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Hip-hop mosaic

Efrem Smith uses hip-hop music in church, but it’s not a marketing gimmick. For this pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church, embracing hip-hop culture is an expression of his theology and a means of achieving the goal of his ministry: a church that’s a mosaic of all kinds of people.

By Jeff Strickler Journalist
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New pastors, small churches

By Ned Barnett Journalist

A PC(USA) program matches new seminary graduates with small churches. For some pastors it means moving from Seattle or Los Angeles to the Dakotas. For the congregations, it means welcoming a leader -- often for the first time in years.

Signs of change

A once-struggling Florida congregation is bursting with new life after being adopted by a thriving multi-site megachurch, Grace Church.

By Bob Wells Faith & Leadership associate editor, retired
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Amazing Grace

In an economically hard-hit Florida town, Grace Church is a booming blue-collar, mainline, multi-site megachurch that welcomes “the people nobody else wants or sees.”

By Bob Wells Faith & Leadership associate editor, retired
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Interpretive charity

Communicating in a Christian institution requires a willingness to have faith in the best intentions of the people around us who assess our every move in a socially networked world, says L. Gregory Jones.

By L. Gregory Jones President, Belmont University
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