Healthy Congregations
http://www.hcongregations.net
Ambassadors of Reconciliation
Ambassadors of Reconciliation is an international ministry founded to equip Lutherans and their churches for living, proclaiming and cultivating lifestyles of reconciliation.
http://hisaor.org/index.html
PeaceMakers Ministry
Equipping and assisting Christians and their congregations to respond to conflict biblically.
http://www.peacemaker.net
Shawchuck & Associates, Ltd.
Shawchuck & Associates, Ltd., provides management consultation and training services to Christian institutions and organizations and has been for over twenty years.
http://www.shawchuck.com/html/welcome.htm
Search Institute
Search Institute is a leading global innovator in discovering what children and adolescents need to become caring, healthy, and responsible adults. Drawing on extensive research, Search Institute brings hopeful solutions to pressing challenges in the lives of young people and their communities.
http://www.search-institute.org
ELCA Mutual Ministry
Pastor and People: Making Mutual Ministry Work is a leadership development program that contains reproducible tools for use with your council, committees, planning teams, other leadership groups, and the congregation as a whole. These tools are available online as a file that can be downloaded and customized, or purchased in book format.
http://www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Vocation/Rostered-Leadership/Leadership-Support/Mutual-Ministry.aspx
LCMS Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support
http://www.lcms.org/pages/default.asp?NavID=111
The Alban Institute
The Alban Institute is an independent center of learning and leadership development with a focus on congregations. Located in greater Washington, D.C., Alban is a not-for-profit, membership organization that develops and shares knowledge through consulting, publishing, research, and education programs.
http://www.alban.org/index.aspx
Speed Leas, Alban Consultant
Speed Leas is a nationally known consultant to religious organizations and an educator of church leaders, including pastors, laity, and church executives.
http://home.att.net/~speedleas/
Dr. George Bullard – Columbia Partnership
The Bullard Journal - http://www.bullardjournal.org/
Congregational and Denominational Leadership Coach
http://bullardjournal.blogs.com/about.html
GBullard@TheColumbiaPartnership.org
There are many books on conflict and change. Here are a few that are helpful to start with. The Alban Institute produces many such resources and is also a good starting place.
“Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times” by Peter L. Steinke, from The Alban Institute ISBN 878-1-56699-238-9
“Every Congregation Needs a Little Conflict” by George W. Bullard Jr., from Chalice Press ISBN 978-0-827208-19-3
“Confession and Forgiveness – Professing Faith as Ambassadors of Reconciliation” by Ted Kober, from Concordia Publishing House ISBN 0-7586-0063-1
“Change: Learning to Lead it and Living to Tell About It” by Jock E. Ficken, from Fairway Press ISBN 007880-1448-X
