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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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Westbury UMC's apartment ministry has helped resettled refugees -- and the congregation -- find new life in Houston

The church is located in one of the most multicultural cities in America, yet the congregation was not as engaged with its diverse neighbors as it could have been. That changed when they hired an associate pastor to live in intentional community in apartments three miles and a whole world away.

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Signs of rebound: Church attendance shows first uptick in decades

For the first time in 25 years, the median number of people attending worship services in the United States has gone up.

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

Facing years of deferred maintenance and repair costs, a church in Lexington, Kentucky, looked outward as well as inward to make the best use of its historic space while expanding to meet a pressing local need.

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The burden of healing when forgiveness becomes political

More than a decade after the massacre at Emanuel AME Church, a pastor reflects on what is required for true forgiveness to occur.

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Why religious leaders need to understand agentic AI

To ignore or remain silent about the agentic revolution is to forfeit the ability to shape and speak into the moral framework of a world already being reshaped by agentic intelligence, writes a scholar.

 

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Why are Christian congregations important today?

The Forum for Congregational Life will work to facilitate learning among all types of congregations in ways that strengthen and support them.

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Is your organization’s base strong enough to answer God’s call?

A painting must be created on canvas sturdy enough to support it. Likewise, congregations and organizations need a solid foundation if their ministries are to flourish.

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Applications will be accepted until Monday, August 3, 2026. Applicants should expect to hear a decision by the end of August.

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