Seminar topic will be on:
- A Living or Dying Church: Our Choice, Our Church
For the past twelve years Joseph Kormos has focused on stimulating Orthodox parishes to become healthy, hopeful, vibrant, 21st century Orthodox communities that grow in their commitment to living a life in Christ.
Leveraging 40+ years of industry and church related experience in the areas of strategic planning, marketing, corporate consulting, group facilitation, and conference planning, Kormos is currently leader of the Parish Development Ministry of the Orthodox Church in America’s Archdiocese of Western Pennsylvania. In this position he develops and presents workshops, authors a parish leadership newsletter (Parish Pulse) and helps to create parish tools for stewardship, evangelization, parish administration and leading change.
Kormos lives in Cincinnati with his wife of 43 years. They both sing in the parish choir. Their two children and six grandchildren are all active Orthodox Christians. Particularly the two year old.
Relevant Orthodox Experience
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- Facilitator for over 65 Orthodox parish, deanery, diocesan and national planning workshops in the US and Canada along with fourteen internet based topical webinars.
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- Visited 92 Orthodox parishes (US and Canada) in past 12 years.
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- Seven years as the head of the Parish Development Ministry of the OCA’s Midwest Diocese.
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- Creator of OCA Parish Profile survey and report and developer of the Orthodox Parish Health Inventory model –an assessment tool for Orthodox parishes.
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- Diocesan Council Midwest Diocese OCA – 12 years
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- Leader of the planning team for three OCA All American Councils (AAC)
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- Featured workshop Speaker at Seattle and Atlanta AAC’s – “Building Vibrant Orthodox Parishes”
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- Featured Speaker Diocese of new England Assembly 2005 and 20011 and 2015 Diocese of NY/NJ 2015 Diocesan Assembly
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- Co-founder/creator of The Small Parish Forum which has, over the past five years been attended by over 220 clergy and laity from most Orthodox jurisdictions in North America.
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- A founding member of Christ the Savior-Holy Spirit Church, Cincinnati OH Served as parish warden, treasurer, choir director and stewardship drive leader.
- ‘Baptized Orthodox’ — Archangel Michael Orthodox Church, Cleveland OH. Grandson of first president of that parish.
The link is an article Joseph Kormos wrote titled, A Collection of Practical Principles of Orthodox Evangelism