Leadership – Page 2 – Still Waters

What If Churches Were Missional Outposts?

In March, we were able to hold our 2nd Urban Legacy Gathering, where twenty-two San Francisco PCUSA churches gathered together. This time we were able to gather ALL 22! Since this was the second gathering, we wanted to continue the energy and excitement from the last gathering. While the first gathering focused on getting to…

April 5, 2012

Theresa Cho

Dying Churches, Leadership, Missional, Presbytery of San Francisco, Urban Legacy Convocation

Change, Leadership, missional, PCUSA, Urban Ministry

What If Churches Were Missional Outposts?

How to Shape Conversations in the 21st Century? Part III

At the Next conference, I shared about a gathering where we gathered the 22 churches in San Francisco to see how we could better partner with one another and address some of the issues that urban churches face. The first gathering was getting to know each other and putting together a document that named our…

March 27, 2012

Theresa Cho

Church, Dying Churches, Leadership, Matthew, PCUSA, Presbytery of San Francisco, Racial Ethnic, Scripture, Urban Legacy Convocation, Urban Ministry

Change, Community, Diversity, Leadership, PCUSA, Urban Ministry

The World Is Flat or Is It? – Changes in Presbytery & GA

9 The headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine. He didn’t know where it came from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. (John 2.9) Jesus chose as his first miracle to change water into wine. Seems like a mundane trick to choose as your first “hey guys, look what I can do”…

March 14, 2012

Theresa Cho

Biennial Review, General Assembly, John, Leadership, PCUSA, Presbytery of San Francisco, Scripture

Change, General Assembly, Leadership, Open Space, PCUSA, Water, water into wine

What’s Next PCUSA? Living in the Wilderness

1 Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. (Luke 4.1) We are in the season of Lent – a time when we reflect on Jesus entering into the wilderness where he was tempted for 40 days and 40 nights. This event of temptations…

February 29, 2012

Theresa Cho

Church, Lent, Next Conference, PCUSA

Change, Community, Diversity, Leadership, Lent, PCUSA

Future of Urban Ministry: You Say Potato, I Say Potahto

I grew up watching the Electric Company. I loved the “Hey, you guys!” calling me to watch the show. I loved the Spiderman comic. I loved Morgan Freeman. What I especially remember is the two silhouettes whispering a part of a word and sounding out each syllable until it formed one word. Two people, two mouths, two…

December 13, 2011

Theresa Cho

Church, Leadership, PCUSA, Presbytery of San Francisco, Racial Ethnic, Urban Legacy Convocation, Urban Ministry

Change, Diversity, Leadership, PCUSA, Urban Ministry

Urban Ministry: What Will Be Our Legacy?

Below is what came out of the Urban Legacy Convocation, a gathering of twenty-two San Francisco Presbyterian churches. Out of in-depth conversations, the document and painting encompasses the legacy that we want to live into. “What comes next” will be the next important step which will begin to focus how we can partner to make…

July 21, 2011

Theresa Cho

Dying Churches, Leadership, Presbytery of San Francisco, Urban Legacy Convocation

Change, Leadership, PCUSA, Urban Ministry

How to Revive a Dying Church

And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. (Ephesians 17-19)…

July 9, 2011

Theresa Cho

Dying Churches

Change, Leadership, Revive

10 Ways Pastors Muck It Up

After posting a blog about my observations of a dying church, there were comments given that made me think it wasn’t a bad idea to blog about ways pastors can muck it up as well. After all as the saying goes, “it takes two to tango.” Certainly in my experience I have observed and witnessed…

June 20, 2011

Theresa Cho

Church, Dying Churches, Leadership, PCUSA

Leadership, PCUSA

How to Shape Conversations in the 21st Century? Part II

20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” (Matthew 18.20) Back in February, I led a process sponsored by the six agencies of the General Assembly (GA) of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (Office of General Assembly, Board of Pensions, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, Presbyterian Church Foundation, Investment and Loan…

June 19, 2011

Theresa Cho

Church, Dying Churches, Leadership, Matthew, PCUSA, Presbytery of San Francisco, Racial Ethnic, Scripture, Urban Legacy Convocation

Change, Leadership, PCUSA

Ten Observations of a Dying Church

6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. (Matthew 13.6) I recently wrote a blog about how to kill a dying church, asking questions about what to do with so many churches dying. I think the challenge is recognizing the signs that a church…

June 13, 2011

Theresa Cho

Church, Dying Churches, Matthew, PCUSA, Presbytery of San Francisco, Scripture

Change, Leadership, PCUSA, St. John’s Presbyterian Church