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A visitor finds peace and belonging at New Life Lutheran Church, which worships outdoors in the Texas Hill Country.
![Monica Tornoe](/sites/default/files/2023-10/MonicaTornoe.png)
Nonprofit helps churches increase social impact by leveraging their assets
The Oikos Institute for Social Impact helps BIPOC Christian leaders work together to develop a vision, identify existing resources and seek new sources of funding for ministries that serve their communities.
![Alison Bowen](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Alison-Bowen-bio.jpg)
Don’t ignore use of space when planning for a church’s environmental sustainability
A half-empty church building isn’t just a financial problem; it’s an environmental problem, writes a consultant.
![Richard Reinhard photo](/sites/default/files/2022-01/richard-reinhard-600px.jpg)
Growing flora and faith: Churches embrace native plant gardens
The National Wildlife Federation’s Sacred Grounds program helps churches increase native plant gardens — thereby helping wildlife flourish and encouraging community connection.
![Leslie Quander Wooldridge](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Quander-Wooldridge-m.jpg)
‘When God’s Call Is Bigger Than a Building’
The Rev. Ashley Goff reflects on her congregation’s long — and sometimes contentious — process of building 173 apartments for low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities in this excerpt from “Gone for Good?”
![AshleyGoff_mugshot.jpg](/sites/default/files/author_photos/AshleyGoff_mugshot.jpg)
How the church can serve society by changing the way it handles property
As many as 100,000 buildings and billions of dollars in church-owned property are expected to be sold or repurposed by 2030. With planning and thoughtful stewardship, those assets can continue to serve communities, says Mark Elsdon, the editor of(active the new book, “Gone for Good?”
The church isn’t dying. It’s being remade
As the 1950s model declines, new ways of being the church are popping up all over, and gospel truths are now being found in new containers, writes a social entrepreneur.
![Shannon Hopkins](/sites/default/files/2023-08/shannon-hopkins.png)
Cooking up new businesses by using church space creatively
Some church kitchens in Wilmington, Delaware, have become launching pads for food industry entrepreneurs.
![headshot of Holly Quinn](/sites/default/files/2024-01/Quinn%20--%20Headshot.jpg)
‘With God, later is not late’
A church-led community collaboration 20 years in the making has brought new affordable housing for seniors to Charlotte, North Carolina.
![Melba Newsome photo](/sites/default/files/2023-11/Newsome-m.jpg)
Stained glass, steeples and financial sustainability
An effort to preserve Black churches is entering its next cycle under the direction of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
![Cynthia Greenlee](/sites/default/files/Cynthia-Greenlee_mug.jpg)