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For over 25 years, we have been helping organizations determine where they are in order to help them get to where they need to be.

Our assessments help church leaders, libraries, school administrations and non-profit leadership make critical decisions. Our consulting helps those organizations take the necessary next steps. We have gained a great deal of insight and experience from our work with over 3,000 congregations, staff, boards, numerous regional associations, libraries, non-profits and schools across the country. Our mission is to help our clients benefit from that insight.

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Testimonials

We are engaged in an effort to update our strategic plan. The information and interpretation that you provided will be invaluable inputs into this process. We needed help to obtain unbiased information about us, where we are and where we can/should head. We worked with Robyn at first and then Emily conducted the interpretation. Robyn was very helpful in answering questions about the conduct of the assessment and encouraged us to conduct the interpretation. Emily conducted the interpretation and that meeting was extraordinarily valuable. Emily was very patient with us and was able to answer all of our questions in a way that helped us more fully understand the information.

[We would tell others] that they should use Holy Cow, they are really good at what they do. (January, 2019)

Church of the Ascension, Westminster, MD

This planning process [using the CAT] was judged by our committee to be the best of several proposed tools for study. It was well received by the congregation because of ease in answering the questions and the guaranteed anonymity. The graphic comparison of our church with others was most revealing.

The Rev. David C. Ross, Pastor, Highland United Methodist Church

We had 2 candidates that we were able to interview in person we felt were the best fit for dealing with our situation….We saw a good but different future with either choice. We requested video sermons from the candidates and made arrangements to view the candidates at their churches. Discernment still escaped us. After a couple weeks of discussion, not expecting any conclusion we put up an easel and marker and listed the information from the Holy Cow Assessment and the answer became clear, it was a real holy cow moment. There was really only one right match for our church.

So yesterday she candidated and was accepted with a 97% acceptance.

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Mercer, PA

The Congregation Assessment Tool (CAT) improved understanding our church’s culture, strengths, and weaknesses as we develop our Parish Profile in preparation for our rector search. I would recommend that any church going through any type of transition could use the CAT. (March 2018)

St. John Episcopal Church, York PA