As our name states, the purpose of PHW is to partner with faith communities as they seek to live more healthy, whole, abundant lives. Through The PHW Collaborative, we are able to connect to faith communities across the state to fund and support their health initiatives.
The PHW Collaborative is open to any faith community that holds regular religious services in an established place of worship in the state of North Carolina. We welcome partnership with communities of all faith traditions.
The first step to joining The PHW Collaborative is to fill out our Collaborative Pledge Form (keep reading to access the form). By submitting this form, you are telling us that you are committed to continuing a journey of putting faith into action. We also use this to get to know you as a faith community so we can better walk beside you on your journey to health and wholeness.
As a member of The PHW Collaborative, your congregation is entitled to specialized support from our team to fortify the work of your health ministry. We do this by offering one-on-one consultations and by connecting you to our network of resources.
Join The PHW Collaborative
Quick Links
Are you a returning member of The PHW Collaborative and already familiar with our process? If so, you can use our Quick Links to begin renewing your Collaborative membership. If you are new to the Collaborative, we highly recommend you continue reading the detailed instructions.
Detailed Instructions
Step 1: Collaborative Pledge Form
Each faith community should appoint a health lead to serve as a direct liaison to PHW. The health lead should be the person in charge of filling out the pledge and grant forms and handling general communications with PHW.
The health lead will begin by filling out the Collaborative Pledge form. The purpose of the Collaborative Pledge is to ensure that your faith community and PHW are on the same page about being committed to health as a faith issue. We also use the information you provide us in the pledge to get to know what your health priorities are, and to be better equipped to walk alongside your faith community in your journey to health and wholeness.
Tips for filling out the Collaborative Pledge:
Consider the Collaborative Pledge as your opportunity to introduce yourself to us. We want to know what’s most important to your faith community with respect to our FOCUS AREAS. PHW currently has seven focus areas:
We want to know where your faith community plans to focus its energy or what areas you’re interested in learning more about. WE DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO BE ACTIVELY PURSUING WORK IN EVERY FOCUS AREA. Don’t feel like you have to impress us by doing something in every area. We are only interested in knowing what’s important to you.
Clergy Commitment Forms
We require all faith communities to submit a Clergy Commitment form along with their Collaborative Pledge. The Clergy Commitment must be filled out by a faith leader in your congregation. We ask for this so we know that your faith community as a whole is committed to the work of health and wholeness, and that your health initiatives are part of the greater mission of the church.
We recommend making sure that your Clergy Commitment form has been submitted BEFORE submitting your Collaborative Pledge. If we do not have your Clergy Commitment form on hand when we receive your Collaborative Pledge, your pledge approval will be delayed. You can find the Clergy Commitment form here.
Step 2: Wait for your Collaborative Pledge Acceptance
Once you’ve submitted your pledge, you will receive an automated email confirmation. This lets you know that your pledge was successfully received, but does not indicate if your pledge has been accepted.
Once we receive your pledge, we will process it and let you know whether or not its approved within three weeks. You’ll get an email from phwinfo@ncchurches.org indicating your acceptance and with information on how to become more involved in our program.
The only reason we do not accept Collaborative Pledges is if we are unable to verify that your organization is a worshiping faith community in NC. We do this primarily through web presence (website, social media). If your faith community does not have a web presence, be prepared to offer proof that your community worships together in an established location in the state of North Carolina.
Your PHW Staff is here for you every step of The PHW Collaborative process. We want to be involved with your health ministries to provide support and resources year-round!
You may direct any questions to phwinfo@ncchurches.org, or schedule a one-on-one virtual consult here.