The Post Pandemic Church
The Post Pandemic Church
"I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord;
they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope."
Jeremiah 29:11
The work of the post-pandemic church might begin with these powerful and hopeful words of the prophet Jeremiah. The post-pandemic church is not the unique nature of what the church will be at some unknown point in time in the future. The post-pandemic church is the church of today and tomorrow. And while we are forever changed by what we've experienced in the post-modern church, we have learned. As congregations anticipate moving from a pandemic to endemic time, we acknowledge that our journey of the last two years has necessarily and forever changed who we are as people of faith. And, there is hope. There are insights and there are new understandings to help us consider our present and future. We can begin by being intentional about how we gather in community, focus on what will spark our mission and reflect how it proclaims our vision, as we plan a way forward.
As we move ahead in these times, there are leaders with questions about planning for the future. These questions are voiced in a variety of ways:
- "How should we be planning for the post-pandemic church?"
- "How are we called to be the church in a liminal time?"
- "Can or will we recover hope?"
- "What will be the most impactful ways to gather post-pandemic?"
- "What should our priorities be in a culture of anxiety, fear, and division?"
- And the ever growing uncertainty of, "Will they come back?"
We are listening. We hear your questions. We recognize the unique challenges before you.
Each congregation will name a different question as the most prominent. On this page you will find curated resources to guide, support, prompt, inform, and assist leaders and congregation's in living the call God sets before the church today.
Post-Pandemic Church - A regularly curated list of resources for clergy, leaders, and congregations.