Dr. Kathleen Dwyer, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing faculty, was an invited speaker at the recent Progressive Oklahoma Baptist State Convention [April 30th – May 4, 2016, in Oklahoma City]. She addressed the participants on the topic of “The Health of Our Community” and specifically discussed the use of health risk appraisal and health coaching as a potential strategy. Dwyer currently has funding from the Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality to pilot a community based intervention within local faith communities. The intervention couples a web-based health risk appraisal and indivualized health coaching over a period of 4 months to foster improvements in health and wellness.