The Center For Healthy Churches, Llc

What The Center For Healthy Churches, Llc does

The Center for Healthy Churches, LLC (CHC) is a private church consulting firm founded in January 2014 by Dr. Bill Wilson and headquartered in Clemmons, North Carolina with a mailing address in Greenville, South Carolina. CHC delivers tailored consulting, coaching, and conflict transformation services to congregations across multiple denominations — primarily Baptist and Presbyterian — addressing pastoral transitions, vision development, strategic planning, and organizational change. Service delivery is performed by a national network of more than 30 contract consultants and coaches, rather than a centralized internal staff, and the company operates without proprietary technology platforms.

The company's portfolio of services spans Healthy Pastor Transitions, Future Ready Church (vision development), Beyond Fight or Flight (conflict transformation), Coaching Services, INGRAINED outreach strategy, Mission Study, R12 Congregational Assessment, and Designing for the New Norm. In 2023, CHC formalized a strategic partnership with PneuMatrix (CHC-PMX), a complementary church consulting organization founded in 2011 in northern California by Rev. Dr. Deborah Wright and Rev. Jim Kitchens. The partnership created a joint consulting ministry under TheChangingChurch.org with a shared consultant pool spanning 21 denominations and reach into nearly 1,400 congregations via the Changing Church Webinar series (2,000+ individuals, 200+ guest panelists).

CHC monetizes through professional services fees billed per engagement. New clients enter via free initial consultations, followed by tailored proposals with scope, timeline, and fees. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with the organization emphasizing affordability and budget alignment. Go-to-market is sales-led and content-driven: thought leadership through blogs, free guides, webinars, social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram), a YouTube channel, a digital marketing magazine, and conference presentations feeds an inbound pipeline that converts through direct engagement and referrals. The customer base includes mid-market and large congregations such as Knollwood Baptist Church, Brentwood Baptist Church, First Baptist Church of Abilene, and Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, alongside denominational judicatories including Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley, Presbytery of Southern New Jersey, and Redwoods Presbytery.

Name

The Center For Healthy Churches, Llc

Legal name

The Center for Healthy Churches

Website

https://www.chchurches.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Center for Healthy Churches, LLC is a private consulting firm founded in 2014 that delivers pastor transition, vision development, conflict transformation, and coaching services to congregations across multiple denominations through a national network of contract consultants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church Consulting Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Church consulting services
• Pastoral transition consulting
• Congregational conflict resolution
• Clergy leadership coaching
• Church vision development

Headquarters

HQ city

Clemmons

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Consulting fees for church consulting engagements including pastor transitions, vision development, conflict transformation, and organizational development. Services are tailored to each congregation's needs with pricing based on engagement scope and duration.
2. Coaching Services: Clergy coaching services including First 100 Days coaching for new pastors, leadership coaching, and follow-up coaching. These are recurring or periodic engagement-based services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Center for Healthy Churches provides tailored consulting and coaching services for congregations, pastors, and denominational partners. Core offerings include Healthy Pastor Transitions (search, interim, and onboarding support), Future Ready Church vision and strategy development, Conflict Transformation (Beyond Fight or Flight), Clergy Coaching (First 100 Days, Leadership, Follow-up), INGRAINED Outreach Strategy, Mission Study facilitation, R12 Polarization Assessment, and Designing for the New Norm sustainable ministry consulting.

