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Brandon J. Hudson

Executive director, Urban Hope

Brandon J. Hudson is the executive director of Urban Hope, a community-based youth ministry of The Navigators, located in the Walltown neighborhood of Durham, North Carolina. Follow Brandon and Urban Hope as they follow Christ at www.urbanhope.us or on Twitter and Instagram at @namuhstay (Brandon) and @UrbanHopeNC.

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Apply for Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Exploring Christian Practices Initiative 

The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith. 

An Interest Form and Letter of Interest are due March 25, 2026. Complete proposals are due May 18, 2026.

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