How should Christian leaders respond to a pandemic?

What is the church's role during the global coronavirus outbreak? New offerings and resources from the Faith & Leadership archives can help in these difficult times.

COVID-19
Practices
Self-care
Theology and medicine
Leadership in a crisis

An octogenarian ponders the post-pandemic church

By William G. Enright Founding director emeritus, Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

Naming the beast, shifting power, taking a breath

Elizabeth Felicetti Melissa Perrin

What are we rebuilding and why?

By David L. Odom Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

Peer groups for pastors can create a healthy ecosystem of support

By Ruth Perkins Lee Director of fellowship gatherings at CBF

Suggestions for congregations entering the next phase of COVID-19

By Jessica Young Brown Licensed clinical psychologist

This Ash Wednesday, mourning scours our hearts

By Timothy Adkins-Jones Pastor and assistant professor

What if we are all burned out?

By David L. Odom Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

How to plan for the post-pandemic future of church buildings

Chris Elisara Rick Reinhard

Image link to article: Creativity and trust are hallmarks of a robust effort by churches and their partners to provide vaccinations in communities of color

Creativity and trust are hallmarks of a robust effort by churches and their partners to provide vaccinations in communities of color

By Genine Babakian Journalist

Our climate practices must change post-pandemic

By Grace Ji-Sun Kim Professor, Earlham School of Religion

A campus ministry thrives in the pandemic by appealing to young people and planting house churches

By Edie Gross Journalist

How to navigate the chaos of returning to in-person church

By A. Trevor Sutton Pastor and writer

Greeting our return when the old is gone and the new is here

By Nathan Kirkpatrick Principal, Saison Consulting, LLC

What can the church learn from the pandemic about engaging with technology?

By Heidi A. Campbell Professor, Texas A&M University

Emily Lund: Going it alone may mean you won't get as far

By Emily Lund Communications Specialist, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

We are physical beings -- what if our ministries reflected that?

By Matt Overton Associate pastor, Columbia Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, Washington

A congregation helps homeless people during the pandemic by offering refuge and support

By Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn Journalist

Getting creative about teaching and ministry during a pandemic

By Grace Ji-Sun Kim Professor, Earlham School of Religion

Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes: What is possible? Out of a season of hardship and into a season of hope

By Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes Founding co-lead pastor, The Double Love Experience Church

Churches in predominantly Black communities can play a key role in vaccinating against COVID-19

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Journalist and UCC minister

How poetry can help kids -- and all of us -- practice lament

By Amy Peterson Writer

Churches can help stop the spread of the coronavirus by offering free COVID-19 testing

By Genine Babakian Journalist

Resources for Christian leaders during the coronavirus pandemic

Who cares for the shepherds? The secondary trauma of faith leaders must be addressed

By Jessica Young Brown Licensed clinical psychologist

Leanna K. Fuller: What's a church to do? Dealing with conflict during a pandemic

By Leanna K. Fuller Associate professor, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Money, mission and meeting in person -- a new study looks at COVID-19's effect on churches

By Edie Gross Journalist

Mycal X. Brickhouse: COVID-19 should remind us that life is holy, not disposable

By Mycal X. Brickhouse Director of programs and grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

Kate Foster Connors: Grieving the loss that makes way for something new

By Kate Foster Connors Executive director, The Center: Mission Outside the Box

Facing wicked problems in anxious times

By Victoria Atkinson White Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

The fear God gives us

By Chanequa Walker-Barnes Associate professor, McAfee School of Theology

How to host online meetings with Christian hospitality

By Gretchen E. Ziegenhals Spiritual director and retreat leader

Frank Yamada: Theological schools are diverse, and the pandemic will affect them differently

Taking a lesson from the seed -- find joy

By Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes Founding co-lead pastor, The Double Love Experience Church

Shannon Hopkins: How to lead when things are falling apart

By Shannon Hopkins Co-founder & lead cultivator, RootedGood

The pastoral challenge of a Brooklyn church and COVID-19

By Gary V. Simpson Leading Pastor, Concord Baptist Church of Christ

Ken Carter: How a scriptural imagination can help Christians face fear

By Kenneth H. Carter Jr. UMC Bishop

A commitment to personal rituals can sustain clergy, even during a pandemic

By Matt Bloom Professor, Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame

Parenting in the midst of protests and a pandemic is a difficult opportunity

By Angie Hong Worship leader, writer and speaker

Pandemics have a lot to teach us about those who lead us

By Adam Russell Taylor President, Sojourners

Dave Odom: What does financial sustainability mean in the midst of inequity?

By David L. Odom Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

What will summer be like without the usual VBS, camps and youth mission trips?

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Journalist and UCC minister

Developing congregational reengagement strategies

By Nathan Kirkpatrick Principal, Saison Consulting, LLC

What can we do to seek healing in the way of Jesus?

By Warren Kinghorn Psychiatrist and co-director of the Theology, Medicine & Culture Initiative

William H. Lamar IV: It's not just the coronavirus -- bad theology is killing us

By William H. Lamar IV Pastor, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church

Considering a pandemic through Pentecost

By Alaina Kleinbeck Director, Thriving in Ministry Coordination Program

Learning to listen in a time of heartache

By Ylisse C. Bess Interfaith chaplain, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

A. Trevor Sutton: Small steps can help improve your ministry's online presence

By A. Trevor Sutton Pastor and writer

A campus ministry opens a pay-as-you-can deli just as the pandemic hits

By Elizabeth Le'anani Coffee Community engagement facilitator, H.E. Butt Foundation

Jessica Young Brown: Ministers cannot thrive if they neglect themselves

By Jessica Young Brown Licensed clinical psychologist

Image link to article: Poems to pray in a pandemic

When we need holy friendships most

By Victoria Atkinson White Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

The gifts of the small church in a pandemic

By Allen T. Stanton UMC pastor

Will the church financially survive the COVID-19 pandemic?

By Ken Garfield Journalist

David Emmanuel Goatley: Offering hope and help

By David Emmanuel Goatley Associate Dean for Academic and Vocational Formation, Duke Divinity School; Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Research Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry; Director of Office of Black Church Studies