The Center's approach to consulting is to form highly collaborative, open, trusting, partnership relationships with its clients. Both partners view their collaborative work as a shared ministry in pursuit of a common purpose.

The Center is singularly well-equipped to help church bodies engage in a missionary encounter with North American culture. Its staff draws upon the Center's extensive experience and rigorous research in guiding church bodies through major and profound transitions. 

• Grow in biblical and theological understandings and commitments.
• Become much more vital and faithful.
• Address conflicts.
• Analyze its current organizational functioning.
• Build upon its strengths.
• Identify its growing edges.
• Build collaborative leadership teams.
• Provide contextual analysis.
• Implement performance planning and review for staff, leadership teams, and church members.
• Engage in effective leadership team development.
• Encourage participation in valuable missional training.