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Yes in God’s Back Yard wants to build homes for those most in need of them

A faith-based initiative anchored in San Diego would use property owned by religious institutions to help address an affordable-housing crisis.

Monday, January 24, 2022

News & Ideas

Daily headlines about the church and the world

Thích Nhất Hạnh dies
Renaming Princeton’s chapel
Religious women have abortions
Antisemitism & security
Church chaos after pastor’s affair
School shooting generation

Candice Marie Benbow: Beyond brokenness — God wants us whole, well and thriving

David E. Kresta: How churches can pursue community healing through economic development

What if we are all burned out?

By David L. Odom Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

Mark S. Young: Rediscovering the hope-filled meaning of evangelicalism

Reaching out to the Nones in humility and love

By Thomas E. Rodgerson Former assistant professor, Loyola University Maryland

Thistle Farms maintains focus on a crystal-clear mission

By Stephanie Hunt Journalist

Resources for Christian leaders during the coronavirus pandemic

We update this list of information from government and media sources regularly to offer guidance to pastors and other Christian leaders struggling to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Top 10 Faith & Leadership stories from 2021

Throughout the many shifts of a second pandemic year, faith leaders have continued to serve their communities with resilience and hope.

Turning to the waters of Christ's baptism

In the Feast of Theophany, Orthodox Christians learn to drink deeply from the water of Christ’s baptism as a means of renewal and hope.

By Allison Backous Troy Writer and educator

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Finding God’s transformation and liberation in a desolate season

God is with us in our complexity, our complicity, our fragility and our belovedness, writes the director of the Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Alaina Kleinbeck Director, Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program

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Choi Hee An: Postcolonial leadership is a new model for Asian immigrant leaders

Humility, communality and authenticity are key aspects of a leadership style developed by Asian immigrant leaders to adapt to the American context, says a professor at Boston University.