Preserving an Oasis: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fort Myers in Transition
By Emilie Haertsch In September 2024, Partners spoke with the Rev. Sue Gabrielson and Bill Petrarca of the Unitarian Un [...]
St. Adalbert’s Catholic Church: An Immigrant Story
By David Frederick Learning to tell a compelling story is one of the hallmarks of the New Dollars/New Partners training [...]
An Interview with The Rev. Dr. Donna Shaper
Spending time with The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper, one of the founders of Bricks and Mortals in New York City, is always ti [...]
National Fund for Sacred Places: Congregations Complete Their Capital Projects in 2021
The National Fund for Sacred Places, a program of Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration with the National Trust f [...]
Fear Not! Capital Campaigns in the Time of COVID
Congregations that had begun capital campaign projects before the pandemic or those just about to launch a campaign successfully developed novel solutions. Capital campaigns are organized, planned efforts to raise substantial sums of money in a relatively short period to make capital improvements, fund new ministries, or perhaps create an endowment – and are never easy in the best of circumstances.
Black Faith Leaders Convening
They marched down the center aisle of the hallowed halls of the magnificent Concord Baptist Church of God and Christ in Brooklyn, New York. Hundreds of people arrived with solemn faces for the occasion, led by Dr. Gary V. Simpson, Senior Pastor, and the esteemed Vernon Jordan. These were the toilers in the vineyard, leaders of an interfaith array of congregations from across the United States: civil rights icons, activists and advocates, spiritual leaders, businesspeople.
SACRED PLACES / Faith and Form from the President
IT’S BECOMING INCREASINGLY APPARENT to civic leaders across America that many of our congregations, especially in older urban and rural communities, have declined in size over the last several decades [...]
Transitioning Older and Historic Sacred Places
It’s becoming increasingly apparent to civic leaders across America – including leaders in government, philanthropy, re [...]
New Dollars/New Partners: Helping Congregations Maximize their Buildings for 17 Years
In 2003, Partners for Sacred Places piloted the New Dollars/New Partners training program to teach congregations the sk [...]
2019 Annual Report Now Available
A Message from our Leadership Looking back at the last year from the perspective of 2020, we are struck by something sa [...]