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Journalistic narratives about catalytic organizations and leaders that are innovative while remaining rooted in tradition

Everything is possible

Two pastors at a UMC church in San Antonio have created a new model of training they call the Quarry, which has developed into a creative community of leaders.

By Abe Levy Journalist

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Youth ministry that's more than fun and games

In South Carolina, Clemson UMC has changed its approach to youth ministry, adopting a richer, deeper model aimed at forming young people into devoted disciples.

By Ken Garfield Journalist

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Church youth become philanthropists

Teenagers at an Episcopal church in a wealthy Connecticut town learn about giving by making grants to local organizations.

By Alix Boyle

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A sense of place

After a flood destroyed its historic downtown church, a congregation had to decide: Are we a building or a community?

By Madelaine Jerousek-Smith Journalist

Forming laity, for life and ministry

In a time of great change in the Catholic Diocese of Camden, NJ, a program gives laypeople the skills they need to bring a new vibrancy and passion to the local parish.

By Christine A. Scheller Journalist

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Welcome, the message of Las Posadas

In Apex, NC, and across the country, churches are using the Latin American tradition of Las Posadas to connect people to Hispanic culture and the Christmas story -- and to spread the message of hospitality.

By Cherry Crayton Writer

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Abilene Christian University connects

A school in West Central Texas offers students the latest technology and the intellectual tools to theologically engage the digital world.

By Fiona Soltes Journalist

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New future for an aging congregation

By Judy Wiley

A dwindling congregation in Dallas shares its space with four international congregations and a health clinic as a way of ensuring that its legacy lives on after its members are gone.

Dinner -- and the gospel -- is served, at St. Lydia's

A church at once ancient and new, Saint Lydia’s is a self-styled “dinner church,” where worship, drawing on early Christian practices, takes place around a full, sit-down meal.

By Ansley Roan Journalist

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Jacob's Well

It’s one thing to start a church; it's another to keep it going. As Jacob’s Well has discovered, even the most cutting-edge, creative and vibrant church has to have organization and structure.

By Bob Wells Faith & Leadership associate editor, retired