Missions
Traditioned innovation -- envisioning the future by honoring the church’s past -- is a way of thinking about how the church engages the world. Consider how to develop missional work and live out the Gospel message in response to great needs both in the United States and abroad.
Features
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Article
March 16, 2010 | A founder of an innovative flood-recovery project in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, offers advice for others interested in community outreach. Read more »
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March 2, 2010 | Leaders of a 100-year-old United Methodist Church in San Antonio discerned a call to create a new, missional community. But instead of planting a church, they planted a coffeehouse. Read more »
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Q&A
January 26, 2010 | Two young leaders talk about New Monasticism. God doesn’t just work through Lone Rangers, say Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. There always has to be a web of friendship. Read more »
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Multimedia
November 17, 2009 | The ‘ancient landmarks’ of the Bible are key to the gospel message, however you communicate it, says the director of UMC communications in Africa, Asia and Europe. Watch video »
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Multimedia
October 26, 2009 | Young adults are hungry for a spiritual home that feeds the soul and offers opportunities to help others, says the pastor of St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church in Dallas. Watch video »
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October 13, 2009 | Women in the sex trade in India turn old saris into art through a Word Made Flesh initiative that aims to help them regain their freedom. Read more »
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October 13, 2009 | Seek friendships. Under the leadership of Chris Heuertz, Word Made Flesh pursues its innovative mission with the most vulnerable of the world’s poor. Read more »
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Reflection
October 13, 2009 | A former Word Made Flesh missionary recalls the mud-brick walls and open sewers of La Paz’s red-light district – and what she learned from the women there. Read more »
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Multimedia
August 25, 2009 | Faith communities of the past were instrumental in ending legal slavery. Today their help is needed to finish the job and free millions of enslaved people around the globe, says Kevin Bales, president of Free the Slaves. Watch video »
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Q&A
July 7, 2009 | For Sam Barkat, Christians must become “people of the basin and towel,” since humility is crucial on the journey to diversity. Read more »
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