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Congregational Life's focus is on creating and revitalizing congregational cultures that are deep in faith and engaged in evangelism, developing new churches and faith communities and assessing and reconfiguring local churches. Here you will find information on accessibility ministries, age-related ministries, forms, congregational development and redevelopment, laity and other resources.

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Grace Shines Through Town and Rural Churches

Pastors and lay members from small-town and rural churches gathered at Grace UMC in Dixon for the annual Town and Rural Church Festival, themed “Glimpses of God’s Grace.” The event…

Cultivating Healthy Congregations

The Prairie Central District Shepherding Team is bringing Rev. Jim Ozier back to Northern Illinois for Culture Shift: Cultivating Healthy Congregations, a one-day experience focused on helping…

With Warm Faith, Pastors Seek to Counter ICE

United Methodists are striving to lead courageously as their cities face threats of militarization and an onslaught of masked federal agents. In both the Northern Illinois (and othe…

What It Means to Be a Reconciling Church

The people of Friendship United Methodist Church in Bolingbrook, a Reconciling community, aim to move from saying “all are welcome” to living “all are home.”