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Baltimore mission program subverts the notion of church groups "fixing" or "saving" people
At Baltimore’s The Center, church groups from across the U.S. work with outreach ministries of local congregations while learning about the theology of missions and the root causes of poverty and racism. Organizers hope they will apply these lessons in their home communities.
By
Julie Scharper
Journalist
B.R.A.V.E. Youth Leaders chart a strategy to combat violence and promote peace
Youth on Chicago’s South Side are taking anti-violence work into their own hands. Rallies and protests are just part of a campaign that also includes advocacy and policy change.
By
Jake J. Smith
Journalist
Sister Joanna takes the final step to monastic life
After years of discernment, a young Catholic woman enters the monastery -- and a life of prayer as a cloistered nun.
By
Katelyn Ferral
Journalist
A Christian social enterprise offers healing to survivors of violence and abuse
Inspired by her own experience and that of her grandmother, the Rev. Dr. Argrow “Kit” Evans-Ford has established a safe space for women and a bath products business to help support it.
By
Susan Flansburg
Journalist
Measurement, documentation, reflection and adjustment are hallmarks of an after-school program
A Christian program called New City Kids uses tutoring, music, leadership training and spiritual formation to help children in three cities transform their lives. It has been remarkably successful: 100 percent of its graduating seniors have gone to college.
Link to author Genine Babakian
By
Genine Babakian
Journalist
PCUSA faith community takes flight, celebrating Appalachian music and culture
Tuesday services, rockers for pews, a Mason jar chalice and mountain music -- Wild Goose Christian Community is an alternative faith community that celebrates local Appalachian culture.
Link to author Yonat Shimron
By
Yonat Shimron
Journalist
Christians, Jews and Muslims share a campus in a unique interfaith collaboration
Three Abrahamic congregations in Omaha, Nebraska, have created the Tri-Faith Initiative, building separate houses of worship and a shared community center to promote peace and understanding among communities of different faiths.
By
Rick Davis
Journalist
People who were homeless find housing -- and community -- at an RV/tiny home village
Housing alone can’t heal the wounds of homelessness. That also takes community. Just outside Austin, people are finding both at Community First! Village.
By
Eileen E. Flynn
Journalist
Art and faith converge at a hybrid church/community arts center
Art shapes faith and faith shapes art at Convergence, a combination church and arts center that makes space for the creative exploration that artists crave -- and the church needs.
Link to author Edie Gross
By
Edie Gross
Journalist
