The late Church historian Phyllis Tickle famously said, “About every 500 years, Christianity holds a giant Rummage Sale and changes how they do things.” PneuMatrix was created to affordably bring Adaptive Change Leadership to congregations, clergy, and denominational governing bodies as we face this post-Christendom world. You might say we work on the rummage sale sorting process with you. We offer various services to congregations and denominational bodies across a trans-denominational spectrum.
We specialize in coaching congregations during pastoral transitions, minister search assistance, congregational transformation, conflict prevention/response, and staff “right-sizing” – for individual congregations or larger denominational judicatories. In this post-COVID era, where a classic 5-year strategic plan is impractical, we focus on training church leaders to view their world through a new Adaptive Change lens. This approach helps navigate the ever-changing landscape effectively.
Over half of our PCUSA congregations consist of fewer than 100 members. The initial experience of being unable to afford full-time clergy leadership significantly impacts a church’s mindset. While some adapt, others struggle. PneuMatrix provides opportunities to concentrate on these congregations and clergy in less than full-time pastorates, exploring possibilities for doing something different together.
“Designing for the New Norm” to assist these congregations and their pastors in discerning sustainable paths forward.
How Can We Help You
- Healthy Pastor Transitions
- Mission Study Assistance
- Vision and Mission Development
- Pastor Search Assistance
- Designing for the New Norm
- Conflict Transformation/Mediation
- Adaptive Change Training for Judicatory Leaders
- Clergy Coaching
- Coaching First 100 Days for a New Pastor
- Staff Team Reorganization
- Team Building
- Providing Trained Interim Ministers
- Outreach Strategy Development
- Navigating Mergers and Legacies
Animal Farm Assessment
Animal Farm is a lighthearted assessment tool to help your staff, leadership teams, or congregation identify how you see your church individually and as a group.
Animal Farm has been provided for your use by PneuMatrix without cost.
How to Hire Us
PneuMatrix suggests an initial conversation at no charge, to hear the presenting needs, discern best approaches and review consultation options. Once we have reached an agreement about the challenge/opportunity to be dealt with, we will create a proposal for services – a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) detailing the deliverables by each party.
Our commitment is to provide help and hope to congregations and clergy in as economical and affordable a way as possible. We will work diligently with every opportunity to work within your financial boundaries and offer a variety of options to that end. We welcome the opportunity to discern with you how our abilities and your needs or interests might intersect
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