Demographic changes in the United States suggest that an increasing number of churches should move to the biblical model: congregations that are not racial niches but are multiracial and multiethnic.
Why are peace and safety pitted against one another like a zero-sum game?
Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson hosted King, taught in Selma Public Schools, and has a system to move past bitterness.
We practice forgiveness because it is the way to share in the very life of God.
Kit Danley founded Neighborhood Ministries, a Phoenix-based holistic outreach organization serving low-income families and at-risk children, after her "phone booth" conversion.
Efrem Smith
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.
Artist Edouard Duval-Carrié engages the rich, fascinating and often tragic history of his homeland in his art. He also is trying to help Haitian artists recover from the 2010 earthquake by promoting their work.
Forgiveness is at the heart of the gospel, but learning how to embody it is not easy. In their new book, "Forgiving As We've Been Forgiven," L. Gregory Jones and Célestin Musekura provide a guide for the practice of forgiveness.
Being Christian, says a distinguished pastor and theologian, means adjusting our personhood to God’s will and becoming servants to humanity.
The practice of hospitality is central to Christian institutions and Christian leadership, says theologian and ethicist Christine D. Pohl.