What does it mean for the Church to flourish in the 21st century?
What does such a church community look like? What factors lead to its flourishing?
These are questions on the minds and hearts of many amidst cultural shifts and changing patterns of affiliation, engagement, and renewal.
To explore these questions, we have embarked on a journey to empirically study and reflect on what “Flourishing and the Church” looks like across a wide range of congregations and communities in the US and around the world.
Exploring the many dimensions of Flourishing and the Church: Individual, Congregation, and Community
Flourishing and the Church aims to build bridges between people, disciplines, and ways of learning. Our team includes academics, practitioners, and creatives with shared commitment to asking big questions side by side, knowing that we will learn more together than in silos. We approach our work by studying three interconnected dimensions of flourishing among Individual Christians, Congregations, and Local Communities.
Learn more about our research, creative work, and learning to date.