Client List2021-09-23T15:12:16-04:00

Who We Serve: Consulting

For over 30 years, Partners has provided services that empower congregations, helping the stewards of sacred places articulate and enhance the social, cultural, and economic value of their buildings and ministries for the wider community. Partners has helped over 200 congregations across the United States live out their mission and preserve their buildings.

Capital Campaign and Study Clients

First United Methodist Church

Pasadena, CA

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church

Albany, CA

Center Church

Hartford, CT

Church of the Good Shepherd

Hartford, CT

First Church of Christ, Congregational

Suffield, CT

First Presbyterian Church

Stamford, CT

Grace Episcopal Church

Windsor, CT

Second Baptist Church

Suffield, CT

Trinity Episcopal Church

Hartford, CT

Luther Memorial Church

Des Moines, IA

Central Congregational Church

Galesburg, IL

Coppin Memorial AME Church

Chicago, IL

Dominican Province St. Albert

Chicago, IL

First United Methodist Church

Oak Park, IL

Greater Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church

Chicago, IL

Immaculate Conception & St. Joseph’s

Chicago, IL

Lake Street Church

Evanston, IL

North Shore Baptist Church

Chicago, IL

Olivet Baptist Church

Chicago, IL

Our Lady of Hope

Chicago, IL

Our Lady of Victory

Chicago, IL

Shrine of Christ the King the Sovereign Priest

Chicago, IL

St. Ita Catholic Church

Chicago, IL

St. John United Church of Christ

Arlington Heights, IL

St. Matthias Parish

Chicago, IL

St. Pius V Catholic Church

Chicago, IL

St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish

Chicago, IL

Joy of All Who Sorrow

Indianapolis, IN

Wabash Presbyterian Church

Wabash, IN

First Parish Church

Plymouth, MA

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

Hagerstown, MD

All Saints Episcopal Church

Pontiac, MI

Basilica of St. Lawrence

Asheville, NC

Pilgrim United Church of Christ

Brentwood, NH

St. Mary & Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church

Nashua, NH

Friendship Baptist Church

Brooklyn, NY

Historic Parsells Church

Rochester, NY

Judson Memorial Church

New York, NY

Old First Reformed Church

Brooklyn, NY

First Church in Oberlin

Oberlin, OH

First Lutheran Church

Cincinnatti, OH

Church of the Holy Trinity

Philadelphia, PA

First Presbyterian Church

Pittsburgh, PA

Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion

Philadelphia, PA

Old Pine Street Church

Philadelphia, PA

St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church

Philadelphia, PA

St. Fancis de Sales Catholic Church

Philadelphia, PA

Washington Memorial Chapel

Valley Forge, PA

Trinity Episcopal Church

Newport, RI

Divine Redeemer Presbyterian Church and House of Neighborly Service

San Antonio, TX

Waitsfield United Church of Christ

Waitsfield, VT

Christ Church Cathedral

Eau Claire, WI

St. John’s Lutheran Church

Atlanta, GA

Indiana Landmarks

Indianapolis, IN

Gateway College

Florence , KY

Church on the Hill

Lenox, MA

Saint James Place

Great Barrington, MA

University Lutheran Church

Cambridge, MA

Centenary United Methodist Church

St. Louis, MO

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Greenville, NC

Trinity-St. Phillips Cathedral

Newark, NJ

First Congregational Church

Montclair, NJ

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Syracuse, NY

First Church in Oberlin

Oberlin, OH

St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church

Hamilton, Ontario

Calvary Presbyterian Church

Wyncote, PA

Emmanuel Lutheran

Lancaster, PA

Friends Center

Philadelphia, PA

Lancaster Theological Seminary

Lancaster, PA

Lutheran Theological Seminary

Philadelphia, PA

National Park Service NE

Philadelphia, PA

Reinvestment Fund

Philadelphia, PA

Saints Pete & Paul/East Liberty Development Incorporated

Pittsburgh, PA

St. James School/St. James the Less

Philadelphia, PA

HeadsUp INC

Providence, RI

Fain Presbyterian Church

Wichita Falls, TX

North Texas Conference UMC

Plano, TX

Union Missionary Baptist Church

Jefferson, TX
Capital Campaigns

An Interview with The Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Frank

The Rev. Dr. Thomas Frank has served as a pastor, teacher and leader in United Methodism and historic preservation for decades, in recent years serving as University Professor at Wake Forest University and President of Partners for Sacred Places. In the wake of the publication of his book, Historic [...]

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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 for Historic Preservation, works to help many of America’s most significant congregations advance the care and use of their historic properties. The only program of its kind in the [...]

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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.

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