Christian organizations affirm the growing importance of a healthy culture to face their challenges more effectively.
MERCER ISLAND, Wash., July 31, 2018 /
Christian Newswire/ -- Today the Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) honors 87 faith-based organizations as Certified Best Christian Workplaces for 2018.
These organizations met the certification standard determined by exemplary ratings of their employees who completed BCWI's groundbreaking Employee Engagement Survey from January to July 2018. All 87 organizations evaluate their workplaces based on BCWI's proprietary "FLOURISH Model": fantastic teams, life-giving work, outstanding talent, uplifting growth, rewarding compensation, inspirational leadership, sustainable strategy, and healthy communication.
The news of these new BCWI-Certified honorees comes with two significant findings:
Flourishing organizational culture enables the retention of top talent, high productivity, growth, and impact. "Christian leaders say that making gains in workplace culture enables them to have the spiritual, relational and organizational glue to face their challenges as a team," says BCWI President Al Lopus. "We have seen numerous organizations mired in the quicksand of a bad culture take action and flip to a healthy culture for the benefit of their employees, families, communities and those they serve. As a result, they build a talent pipeline because of the reputation a flourishing workplace culture can provide, especially in this tight labor market."
Overall, 64% were Certified out of 136 organizations surveyed this year. BCWI is pleased that this percentage continues to improve, indicating an increase in the health of the culture levels in Christian organizations overall. As a pioneer in equipping and inspiring Christian leaders to build flourishing workplaces, BCWI's Employee Engagement Survey has been completed by more than 300,000 employees from over 950 faith-based non-profits, churches and Christian-owned businesses in the U.S., Australia, Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe and Central America.
About Best Christian Workplaces Institute
BCWI is an international non-profit, research-based, organizational development and human resources consulting firm, with head offices in Mercer Island, WA. BCWI's mission is to equip and inspire Christian leaders to build a flourishing workplace.
The organizations honored as Certified Best Christian Workplaces from January to July 2018 are:
CAMPS & CONFERENCE CENTERS
Black Diamond Camps – Black Diamond, WA
Camp Eagle – Rocksprings, TX
Glorieta Camps – Glorieta, NM
CHRISTIAN-OWNED BUSINESSES
ACR Supply Company – Durham, NC
C12 Group – San Antonio, TX
Dow Smith Contracting Company, Inc. – Smyrna, TN
Outreach – Colorado Springs, CO
SonicAire – Winston-Salem, NC
Total Computer Solutions – Greensboro, NC
CHURCHES
Antioch Community Church – Waco, TX
Bethany Community Church – Seattle, WA
Beulah Alliance Church – Edmonton, AB Canada
Brentwood United Methodist Church – Brentwood, TN
Cherry Hills Community Church – Highlands Ranch, CO
Christ Presbyterian Church – Edina, MN
Christian Life Assembly – Langley, BC Canada
The Compass Church – Naperville, IL
Coquitlam Alliance Church – Coquitlam, BC Canada
Cornerstone Church – Litchfield, MN
CROSSROADS – Odessa, TX
Crossroads Christian Church – Evansville, IN
Crossroads Community Church – Kokomo, IN
Doxa Deo – Stuttgart, Germany
Doxa Deo Church – Pretoria, South Africa
Doxa Deo Community Church – Tolworth, Surrey, United Kingdom
Eastview Christian Church – Normal, IL
Fellowship Bible Church – Little Rock, AR
First Baptist Church of Eugene – Eugene, OR
First Christian Church of Johnson City – Johnson City, TN
First Presbyterian Church Winston-Salem – Winston-Salem, NC
Goodlife Community Centre – Buderim, QLD Australia
Grace Bible Church – Virginia Beach, VA
Grace Church – Middleburg Heights, OH
Journey Church – Bozeman, MT
Mosaiek Church – Johannesburg, South Africa
Northridge Christian Church – Milledgeville, GA
Rocky Mountain Christian Church – Niwot, CO
Rolling Hills Christian Church – El Dorado Hills, CA
Southridge Community Church – St. Catharines, ON Canada
Sparks Christian Fellowship – Sparks, NV
Traders Point Christian Church – Indianapolis, IN
Trinity Church – Spring Hill, TN
Vale Church – Bloomington, IL
The Village Church Nashville – Brentwood, TN
West Highland FBC – Hamilton, ON Canada
WestGate Church – San Jose, CA
Willow Creek Community Church – South Barrington, IL
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Cherry Hills Christian School – Highlands Ranch, CO
Colegio Cristiano Nicolás -- Ixil, Guatemala
College Heights Christian School – Joplin, MO
Faith Academy – Cainta, Philippines
Mitchell Road Christian Academy – Greenville, SC
Toledo Christian Schools – Toledo, OH
The Woodlands Christian Academy – The Woodlands, TX
HIGHER EDUCATION
Carolina College of Biblical Studies – Fayetteville, NC
Prairie College – Three Hills, AB Canada
Welch College – Nashville, TN
MEDIA
Brighter Media Group – Baltimore, MD
InterVarsity Press – Westmont, IL
RightNow Media – McKinney, TX
PARACHURCH & MISSIONS
4KIDS – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Anonymous
Bethesda – Colorado Springs, CO
Bible League International – Chicago, IL
BMA America – Conway, AR
CARE for AIDS – Atlanta, GA
Care Net – Lansdowne, VA
CDF Capital – Irvine, CA
Christian Children's Home of Ohio – Wooster, OH
Coalition for Christian Outreach – Pittsburgh, PA
Compass – Kearney, NE
Compassion Canada – London, ON Canada
DiscipleMakers – State College, PA
East-West Ministries International – Plano, TX
FH Association Rwanda – Kigali, Rwanda
International Student Ministries Canada – Three Hills, AB Canada
Lead Like Jesus – Spartanburg, SC
Lifeshape – Atlanta, GA
MAP International – Brunswick, GA
Marketplace Chaplains – Plano, TX
The Navigators – Colorado Springs, CO
New Horizons Ministries, Inc – Colorado Springs, CO
Reasons to Believe – Covina, CA
St. Matthew's House – Naples, FL
Scripture Union Scotland – Glasgow, Scotland
Wycliffe Canada – Calgary, AB Canada
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Connect Ministries, Inc. – Watkinsville, GA
