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How to recognize when a pastor and a congregation are misaligned
When the fit isn’t right, sometimes leaving is the next faithful step, writes a pastor. He offers four tips for finding alignment between pastor and congregation.
Link to author Russell Lackey
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Russell Lackey
Pastor, Mission Lutheran Church
A nonprofit focused on young people’s success has built a championship soccer program
Partnering with local churches, the reVision Football Club in Houston has made high-quality soccer training available to players from marginalized neighborhoods. More than 40 have gone on to compete in college.
Link to author Lindsay Peyton
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Lindsay Peyton
Journalist
The value of levity in the local church
Play helps us understand God and open new paths for ministry, says a pastor
Link to author Andy Stanton-Henry
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Andy Stanton-Henry
Co-director, Quaker Leadership Center at Earlham School of Religion
Through partnership, prayer and perseverance, a small, suburban congregation responds to the community’s need for affordable housing
It took 16 years for Brigit’s Village, a 40-unit, intergenerational apartment complex in northern Colorado, to come to fruition.
Link to author Daliah Singer
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Daliah Singer
Journalist
Karl Stutzman and Ruth Szpunar: How do religious leaders evaluate information?
A new study examines how clergy find and evaluate the information they need and how they help congregants navigate today’s information landscape.
Grief comes in many forms
We have the right to grieve the loss of anything connected to our hearts. Church can be a place where those losses are recognized, writes a minister and therapist.
Link to author Peggy Haymes
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Peggy Haymes
Minister, therapist and writer
Historic church teaches about the past and engages the present
The oldest Black congregation in Chicago restores its historic building while reaching out as history is made in the city today.
Link to author Celeste Kennel-Shank
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Celeste Kennel-Shank
Journalist
‘Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders’
A missiologist, a religion journalist and a church researcher write about one of the largest American churches in the 1960s in an excerpt from a recent book.
Daniel Yang
Adelle Banks
Warren Bird
When the power goes out, churches offer shelter through the Community Lighthouse network
New Orleans churches and community centers are being outfitted with backup and solar power to create a microgrid for residents during the city’s frequent outages. But that’s not the only value they offer.
Link to author Delaney Dryfoos
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Delaney Dryfoos
Journalist
Who supports you in times of crisis?
Families and congregations can help sustain us through life’s difficulties, but institutions also play a crucial role, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author David L. Odom
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
