Transforming Communities is a program that promotes innovative faith praxis in Cascadia by training congregations to mobilize their congregational identity for neighborhood mission. In these video segments, three pastors discuss how Transforming Communities helped them to create adaptive ministries through deep listening, ethnography, and design thinking.

 

Seattle Vineyard Church,

John & Judith Hix

How a congregation in Seattle’s University District is becoming a safe place for international students who are facing loneliness and food insecurity—while giving one pastor a chance to more fully express the giftings born of her heritage.

 

Stanwood United Methodist Church,

Justin White

How a progressive church in a rural area put into practice its inclusive beliefs by “Showing Up in Stanwood.”

 

Fairwood United Methodist Church,

Ferdie Llenado

How a suburban church re-launched a youth ministry by drawing on its past and adapting to the needs of the present.

 

Find out more about the Transforming Communities resources for denominations, congregations, and pastors at Transforming Communities – organizational development program – The Center for Transforming Engagement.

Cover photo credit: Paul Moody

 

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    Christ & Cascadia is a component of the Center for Transforming Engagement, which goes beyond traditional leadership training to cultivate resilience in the midst of changing social and cultural contexts. Our offerings equip leaders and teams to (re)build communities of resilience, belonging, and regenerativity. We work with congregations and organizations to live with faith, hope and love while applying the tools of the social sciences to rebuild trust in institutions. Through trainings, workshops, courses, and online resources, we embolden leaders of all types and stages to transform their service of God and neighbor – and in the process, to be transformed. Learn more at: https://transformingengagement.org/

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