{"id":1807,"date":"2020-07-28T13:08:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/what-opportunities-does-crisis-present-to-thriving-congregations\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:57:12","slug":"what-opportunities-does-crisis-present-to-thriving-congregations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/what-opportunities-does-crisis-present-to-thriving-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"What Opportunities Does Crisis Present to Thriving Congregations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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What Opportunities Does Crisis Present to Thriving Congregations?<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n
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Our initial conversation was organized around the question: How can congregations proactively and positively face the challenges and opportunities represented by the Covid-19 pandemic?<\/p>\n

This broad theme will be focused in three areas:<\/p>\n

First,<\/strong> given the current Covid health crisis and the social justice consciousness that is emerging in communities around the country, churches are dealing with issues they have not had to deal with before, and pastors are, many times, under increased pressure to develop solutions to how these kinds of developments affect their congregations. But, can\u2014or should\u2014pastors and other leaders to seek to solve the problems that arise in times of crises? How might we adjust leadership and congregational culture to meet the challenges and opportunities we face in a crisis situation? Professor Quentin P. Kinnison will lead us in a discussion about how to rethink and reimagine pastoral leadership.<\/p>\n