{"id":103566,"date":"2025-03-14T21:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/?page_id=103566"},"modified":"2026-02-06T21:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:10:36","slug":"thriving-congregations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/home\/community\/thriving-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Thriving Congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--interactive-content-pane \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--interactive-content-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"left\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Flourishing in Ministry\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"pagination-wrapper\">\n      <ul class=\"interactive-content-pane-pagination\"><\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"right\">\n          <div class=\"swiper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                The Program\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Faith leaders will receive FREE coaching designed to help them experience a sense of fulfillment and growth in their daily work lives, while serving others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10-week program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Individual and group work<br \/>\n&#8211; Spiritually and scientifically grounded practices<br \/>\n&#8211; Tools to track wellbeing<br \/>\n&#8211; 90-min\/week time commitment<br \/>\n&#8211; $1,000 stipend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                              <ul>\n                                            <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/flourishing-in-ministry-program-offers-coaching-to-socal-pastors\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Learn More &#038; Apply\"  \n>\n    Learn More &#038; Apply \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                What does it mean to &#8220;Flourish in Ministry&#8221;?\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Mental Health and the Church Initiative produced a model of Flourishing in Ministry, based on 10 years of scientific research with 20,000 pastors.<\/p>\n<p>This model includes five key dimensions: Daily wellbeing, resilience, thriving, authenticity and a healthy relational ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Within each dimension, practices that are grounded in Christian spiritual disciplines boost pastors\u2019 wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                              <ul>\n                                            <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/flourishing-in-ministry-program-offers-coaching-to-socal-pastors\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Learn More &#038; Apply\"  \n>\n    Learn More &#038; Apply \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Why should I participate?\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Pastoring a church can be fulfilling work \u2014 and it also can be demanding. By participating in the Flourishing in Ministry coaching, you will be taking <strong>preventative and proactive steps\u00a0<\/strong>to avoid illness, burnout and even depression.<\/p>\n<p>It is not professional counseling. Rather, coaches facilitate a process of self-discovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Flourishing in Ministry works with you as a fellow traveler<\/strong>,\u201d says Bishop Kenneth Ulmer, pastor emeritus of Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, CA. \u201cNot walking backward with you into the past; not above you as an expert; not even walking ahead of you. They will walk with you encouraging, assisting and enabling you to release all that God has ordained and called you to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                              <ul>\n                                            <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/flourishing-in-ministry-program-offers-coaching-to-socal-pastors\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Learn More &#038; Apply\"  \n>\n    Learn More &#038; Apply \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Who runs the program?\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project is a partnership with the Rosemead School of Psychology&#8217;s Church and Mental Health Initiative. The Initiative will deliver the program with certified coaches at no cost to participants.<\/p>\n<p>The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture will track the impact of the coaching program to see how it affects the pastors\u2019 lives and work, as well as their congregations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                              <ul>\n                                            <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/flourishing-in-ministry-program-offers-coaching-to-socal-pastors\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Learn More &#038; Apply\"  \n>\n    Learn More &#038; Apply \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                How can I participate?\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The program is directed at senior clergy at Christian congregations in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is to offer free coaching to 100 leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the link to learn more, then fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdkGcceoNrlmAps-y8_b_Sbra2_G0l_eKQamHQzZufH5ziXVg\/viewform\">interest form<\/a> to be contacted about participating in the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                              <ul>\n                                            <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/flourishing-in-ministry-program-offers-coaching-to-socal-pastors\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Learn More &#038; Apply\"  \n>\n    Learn More &#038; Apply \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"background-images\">\n          <div class=\"swiper swiper-background-images\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                          <\/div>\n\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Featured Resource<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Reimagining Church: A Toolkit\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Even as religious affiliation declines in the United States, some faith groups across religious traditions continue to thrive. 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divides in our country.