leadership. Most participants are members of teams from congregations within the Diocese of Olympia, however the College is open to other participants and has hosted individuals and teams from other Episcopal Diocese and the broader Anglican Communion.

FaithX is currently exploring a partnership agreement with the College to access discounts on congregational development training.

 

We live in a time of vast and abundant resources. So why are we so scared that we don’t have enough to carry out our mission?

At Cornerstone, we believe part of the answer rests in the well-being of your organization. We offer our finance and accounting expertise, proven processes, and leading systems to serve your organization’s needs.

Cornerstone provides FaithX clients a discount on financial consulting.

Similarly, FaithX offers discount services and resources to clients of Cornerstone.

 

Datastory is a GIS company that helps organizations make better decisions by offering sophisticated data analysis and insight. FaithX collaborated with Datastory Consulting to develop the MapDash for Faith Communities online, interactive, demographic-analytic platform, including its Neighborhood Insights Reports feature. The Missional Contexts Reports employed by MapDash for Faith Communities are a FaithX product.

Datastory provides various discounts on the MapDash platform to FaithX judicatory, regional, and denominational clients.

The Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) collaborated with FaithX to bring online our free Congregational Vitality Assessment (CVA) diagnostic inventory online and to develop and launch the CVA Judicatory Platform. ECF and FaithX are currently collaborating in the development of a first-of-its-kind Judicatory Vitality Assessment.

ECF offers leadership development programs, capital campaign resources, and other resources in which FaithX clients can participate. 

Similarly, FaithX provides discounted services and resources to all ECF clients.

ECF is also one of the organizations through which FaithX shares our learning with faith communities and faith-based organizations.

 

The Episcopal Church’s Office of Church Planting and Redevelopment worked closely with FaithX and Datastory to MapDash for Faith Communities online, interactive, demographic-analytic platform – what some are calling the Missional Dashboard. MapDash for for Faith Communities were beta-tested in five Episcopal dioceses.

TEC’s Office of Church Planting and Redevelopment is one of the organizations through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations.

FaithX provides discounted services and resources to the Office of Church Planiting and Redevelopment clients.

The Episcopal Parish Network (EPN) is a national and collaborative movement of clergy and lay leaders of the Episcopal Church gifted with diverse parish resources coming together for dialogue, discernment, and education. We are committed to being a generative force enabling clergy and lay leaders to imagine and move beyond the present to refresh the Church for a hopeful mission in the world.

EPN can provide FaithX clients discounted admission to EPN conferences and workshops.

Similarly, FaithX provides discounted services and resources to EPN members.

EPN is one of the organizations through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations. 

Esri is the world’s largest GIS organization and the source of much of the mapped demographics used by FaithX and Datastory. FaithX is a member of Esri Partner Network, and the winner of ita 2022 High Impact Award for its innovative work in using GIS data to map and mitigate systemic racism.

Esri’s Nonprofit Division is one of the channels through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations.

The Gathering of Leaders is a network focused on helping clergy practical and implementable leadership strategies while experiencing rest and renewal, is a co-sponsor of FaithX webinars.

GOL invites FaithX clients to join their network of faith leaders to access their gatherings around issues important to the future of congregations.

Similarly, FaithX provides discounts on its services to GOL members. 

GOL is one of the organizations through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations.

The Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR) is a non-religiously affiliated academic society and publishing house that brings together the world’s leading scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences for the academic study of religion. As a scholastic society, “religion” is the object of our investigation, not the promotion or abolition of religious faith.

GCRR provides FaithX clients with discount admission to it’s conferences and workshops.

GCRR is also one of the organizations through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations.

At GSB Fundraising, we have a passion for philanthropy – the art of giving and asking for gifts. We’ve been along to see individual lives changed for the better, institutions and congregations strengthened, communities healed and society made better.

GSB provides FaithX clients with consultation on fundraising at a discount, and offers a free consultation on how to raise funds for GSB or FaithX services and resources.

 

Learning Forte embraces hybrid ministry with confidence. Through custom solutions and both individualized & cohort-based learning opportunities, they equip organizations to reach and teach people in a changing world.

Learning Forte! provides the platform on which the CVA Judicatory Platform and the first-of-its-kind Judicatory Vitality Assessment are built.

