In April this year, Tyndale University in Toronto, Ontario is hosting an event that combines a book launch and a practical workshop centred on The Stories Congregations Tell: Flourishing in the Face of Transition and Change. This gathering will provide research-backed insights, theological reflections, and actionable tools to help your congregation harness the power of storytelling to navigate change, foster belonging, and thrive in ministry.

The Stories Congregations Tell features detailed case study research from seven dynamic Canadian congregations across theological traditions and geographical regions. Readers will encounter narratives that congregations tell themselves through a myriad of congregational and social transitions, accounts that shape how congregations interpret, frame, approach, and ultimately flourish in ministry. This book offers social scientific analysis and theological reflection on the stories congregations tell and the function those stories play for a congregation’s culture, along with practical and hopeful applications to arise from this research.

The event will be hosted on Wednesday, April 30th, from 1:30PM – 4:30PM, EDT at Tyndale University in Toronto, Ontario. If you cannot attend the event in-person, you can also attend over Zoom.