<\/p>\n<p>Those divides often extend into religious congregations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/conflict-and-congregations-how-churches-respond-to-politics-and-the-pandemic\/\n    aria-label=\"Read Story about Conflict and Congregations: How Churches Respond to Politics and the Pandemic\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 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More than 70 clergy and faith-inspired community leaders met in an airy space at the Hotel Maya in Long Beach for a half-day conference to discuss the challenges and lessons of the pandemic\u2013and simply to gather, mindful of public health precautions, to share stories and fellowship after a long period of isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/reimagining-again-key-lessons-on-ministry-sustainability-in-a-post-pandemic-world\/\n    aria-label=\"Read Story about Reimagining (Again): Key Lessons on Ministry Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic World\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" 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In the midst of the storm, God is present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          \n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLnlWx5Hui4MqIrwt_UtOLppXmrYchQK1y\n  target=\"_blank\"    \n>\n    Watch Conversations on Thriving \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FCO\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                  <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n      <div id=\"card-368274307\" class=\"video-pane-video-inner lity-hide is-landscape\">\n\n              <div class=\"video-embed\">\n          <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sIDYpSLQrXA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"left\">\n                      <h3>Leading Outside the Confines of Culture<\/h3>\n          \n                      <span class=\"card-name\">Mark Labberton<\/span>\n          \n                      <span class=\"card-name-title\">Fuller Seminary<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"right\">\n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>We are products of a culture that has mesmerizingly told us what to say and do and how to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          \n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLnlWx5Hui4MqIrwt_UtOLppXmrYchQK1y\n  target=\"_blank\"    \n>\n    Watch Conversations on Thriving \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FCO\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                  <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n      <div id=\"card-717436621\" class=\"video-pane-video-inner lity-hide is-landscape\">\n\n              <div class=\"video-embed\">\n          <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PDE_dlhRKVY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"left\">\n                      <h3>Social Justice and Congregations<\/h3>\n          \n                      <span class=\"card-name\">Rabbi Sharon Brous, Pastor Stephen &#8220;Cue&#8221; Jn-Marie, Robert Chao Romero<\/span>\n          \n                      <span class=\"card-name-title\">Panel on Social Justice<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"right\">\n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>We have to be both pastor and prophet. We have to tend to the wounds of the hearts of our community members who are in incredible anguish and pain right now, and we have to look systemically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          \n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLnlWx5Hui4MqIrwt_UtOLppXmrYchQK1y\n  target=\"_blank\"    \n>\n    Watch Conversations on Thriving \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FCO\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                  <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n                                                \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--photo-wall \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--photo-wall\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"heading-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          About the Initiative\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Center for Religion and Civic Culture&#8217;s research on innovative religious and spiritual communities in Southern California and Seoul, South Korea gave rise to our conception of reimagined communities or thriving congregations.<\/p>\n<p>CRCC developed programing to help others think about how they could reimagine their ministries, starting with a series of virtual\u00a0 conversations in 2020 and 2021, the &#8220;Reimagine (Again)&#8221; conference in 2022, and the Reimagining Church cohort program in 2023. CRCC also hosted a series of events open to all leaders through <em>Thriving Congregations: A Series on Leadership<\/em>, designed to provide leadership and congregational development training.<\/p>\n<p>These efforts continue through our research to understand the relationship between leaders&#8217; wellbeing and the health of their congregations, in partnership with the Rosemead School of Psychology.<\/p>\n<p>The Thriving Congregations Initiative has been supported by the Lilly Endowment and the John Templeton Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"photos-container\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"grid-sizer\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"gutter-sizer\"><\/div>\n\n      \n                                                                                          \n                <div class=\"photo\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n         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xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M28,7v7.9h-2.6l0-3.4l-4.3,4.3c-0.3,0.3-0.6,0.4-0.9,0.4s-0.7-0.1-0.9-0.4c-0.5-0.5-0.5-1.3,0-1.9l4.3-4.3h-3.4V7H28z M7,28v-7.9h2.6v3.4l4.3-4.3c0.5-0.5,1.3-0.5,1.9,0c0.5,0.5,0.5,1.3,0,1.9l-4.3,4.3h3.4V28H7z\"\/><\/svg>\n              <\/a>\n                      <\/div>\n      \n      <\/div>\n\n            <div id=\"photo-1161257155\" class=\"photo-lightbox lity-hide\">\n        <div class=\"text-container\">\n                      <h3>The Jazz of Leadership<\/h3>\n          \n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Ronald McCurdy, professor of music at the USC Thornton School of Music, and\u00a0Ken Perlman, adjunct professor of management and organization at the USC Marshall School of 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decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/11\/IMG_8776_Jazz-small-1080x0-c-default.jpeg\"\n                    \n        \n                  alt=\"Piano player in foreground with bass and trumpet player in background\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n                <div id=\"photo-934840322\" class=\"photo-lightbox lity-hide\">\n        <div class=\"text-container\">\n                      <h3>Reimagining (Again) Conference<\/h3>\n          \n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Faith leaders in Southern California gathered in-person to discuss impacts of pandemic on ministries and a path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          \n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= 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