Christian Community

Our staff and colleagues are available to do a limited number of workshops, consultations, and keynote addresses each year. The calendars of our staff and colleagues tend to fill quickly, and you normally need to be scheduling an event at least six months in advance and sometimes as much as a year in advance. If you are working on a shorter time frame, it’s fine to give us a call to see about our availability. Fees vary depending on the nature of the event. For most information, call us at 1-800-774-3360 or e-mail us at info@churchstuff.com.

Our president, Steve Clapp, is available for a limited number of keynote speeches each year, generally on trends that we see emerging as a result of our research and contact with congregations across the country. Current topics available include:

• Trends in Church Finances: The Bad News and the Good News
• Becoming Intentional on Hospitality and Outreach
• What the Church Loses by Ignoring Sexuality Concerns
• Faith Matters: Teenagers, Religion, and Sexuality

Fred Bernhard is Christian Community’s specialist in congregational hospitality. Convinced that hospitality is an essential part of the Gospel, Fred develop a comprehensive model of a welcoming congregation which had dramatic impact. His congregation, located in rural Ohio, had a 19% increase in worship attendance and a 36% increase in Sunday school attendance in the first three months using this model! And the church continued to grow!

Fred is available to do workshops for local congregations, for regional judicatories, and for national events. He is also available to do consultations with individual congregations. To find out more, call Christian Community at 1-800-774-3360 or e-mail us at info@churchstuff.com.


Both Martin Siegel and Steve Clapp, the coauthors of The E-mail Diet Book are available for consultations and workshops on the use of e-mail. Call 1-800-774-3360 or e-mail us at info@churchstuff.com.


Tom Rieke is available to help your church develop a planned giving program. Tom was for many years the head of Stewardship for the Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church and also a regular contributor to the publication Net Results, writing on stewardship. He has experience working with congregations of many different denominations and knows how to help churches implement an effective planning giving program.