Agile Church: Committed to the Future Success of Mainline Churches

Agile Church was founded to help church leaders and congregations navigate the tidal wave of change affecting growth and threatening the survival of mainline churches. Agile Church is a proven system that combines decades of church leadership experience; a diverse range of consulting services; innovative technology; and a library of proven resources into a single church growth system.

All In | Series Resources

• All In Series Overview
• All In Worship Resources
• All In Mission Engagement Ideas
• All In Preaching Resource
• All In Small Group Resources for Congregations
• All In Small Group Resources for Leaders
• All In Stewardship Campaign Timeline
• All In Consistent Pledger Letter
• All In Increasing Pledges Letter
• All In Newcomer Letter
• Non Pledging Household Letter
• All In Specific Pledge Increase Letter

Reimagining Our Common Ground for the Collective Good

The church - every church - faces new challenges, imagining what church looks like moving forward from 2020. The Courageous Church Online Summit, dives into leading questions on vision, identity, leadership, and hope, hearing from leading voices and provocative thought leaders on the next best steps for a vital progressive faith movement. 

Thriving Beyond COVID is a scripture-based small and large group study that will encourage, inspire, and challenge members and get them in a positive frame of mind for your post-COVID journey. Challenges can be managed with faith and a plan. This two-minute video is an introduction. A leader guide, small and large group participant guides, as well as videos are available for free download here.

STRATEGIC VISIONING

Your congregation and community deserve a long-term 
vision and plan. You can't get there alone.

Strategic Planning from Convergence includes:

• Organizational Assessment
• Congregational Creative Solve Sessions
• Strategy Formation
• Strategic Plan Development

Five Themes LeaderWise Hears 

And Why They Are the Death of the Church

by Rev. Cindy Halvorson, MDiv, DMin  //  October 28, 2024

Two Views of Vision

What kind of vision helps a church finds its way forward? Lovett H. Weems, Jr., says a vision needn’t be grandiose, nor is the process necessarily linear. Drawing on Margaret Wheatley’s “circular” understanding of vision, he explains that visioning can involve a series of small, next-step visions that become a field of energy from which a larger vision emerges. Read more now. 

“Building Thriving Rural Congregations” featuring Allen Stanton

How can rural churches break free from false narratives and unrealistic metrics? Allen Stanton lays out a new vision for healthy rural congregations as valued stakeholders and potent agents of change within their communities.