 

At Ministry Architects, we know you want to see lives transformed. To do that, you need a process that works. The problem is there’s never enough time, which can leave you feeling frustrated and ineffective. We believe the right approach gives you the margin to focus on what matters most. We understand that ministry is messy and unpredictable. That’s why more than 1,000 churches and organizations have partnered with us on a personalized path toward sustainability.

Ministry Architects provides FaithX clients with discounts on its ministry development services. 

Similarly, FaithX provides a discount to all Ministry Archetects clients. 

The Parish Collective connects people to be the church in the neighborhood. We do this through telling the stories to make the movement visible, celebrating ordinary heroes, and bringing people together online and in-person for shared learning and inspiration through gatherings and learning communities.

FaithX and the Parish Collective are exploring a partner relationship that would allow FaithX clients to access their services.

The Parish Collective is one of the organizations through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations.

Programs and services offered by Partners for Sacred Spaces value and respect the spirituality and faith of all congregations that open their doors to the community. Designed to stimulate success, Partners changes the way congregations view their role so that their sacred place remains a rich and vital part of the social fabric of a community. Partners helps congregations leverage existing and new resources, solidify their continued relevance, and ensure their own sustainability.

FaithX and Partners for Sacred Spaces is exploring a partnership agreement with FaithX clients would receive discounts on programs and services on making sacred space an integral part of the communities they serve.

Partnership for ReNEWal is a not for profit agency dedicated to helping churches thrive. We partner with congregations of all shapes and sizes to tackle the unique and difficult issues facing modern churches, from attendance and financial solvency to community connection and ministry. PfR takes a mission-first approach. We believe that churches find the most success when they focus on serving others.

FaithX and Partnership for ReNEWal are exploring a partnership agreement in which FaithX clients would receive a discount on their programs and services on congregational membership and financial renewal.

 

The Presbyterian Foundation works hard to strengthen congregations and related mission and ministry efforts by developing gifts and managing funds on their behalf and working with them to build communities of generosity among their members and constituents. Its subsidiary the New Covenant Trust Co. supports the work of the Foundation

Presbyterian congregations and presbyteries receive a 5-10% discount on FaithX services.

The Presbyterian Foundation is also one of the organizations through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations. 

Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM Journal) is a not-for-profit, free, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes the latest social-scientific, historiographic, and ecclesiastic research on religious institutions and their ministerial practices. SHERM is sponsored by FaithX.

SHERM is one of the organizations through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations.

Stewardship Realty. FaithX and Stewardship Realty work together with congregations and judicatories to help them better leverage their properties and buildings to bring needed resources and services to the communities they serve, consistent with their vision and mission while improving congregational sustainability.

Stewardship Realty provides FaithX clients a 5-10% discount on their services that deal with better leveraging congregational property and buildings.

 

 

TryTank Experimental Laboratory is a lab for church innovation. It is a joint project between Virginia Theological Seminary and the General Theological Seminary. TryTank offers inventive approaches to the challenges facing the Episcopal Church. Our mission is to help the church innovate as a way of following the Holy Spirit.

TryTank is one of the organizations through which FaithX shares learnings with faith communities and faith-based organizations.

TryTank and FaithX worked together to develop the Episcopal Pulse microsurvey program, now managed by FaithX in partnership with ECF.

 

The work of Vibrant Faith helps Christian churches develop effective faith forming approaches that embody both historic practices of Christian formation and address changing cultural realities. We walk through this process to train and coach faith communities to create or prioritize ministry that is intergenerational, lifelong, relational, and helps people to name and claim their callings. We offer churches focus and accountability for adaptive leadership through coaching, training, courses, resources, and support.

Vibrant Faith offers FaithX clients discounted services and resources on Christian Formation and adaptive learning, as well addressing intergenerational and cultural issues.

Worship Times is a web development and design firm specializing in creating beautiful, easily managed websites for congregations and ministries of all sizes. Our deep roots in the mainline Protestant traditions and comprehensive technical expertise make us an ideal partner for your ministry team.

Worship Times offers FaithX clients discounted services on website development and consultation on communication strategy.

 

 

Judicatory Partners

FaithX creates mutually-beneficial partnerships with judicatory clients that provide them and their congregations a 10% discount on services and most resources for them and their congregations in exchange for their considering FaithX a preferred contractor. 

Interested? Contact Ken Howard at ken@faithx.net



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