Healthy Congregations, Inc.

Healthy Congregations workshops are familiar to those of us who have been trained as facilitators and/or trainers.  Individually they are indispensable for contributing to the health of our ministries.  But I have observed the impact of looking at the workshops as a “whole” as well.  Or at least a major part of a whole…

In these challenging economic times, congregational stewardship drives can sometimes sound like simple fundraising campaigns.  At Healthy Congregations, we think stewardship is about a lot more than just money.

Workshop 5 -- "Healthy Congregations Develop Generous People" -- focuses on developing gratitude and generosity through the ability of the community to make decisions that combine money, resources, abilities and day to day living.

Are you a Healthy Congregations facilitator who will be conducting a training event in the near (or even distant) future?  We would like to help you out!  If you contact our office and let us know, we will be happy to post your event in our online calendar of upcoming events.  Also, if you provide us with text/images/video, we can create an article on our website to promote your event.

We would like to invite you to learn more about the mission and history of Healthy Congregations by reading more and viewing a short video from our Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Emlyn Ott, in the About Us section.

Perhaps you were surprised to find references to something seemingly obscure called "family systems theory" on our webiste.  After all, we are interested in promoting vitality in church congregations, so what are ideas from psychology doing here?  Read on for answers to your questions!

For ten years, Healthy Congregations has been committed to providing you with the best possible family systems resources to help your congregation be one of vitality. Those resources have included DVD presentations, local and national workshops, specialized leadership seminars, and a workshop series that continues to expand with the planned addition of a seventh workshop to the existing six Healthy Congregations workshops.

Three years ago, we entered the Internet era with our first website, and in the last year we have been happy to introduce an online shopping cart for your convenience.

In 2009 we are introducing a new Healthy Congregations website, completely rewritten from the groundup to provide you with a streamlined Internet experience using Web 2.0 technologies.