FAQs

Church Well Co exists to create spaces of brave relationship for churches, pastors, and leaders to cultivate people and cultures of bravery. We do this in four primary ways:

1. Pastoral Care Groups (also called SLOW Communities). These are groups of 6-8 shared-space leaders who meet monthly on a virtual platform to form relationship, provide support for one another, and engage together with the 4 core practices of Church Well Co: Survey, Lament, Own, and Welcome. Find a group for yourself here.

2. Training and Coaching. Church Well Co provides workshops, multi-day trainings, and staff retreats to help churches and teams develop shared language and practices within the context of local relationship and community to deepen relationship, shape relational culture, and develop communal safety. Virtual and in-person training opportunities are available.

   Church Well Co also offers individual support in the form of coaching and consultation for leaders to identify and overcome obstacles to relational connection in leadership and community. Learn more here.

3. The Deeper Well. This is our soul care center for individuals. Our trained practitioners are available to provide Spiritual Direction and Therapeutic Pastoral Guidance for those in need of a confidential space and companion to heal from pain, develop attentiveness to the move of God in their lives, and find the keys to unlock the doors in front of them. Explore the Deeper Well here.

4. Church Well Collective. Church Well Co is committed to creating space of brave relationship for pastors and church leaders. To this end, Church Well Co invests in the development and formation of community for helping professionals who share this heart. The CWCollective is a community of likeminded helping professionals (counselors, spiritual directors, coaches, etc.) who have pastoral backgrounds and are committed to using their gifts and skills to serve the Church. The members of the CWCollective also serve as Guides for the SLOW Groups that Church Well Co facilitates.

   Join the CWCollective here.

There are three specific groups toward which support is offered through Church Well Co:

1. Ministry leaders. The wellbeing and sustainability of ministry matters. A great deal.

   All those who contribute to care for the Church face challenges, weariness, and isolation and are deserving of space held specifically for them. Ministry experiences all too often lead to additional life tensions, mental health challenges, and burnout. Sustainability and wellbeing do not always come easily. Sometimes it necessitates individual support and at other times benefits for a caring community. Because of this Church Well Co provides both individual care (coaching) and supportive community (Pastoral Care/SLOW Groups).

   Church Well Co serves:

   • ministers at all levels (lead, assistant, NextGen, worship, etc.)

   • ministers in all contexts (missionaries, chaplains, Christian helping professionals, etc.).

2. Leadership teams and congregations. By providing both topic-specific workshops as well as team intensives, Church Well Co works to deepen connection and bring insight enhance the cultural and communal wellbeing of churches and leadership teams.

3. Professionals who serve pastors and churches (therapists, coaches, spiritual directors, pastoral counselors, etc.). Church Well Co provides relational and learning spaces to foster community and strengthen capacity for Christian clinicians across the helping disciplines working to bring healing and wholeness in the Church.

Church Well Co is simply that. A company seeking wellness for the church. The work of truly becoming well individually and collectively is complicated enough. No need for a complicated name.