DUKE UNIVERSITY

Using data-informed insights, we help clergy, seminaries, and religious leaders gain perspective, thrive amidst stress, and evolve and adapt with cultural change... The United States is undergoing profound religious change. We believe churches, seminaries, denominations, and allied organizations that understand the impacts of these cultural shifts will be better able to adapt and thrive in the future. To that end, we use the tools of social science to deepen understanding, spark conversations, and develop resources on the training and formation of faith leaders and communities who contribute to the common good... Combining videos, workbook content, guided discussion and complementary readings, Pastor & Parish is a six-session series for United Methodist staff-parish relations committees that ties the committee's responsibilities back to their spiritual beginnings. Pastors who completed Pastor & Parish with their SPRC formed important bonds, discovered a new language for working with..