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How can Christian leaders adapt to the changes the pandemic has brought? A scholar who has studied pastors and volunteers during the past three years offers suggestions for adjusting to a new reality.
Link to author Eileen R. Campbell-Reed
Do we make church more complicated than it needs to be? A social entrepreneur revisits her hometown friends and reflects on friendship and what is holy and enduring about life in community.
Link to author Shannon Hopkins
Congregations struggle to maintain educational programs without volunteer support.
Link to author Shari Finnell
The outsize economic impact of rural churches on their communities calls for a renewed vision of their importance, according to a two-year study in North Carolina.
Link to author Emilie Haertsch
The Root Cause Collective aims to provide a flexible space for those marginalized by mainstream churches.
Link to author Cynthia R. Greenlee
Don’t let confusion about taxes stop you from doing something new, say two experts in faith-based social enterprise.
How do you plan for tomorrow in a fractured, fast-moving and ever-evolving world? asks the founding director of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Link to author William G. Enright
As we resume connection, our fears ease and contemplation becomes possible, a priest and a psychologist write.
What does it take to engage public audiences in conversations about God, religion and the power of faith to shape lives and communities? Hosting TED-style talks is one answer, writes an assistant professor at Candler School of Theology.
Link to author Ryan P. Bonfiglio
By investigating a church’s founding mission — its DNA — today’s leaders can reconnect with the congregation’s history to help it grow and thrive, writes a consultant.
Link to author N. Graham Standish
As churches were forced online, researchers found that congregations actually began to dial into the local needs of their communities.
