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Congregational Flourishing in a Canadian Context

This video is part of the Maple Spirit Pulse video series from the Institute for Religion, Culture and Societal Futures (IRCSF) at the University of Waterloo

In this video, Joel Thiessen, Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Social Sciences department, and Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University, explains the concept of flourishing congregations, and what this phenomenon currently looks like in the Canadian context. 


Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme

Associate Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo

Joel Thiessen

Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Social Sciences department, and Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University