This conference will explore the challenges faced by congregations today and how they are responding to a rapidly changing environment. The pandemic accelerated many existing trends, and so the conference will be about the trends themselves and not just the pandemic. In addition to congregations, the results will be of interest to civic officials, governmental leaders, policymakers, philanthropists, and citizens concerned with the ability of traditional institutions to respond to rapid and often unsettling social change.

At this conference we will...

• Present findings and products from Religion and Urban Culture 2.0

• Discuss congregational responses to change, including the pandemic, racism, and other challenges

• Link participants in on-going dialogue with CTS