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‘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
Religious AI: Seven principles to consider when using GPTs
After studying religious GPTs, a scholar of technology and faith offers guidelines to help pastors who use these tools.
Link to author Heidi A. Campbell
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Heidi A. Campbell
Professor, Texas A&M University
Embracing a fruitless season
A writer adapts the church traditions of his childhood in Montserrat, where fruit and flowers decorate the sanctuaries, to his life in the United States
Link to author Andrew J. Skerritt
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Andrew J. Skerritt
Writer
On Christmas Eve, Christ House marks four decades of providing healthcare for unhoused men
A Washington, D.C., nonprofit celebrates the 40th anniversary of its ministry of medical support, community building and leadership in the field.
Link to author Edie Gross
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Edie Gross
Journalist
More congregants joined churches from 2020 to 2025 than in previous years
The COVID pandemic may have caused a bump in church attendance, researchers say, but new attendees have varied reasons for joining churches.
Link to author Yonat Shimron
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
What’s the role of ‘First Churches’ in natural disasters?
After large-scale crises, big-steeple churches anchor communities using their unique status, relationships and networks to help communities respond and rebuild.
Kenneth H. Carter Jr.
Audrey Warren
From metrics to meaning: Leading with wisdom in the age of data
It’s important to recognize that while metrics tell part of a congregation’s story, they cannot measure the stirrings of conviction or the whispers of the Spirit, writes a church leadership consultant.
Link to author Chris Aho
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Chris Aho
Church leadership consultant
Joining our voices with 17 centuries of saints through the Nicene Creed
Reciting the Nicene Creed each week provides connection with those around us and those who have gone before, writes the director of communications for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Emily Lund
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Emily Lund
Director of Communications, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
