The Stalcup Seminar has proven to be a significant aspect of our ministry. We are excited to share our history with you and help you tell your congregation’s story.

The theme for our most recent seminar was Using Information Technology to Preserve Your Congregation’s History. We discussed why keeping history alive is vital to your congregation’s health, and we equipped participants to do the work of a congregational historian. Our staff understands congregational history both from personal experience as well as professional expertise. Several practical sessions covered digitizing and indexing historic photographs, preserving your congregation’s archives, building a website on a small budget, researching your history in local community archives, and celebrating special occasions.

The Seminar was held September 25 - 27, 2008 at the Society's beautiful home - the T.W. Phillips Memorial Archives - in Nashville, TN.

The Joe and Nancy Stalcup Seminar for Local Church Historians was inaugurated in 2000 and continues to be funded by Nancy and Joe Stalcup, leaders in general and regional ministries as well as in their home congregation, Northway Christian Church in Dallas, Texas. The Seminar is designed to equip persons to preserve, share and celebration their local congregation’s history. Subjects offered at the seminar include:

• Recording Oral History
• Writing the History of Your Congregation
• Celebrating Your Congregation’s Anniversary
• Preserving Your Congregation’s Archives
• Collecting Stories