Moving Faith Forward: The Future of the Church in Uncertain Times

December 3, 2025

Moving Faith Forward: The Future of the Church in Uncertain Times

Karen Cress | 2019

Abstract

This curriculum, designed for three Continuing EducationUnits (3 CEUs), intends to help pastoral teams in America who want tosuccessfully lead congregationstoward an uncertain future to challenge theirassumptions and biases of hindsight, insight, and foresight, and create a newroad map to position their church for thefuture. The curriculum begins withpatterns of the past and ends with patterns of the future organization.Participants learn new skills in historical mapping,designing Causal Loop Diagrams,completing both S.T.E.E.P.S. and S.W.O.T. analyses on their communities,completing a Business Model Canvas and a ValueProposition Canvas. Also, theywill learn common business models, ending with evaluating their plans withorganizational design’s goal evaluation tool and creatingan implementationschedule to act on the roadmaps made throughout the course.

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