Product overview

The Center for Healthy Churches (CHC) is a church consulting organization that offers a portfolio of consulting and coaching services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include Healthy Pastor Transitions, Future Ready Church (vision development), Conflict Transformation (Beyond Fight or Flight), Coaching Services, INGRAINED Outreach Strategy, Mission Study, R12 Congregational Assessment, and Designing for the New Norm. Through its partnership with PneuMatrix, CHC provides Adaptive Change Leadership services. The organization also offers the Animal Farm Assessment tool and various downloadable resources including guides, books, and a digital magazine of services. These services are delivered through experienced consultants and coaches who work directly with congregations, judicatories, and faith-based organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthy Pastor Transitions Consulting services for churches navigating pastoral leadership changes, including hiring interim pastors, search assistance, and creating healthy transition cultures. Designed for congregations and search committees.
• Future Ready Church Vision development and organizational alignment services that help churches clarify their mission, align ministries, and strengthen leadership structures for effective ministry in a changing world.
• Beyond Fight or Flight (Conflict Transformation) A panel video series and leadership toolkit for congregational conflict transformation, providing a faith-based process for moving from tension to trust within faith communities.
• Coaching Services Pastoral and leadership coaching services including First 100 Days Coaching, Leadership Coaching, and Follow-up Coaching for clergy and church leaders.
• INGRAINED (Outreach Strategy) A specialized consultation and coaching process designed to help churches develop an ingrained outreach culture, including assessment, strategic workshops, and follow-up coaching.
• Mission Study A six-session consultation service that guides congregations through developing a pertinent and forward-thinking Mission Study report for pastoral searches.
• R12 Congregational Assessment A tool designed to help congregations assess and respond to political and cultural polarization in ways that reflect the heart and mind of Jesus.
• Designing for the New Norm A consultation model to assist congregations and pastors in discerning sustainable paths forward amid challenges of maintaining full-time pastoral leadership, particularly for smaller congregations.
• PneuMatrix Adaptive Change Leadership Adaptive Change Leadership consulting services for congregational transformation, including coaching during pastoral transitions, minister search assistance, congregational transformation, conflict prevention/response, and staff right-sizing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Churches served across the partnership network
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PneuMatrixcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023PneuMatrix and CHC announced a strategic partnership in 2023 to address profound challenges facing American Christian congregations. While operating independently, they share a pool of consultants available to serve congregations through either organization. The partnership formalized their collaboration launched under TheChangingChurch.org, offering diverse services across the trans-denominational spectrum including coaching during pastoral transitions, minister search assistance, congregational transformation, conflict prevention/response, and staff right-sizing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vanderbloemen Search Group: Largest pastor search firm in the US, founded in 2010. Directly competes with CHC in the pastor transition and search space, serving large churches and faith-based organizations with similar executive search and consulting services.
• The Malphurs Group: Church consulting firm founded by Aubrey Malphurs, focused on strategic vision development, leadership, and church health. Directly comparable to CHC's Future Ready Church and consulting service offerings.
• Ministry Architects: Church consulting firm specializing in ministry consulting, leadership development, and strategic planning. Comparable to CHC in serving churches with consulting and coaching services, though with different core specializations.
• Church Answers: Church consulting and resources organization founded by Thom Rainer, providing church health consulting, leadership resources, and content. Comparable to CHC in the church consulting and content/resource space.
• Auxano: Vision consulting firm focused on church vision clarity, strategy, and navigation. Directly comparable to CHC's vision development and strategic consulting services for churches.
• The Unstuck Group: Church consulting firm led by Tony Morgan, focused on helping churches get unstuck through strategic planning, vision alignment, and leadership development. Directly comparable to CHC's vision and strategy services.
• Stadia: Church planting and multiplication organization providing consulting, coaching, and resources to new and multiplying churches. Comparable to CHC in the church consulting and coaching space, with emphasis on adaptive change leadership.
• Generis: Generosity and capital campaign consulting firm serving churches and faith-based nonprofits. Comparable to CHC in the church consulting space, particularly for capital campaigns and stewardship strategy.

Broad incumbents

• Leadership Network: Established church leadership research and consulting organization. Comparable to CHC in serving church leaders with innovation, leadership development, and church health resources, but operates at a broader scale and longer history.

Emerging players

• Carey Nieuwhof: Church leadership content platform and consulting practice by Carey Nieuwhof, including the Art of Leadership Conference. Comparable to CHC in the church leadership coaching and content space, with more emphasis on content and media.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ChurchHealthy
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCrq9h6glsUTHIs8bwdHnLsg
• Facebookfacebook.com/CenterForHealthyChurches
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-healthy-churches

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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