Consulting Services
Partners builds the capability of congregational leadership for building care, shared use, and capital fundraising through training programs, fundraising assistance, and organizational and facility assessments. In the process, Partners becomes a trusted resource and guide as congregations examine and weigh opportunities.
Every sacred place is the center of a unique network for parishioners, neighbors, and friends. Having worked with thousands of sacred places across the country, Partners is uniquely positioned to help faith and lay leaders leverage these networks. Built on groundbreaking research and decades of diverse experiences, Partners’ expertise has helped congregations meet, and exceed, their goals – both in fundraising and community impact.
Partners consulting services can bring these unique tools, expertise, and resources to your congregation and community. Partners’ model focuses on the gifts, talents, and resources of every sacred place and their community to enhance the congregation’s capacity to meet the needs of the present and plan for the future!
Capital Campaign Services assist congregations to design and implement a fundraising campaign that leverages community-wide support.
Feasibility, Discovery, and Readiness Studies help congregations identify congregational and community support for capital improvements and civic impact.
Community Engagement Services assist congregations to build and strengthen relationships with neighbors and partners to increase investment in, and active use of, their historic buildings.
Space-Sharing and Adaptive Re-use assessments and tools assist congregations to develop strategies to activate underutilized spaces aligning with the congregation’s mission and vision.
Halo Valuation analyses give congregations language and tools to understand and communicate their impact to community and civic stakeholders.
A Dying Church’s Gift Inspires a Young Congregation to Help People Experiencing Homelessness
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16th Street Baptist Tells Its Powerful Story
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Community Partnerships Enliven Indiana Churches
St. Paul’s will use a challenge grant from the Church Buildings for Collaborative Partnerships program to restore the belltower of its historic Gothic Revival building in LaPorte.The Rev. Canon Michelle I Walker In a new initiative sponsored by the Episcopal Dioceses of Indianapolis and Northern [...]
Houses of Worship Central to Disaster Recovery
In August of 2017, the city of Houston braced itself for a hurricane named Harvey making its way toward landfall. Houstonians are no strangers to major storm systems, but none expected Harvey to cause the damage it did. The storm stalled over the city for three days and dumped over 50 inches of rai [...]