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Those who flourish in ministry are intentional about their well-being

Challenges are part of any ministry, yet some clergy thrive despite the inevitable setbacks. New research shows that their keys to success can be boiled down to a few simple strategies available to anyone.

By Kate Rugani Writer

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D.C. church changes worship from passive to participatory

At Church of the Pilgrims, vulnerability is a virtue and worship is an innovative and deeply collaborative experience between clergy and congregants.

By Edie Gross Journalist

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Samuel Rahberg: Befriending your limits

Part of effective Christian leadership is learning when to reach beyond and when to accept our own limitations. A spiritual director offers some thoughts and advice on how to do that.

By Samuel Rahberg Director, Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary

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God's work unfolds at a Charleston laundromat

Started by a young woman wanting simply to live out the gospel, loving her neighbor as herself, Laundry Matters is a vibrant community center and more. It’s church-as-laundromat, laundromat-as-church.

By Stephanie Hunt Journalist

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Jeffrey Kaster: How to empower youth to do theology

Youth ministry experts with decades of experience are learning the benefits of engaging youth in theological reflection that isn’t dumbed down, writes the coordinator of the Lilly Youth Theology Network.

By Jeffrey Kaster Coordinator, Lilly Youth Theology Network

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Try Pie helps Iowa teens build bonds across racial and economic divides

Apple, pumpkin, blueberry or pecan, sometimes a pie is more than a pie. To a group of teenage girls in Cedar Falls and Waterloo, Iowa, pies mean jobs, education, faith development and reconciliation.

By Susan Flansburg Journalist

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ZOE offers empowerment model to help orphans in Africa and beyond

A U.S. Christian relief organization changed its approach from charity to a sustainable effort to lift poor children out of poverty.

By Yonat Shimron Journalist

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A Brooklyn church temporarily shuts down its hunger ministry in order to sustain it

Closing the food pantry and meal program for two months allowed staff and volunteers at Greenpoint Reformed Church to reorganize and professionalize its hunger ministry.

By Genine Babakian Journalist

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A Detroit pastor and her church are building something big with tiny homes

As both pastor and nonprofit executive director, the Rev. Faith Fowler is known for her outreach to the poor. Her latest effort: a village of tiny homes that will allow people to become stakeholders in their neighborhood and in their city.

By Patricia Montemurri Journalist

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A struggling Texas church is slowly rising again, becoming leaven for the community

Despite years of decline and worries about the future, Austin's Memorial UMC is moving forward in ministry, with bread baking, ESL classes and a decidedly Wesleyan model of church focused not on themselves but on their neighbors.

By Eileen E. Flynn Journalist

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