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.
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 |

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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 said by The Rev. James Moody, pastor of Quinn Chapel AME Church, the first African American church established in the city of Chicago: By restoring the congregation’s connection to t [...]