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"The team at CPR came to us when we were truly at a crossroads. Other efforts of revitalizing our small congregation had felt like "trial and error" -- mostly error. With practical advice on worship excellence, branding and stewardship, CPR helped us find our voice as a boldly progressive congregation. Over the past six months our worship attendance has grown by 25%. We still have much work to do, but now we can envision a future with hope."
Rev. Ann Ralosky
Senior Minister, First Congregational Church, Montclair, NJ.
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Coy James Coy James has spent almost 30 years in volunteer and lay-staff leadership at the Cathedral of Hope UCC in Dallas Texas during a period of extraordinary growth. In the corporate world he had a 20-year professional career in Communication and Instructional Design at Abbott Laboratories. He can use this experience and his knowledge about best practices in Branding, Communication, Stewardship and Strategic Planning to make a positive difference for your church. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Lisa Depaz Lisa is the pastor of the Hispanic Community Church in Jamaica Plain, Boston, a new church founded in 2001 by Lisa and her husband Cesar, at which Lisa has focused on the spiritual and numerical growth of the church in order to become a multiplying church. Since then, they have started four more churches in Massachusetts. Lisa also has served as the women's representative and interim president of the UCC Council of Hispanic Ministries, and currently is president of the New England region. She also has served on a variety of committees within the Massachusetts Conference. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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William McKinney Bill spent 14 years as president of Pacific School of Religion, 11 years as dean at Hartford Seminary, and 11 years as the national research director for the United Church of Christ’s Board for Homeland Ministries. His academic training is in Sociology of Religion and American Religious History, and he is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Michael Piazza Rev. Piazza served as the senior pastor of the Cathedral of Hope during a time of unprecedented growth. When he arrived in Dallas in 1987, the church had 280 members and a budget of $280,000. When he retired to become Dean of the Cathedral, the church's membership was more than 3,500, with a consolidated budget of more than $3 million. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Ken Samuel Ken organized the Victory for the World Church in March of 1987. Victory for the World has dual standing as an Independent Baptist Church and an active congregation of the United Church of Christ. Situated in a growing eastern suburb of Atlanta called Stone Mountain, the Victory Church seeks to address the total needs of the total person through a broad array of ministries and services which promote the spiritual development, educational enhancement, physical fitness and social empowerment of every child of God – regardless of race, gender, culture, class or sexual orientation. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Glenna Shepherd Glenna has served as senior minister of two congregations, as a church planter, music minister, interim minister, and, prior to coming to the UCC, as the equivalent of a conference minister for Metropolitan Community Churches, where she worked with congregations in Europe and Africa. She has developed resources for both church growth and worship training. Presently, she is Senior Minister of Decatur United Church of Christ in Decatur, Georgia. Additionally, her ministry includes coaching and consulting for CPR. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Cameron Trimble Rev. Cameron Trimble is the Executive Director of the Center for Progressive Renewal. She most recently served as an advisor to the Congregational Vitality and Discipleship Team of Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ and as Associate Conference Minister of Church Development in the Southeast Conference of the UCC. She works with almost every new church in the United Church of Christ and many new churches in other mainline denominations. She is the co-author of the book, Liberating Hope: Daring to Renew the Mainline Church. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
