Want To Be Part of the Fastest Growing Team dedicated to solving The Parish Conundrum?
The Parish Brain Trust (PBT) exists to help us do several things:
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Discover Obstacles: The PBT helps us have a more complete understanding of the kinds of obstacles, hurdles, and impediments that stop a parish from becoming vibrant. With over 17,000 parishes, hundreds of thousands of staff and volunteers, 35 million weekly parishioners there are a lot of variables, from the temporal to the pastoral, and from the human foibles to spiritual battles. Understanding these obstacles is the key ingredient in developing possible solutions.
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Idea Viability Testing: The PBT looks at possible ideas that emerge from studying specific obstacles. By having a wide range of profiles in the PBT we can get input on specific questions:
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How easy or hard is it for the parish to use?
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How expensive would it be for the parish?
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How easy or hard will it be to set up as a solution (ministry or other)?
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How easy or hard will it be to raise funding to develop?
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How impactful will it be in supporting an increase in vibrancy?
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Members of the PBT: The team includes priests (from across the country), parish business administrators, key parish volunteers, Catholic entrepreneurs, and national Catholic ministry leaders.
