Services

The strength of 3:STRANDS Consulting is the diversity, interdependence, and long-range connectivity of the services we provide to churches and nonprofit organizations.  

You can learn more about the solutions that 3:STRANDS provides by selecting from the menu below.

Branding + Communications
Leadership Development + Coaching
Ministry Strengths Assessments
Pastoral Transitions + Church Staffing
Succession Planning
Nonprofit Board Assessment + Development
Church Giving + Generosity Development

 Branding + Communications

If your neighbors only knew…

Your neighbors already have a distinct impression of who you are and what you do even if they have never been a guest in your church. The question is—do they have the right impression? Opportunities abound for your neighbors to connect to God through your ministry. Your ministry’s name, logo, sign, website, printed publications, newspaper ads, etc. all create a perception.

Relevance is relative. Relevance is in the eye of the beholder. 3:STRANDS Consulting provides the communications resources and products you need to ensure that your message is heard accurately and clearly.

Brand + Identity Development

Benefits:

  • Establish a core brand and identity to communicate the mission.
  • Develop a comprehensive marketing plan.
  • Professional, experienced multi-channel marketing and design resources.

Results:

  • Launch a visual and virtual presence in the ministry region and with constituents that initiates greater organizational strength and support.
  • Establish consistency in your brand and overall messaging.
  • Create a recognizable identity for the organization.

Communications Audit

Benefits:

  • Receive a comprehensive review of your ministry’s communication touch points.
  • Understand where potential communication gaps exist.

Results:

  • Improve your overall communication with your congregation or donors.
  • Create a customized ministry communication strategy + plan.

Contact me if you’d like to talk through the possibility of completing a brand+ identity development or a communications audit + plan for your ministry.

Leadership Development + Coaching

Benefits:

  • Identify where you are, establish what you will do, and determine what resources you need to achieve your desired goals.
  • Build staff cohesiveness, collaboration, and effectiveness.
  • Improve personal and organizational leadership skills.

Results:

  • Realize personal and organizational dreams and ministry goals.
  • Gain a clearer sense of direction and purpose.
  • Unity in thought and purpose amongst staff and board.

Contact me if you’d like to talk through the possibility of completing a leadership development or coaching plan for your senior leadership team.

Ministry Strengths Assessments

You can’t read the label from inside the bottle.

When it comes to issues in which we have a huge personal investment we risk losing our objectivity. 3:STRANDS Consulting delivers an outside perspective, balanced by the knowledge you and your leaders have of the what’s and whys of your ministry to help you achieve your vision and mission. A vision cannot be measured; a plan can. Plans allow you to translate overarching visions into individual steps. We provide the resources you need to accomplish your personal and ministry plans.

Ministry Strength Assessments + Planning

Benefits:

  • Strategic thought leadership for present and future ministry implementation.
  • Discover the strengths of the overall ministry and organization.
  • Comprehensive assessments and research-driven analysis of ministry programming.

Results:

  • Realization of the ministry’s vision and mission.
  • Align ministry planning and scheduling.
  • Stimulate and sustain the growth and strength of the organization.

Church Health Surveys

Benefits:

  • Understand the spiritual and personal needs and wants of your congregation.
  • Assess the health of each ministry in your church.
  • Identify areas of strength and opportunities for growth.

Results:

  • Create more productive conversations for your staff and leaders based on solid data and information.
  • Plan ministry initiatives that will better help your congregation to become disciples who make disciples.
  • Foster greater levels of engagement from your congregation members.

Contact me if you’d like to talk through the possibility of completing a ministry strengths assessment for your church or non-profit organization.

Pastoral Transitions + Church Staffing

Pastoral Transitions

Benefits:

  • Accurately assess the landscape of the present situation and future potential opportunities.
  • Transition to a new ministry effectively and smoothly.

Results:

  • Leave at the right time in the right way.
  • Select the ministry organization that best matches personal strengths, skills, passions, and personality.

Church Staffing

Benefits:

  • Develop a clear, strategic plan for staff development and staff transitions.
  • Define your Ideal Candidate Profile.
  • Establish a clear search and candidate vetting process.
  • Create an onboarding plan for new staff that includes a list of leadership priorities and a plan for the first 90 days.

Results:

  • Hire the individual with the best ministry fit for your church or organization.
  • Continue ministry programming uninterrupted.
  • Enhance the strength of your team.

Contact me if you’d like to talk through the possibility of completing a pastoral transition or church staffing plan.

Succession Planning

Two leadership truths every leader should embrace are:1.) There is no success without a successor. 2.) Every leader is really an interim leader. Preparing wisely for your succession is the mark of a great leader. Every organization should have both an Emergency Succession plan and a Planned Departure (Retirement) Succession Plan in place to ensure the pieces are in place for a healthy leadership transition.

Benefits:

  • Help your church or nonprofit create an effective and comprehensive Emergency Succession Plan and/or Planned Departure (retirement) succession plan.
  • Create a smooth handoff from one leader to the next.
  • Identify the best type of transition for your ministry.

Results:

  • Eliminate confusion, hurt feelings, and a loss in giving and attendance.
  • Equip your staff and leaders to work collaboratively and cohesively throughout the succession process.
  • Ensure a positive leadership transition that will propel your ministry to the next level.

Contact me if you’d like to talk through the possibility of completing a succession plan for your senior leadership team.

Nonprofit Board Development

Coaching and consulting with your Executive Director, Staff, and Board to help with:

  • Board Member Selection
  • Onboarding + Orientation
  • Board Roles + Responsibilities
  • Customized Surveys to help your board assess its effectiveness and health
  • Bylaws (Creation + Refinement)
  • Staff/Employee Handbook + Policies

Policy Governance

Get the coaching and tools needed to create + implement a policy governance model for your board and ministry.

Customized Donor Surveys

Receive a customized donor survey and detailed report to help your staff and board better understand how your donors see your ministry and its effectiveness, to better gauge their level of engagement, and to help strengthen donor relationships with your ministry.

Fund Development Strategies

Learn proven tools and methods to enhance your organization’s fundraising effectiveness to provide more resources to accomplish your mission.

Contact me if you’d like to talk and discuss your Nonprofit Board Assessment + Development.

Church Giving + Generosity Development

Money follows vision and money fuels ministry. And people’s giving habits are usually an indication of their spiritual journey. A church typically has givers at various points on that journey.

Generosity Discipleship Tools + Training:

Benefit:

  • Explore and create new strategies to teach biblical principles and enhance the overall generosity quotient in your church.
  • Receive the tools and training needed to establish a clear pathway for generosity discipleship for each person in your church.
  • Clarify your church’s theology of giving and generosity.

Results:

  • Create a customized roadmap for your staff and leaders to communicate to your congregation.
  • Establish a Generosity Team to oversee + implement your plan.
  • Raise more money for ministry and missions and greater eternal impact.

Giving Audits:

Results:

  • Give your staff and leaders clear insights into the giving patterns of your congregation.
  • Define action steps for you to help people take the next step in their generosity journeys.

Budget Analysis +Planning:

Results:

  • Understand where and how your church’s money is being invested.
  • Gauge the impact of your ministry investments.
  • Design a budget creation process that best matches your vision and goals with your available resources.

Contact me if you’d like to talk and discuss your Church Giving + Generosity Development.