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  • Excerpts from conversations between ministers of a dozen congregations that experienced significant growth in the early 2000s.
    By UUA Congregational Life: Growth Strategies For Congregations Office, Thom Belote | November 15, 2007 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach
  • The practice of self-descriptions creates a more accessible and inclusive space for participants who are blind or who have low-vision.
    By Gretchen Maune | March 15, 2024 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
  • All congregation sizes based on certified membership at the time the stories were shared.
    Congregational Story | August 26, 2013 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach
  • Stories, resources, ideas, and practices shared by congregations in the spirit of creative interchange, group learning, and emerging practices.
    Congregational Story | March 25, 2024 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Leadership Development
  • With unfortunate regularity, we hear heart-breaking stories of how honest and important debates in congregational life descend into nasty fights. Often, those in congregations where this happens express bewilderment that a fight could erupt. I too am bewildered, but my bewilderment is different....
    By Ian Evison, MidAmerica Region of the UUA | September 25, 2017 | From LeaderLab
  • Larry Ladd shares his wisdom from years of consulting with not-for-profit boards.
    Video | By Larry Ladd | September 15, 2017 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Governing Boards
  • Congregational boards hold the authority and responsibility for the congregation as an institution, as designated in the bylaws.
    Leader Resource | By Renee Ruchotzke, Larry Ladd | September 15, 2017 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Governing Boards
  • Congregational leaders today are facing challenges that have no easy answers or quick fixes. Developing practices that enable the congregation to use its collective wisdom to experiment with different ideas and approaches....
    Leader Resource | By Renee Ruchotzke | September 13, 2017 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Change & Conflict, Leadership Development
  • Policies and procedures are a way of telling future boards “this is our best thinking and guidance on this subject.” 
    Leader Resource | By Congregational Life | June 8, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Governing Boards, Governance for Congregations
  • Bylaws guide the congregation’s board in governing by articulating board structure and key fiduciary committees and processes for key decision-making.
    Leader Resource | By Congregational Life | June 8, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies