Church Consulting Congregations are looking for assistance in meeting the increasingly complex challenges of mission, ministry and congregational life. Programmatic, cookie-cutter answers are now often viewed as inadequate to meet these challenges. The need is growing for church consultants who can provide more personalized, context-specific help to congregations in need. One size definitely does not fit all in today's world. The Institute starts with your natural understanding of what should be happening in your congregation and help make these expectations a reality. When trying to determine best overall courses of action, or how to respond effectively to change, congregations find that our impartial but interested perspective can provide important direction and encouragement. Through consultation, we help churches face a variety of challenges from both inside and outside the congregation. Consultants are trained in helping staffs, deacons, boards, councils, or other leadership groups during these challenges. Our consultants assist congregations in developing a process that engages many people in the discovery of solutions. Church consultants help congregations with challenges such as these: