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Deep Listening: Fondren Apartment Ministry

A 5-minute video by Houston filmmaker Marlon F. Hall offers a glimpse into this innovative ministry, which is based in deep listening, prayer and openness to the Holy Spirit.

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Ben Smith, a volunteer with the Fondren Apartment Ministry. Photo by Mark Mulligan
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

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Grace Duddy Pomroy: How congregations can create more sustainable financial models

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A Presbyterian hiker ministry spreads radical hospitality in the Rocky Mountains

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A recipe for thriving rural congregations despite shifting demographics

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A congregation renovates the old and builds something new to serve its members and community

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