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The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture is pleased to be partnering with the Rosemead School of Psychology’s Mental Health and the Church Initiative to provide coaching to 100 pastors through theFlourishing in Ministry program.

As part of Thriving Congregations: A Series on Leadership, experts in mental and physical health shared their perspectives and practical exercises to support your wellbeing and engage with your members on wellness issues.

The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC) has compiled a list of congregations affected by the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires.

This toolkit includes resources from CRCC’s work. With it, we seek to guide faith leaders on their journey of reimagining how religion can be lived out communally.

Register for one or more sessions of a series will help you consider your own leadership style, the state of your organization and the needs of your community.

Pepperdine University Professor and 2023 President of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Thema Bryant spoke about the lingering impact of the pandemic on faith leaders and congregations.

Fresno Pacific University, Associate Professor Quentin P. Kinnison, provides insights on what it means to transform pastoral leadership.

Will congregations recover after the trauma of the pandemic? 

Will Twitter survive Elon Musk? Or will alternative social media platforms provide a better home for thriving communities? 

What will become of all the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts spurred by the murder of George Floyd, now that racial justice is not making headlines? 

Locally, can progressive movements use newfound positions of power to make a dent in the social issues that plague Los Angeles?

Even as religious affiliation continues to decline, CRCC’s research on religious creativity and innovation has found groups that are thriving across religious traditions.