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Celeste Kennel-Shank: ‘It was the safest place I knew as a child.’
A pastor and journalist tells the story of the Community of Christ in Washington, D.C., in which she grew up. It was a five-decade-long experiment in living and worshipping in a neighborhood parish that intentionally ended in 2016.
‘On Becoming Wise Together: Learning and Leading in the City’
In this excerpt from the newest book in the Theological Education Between the Times series, an educator considers theological formation as a communal rather than individual undertaking.
Link to author Maria Liu Wong
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Maria Liu Wong
Provost, City Seminary of New York
Fuller Seminary heads up ambitious ecumenical project to engage millions of young people
Five years in the making, the TENx10 project aims to “help faith matter more” for 10 million teens in 10 years. The effort has involved many groups across the church and might serve as a model for more collaborations.
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G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Journalist and UCC minister
C. Kavin Rowe: The character of Christian leaders determines their impact
In a recent book, the professor of New Testament looks to Scripture to paint a picture of Christian leadership.
‘Beautiful and Terrible Things’
In this excerpt from her new memoir, the Rev. Dr. Amy Butler writes about being “unemployed and disgraced” after leaving the Riverside Church in the City of New York — then finding joy in her new project, a fund to help closing churches invest their remaining assets.
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Amy Butler
Founder, Invested Faith
Considering the future of the 'Old First Church'
In this two-part series, United Methodist Church Bishop Kenneth H. Carter, Jr. and the Rev. Audrey Warren reflect on First Churches -- those anchor congregations in American downtowns. How can these institutions, which may be rich in tradition but strapped for cash, adapt to a changing society?
Observation, interpretation and intervention are key to revitalizing our big downtown churches
Nearly 50 years ago, the authors of “What’s Ahead for Old First Church” examined the strengths and weaknesses of these anchor institutions. The lessons are surprisingly relevant today.
Kenneth H. Carter Jr.
Audrey Warren
The brain, the heart and the soul: How three Catholic churches are merging to create a new type of parish
Three congregations have avoided some of the disruption of a reorganization in Chicago by leaning into their individual identities while forming a new whole.
Link to author Claire Zulkey
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Claire Zulkey
Journalist
New people can mean new ways of doing things
The last four years have seen an influx of new hires for many organizations. Slowing down to make the changes that turnover requires can benefit everyone.
Link to author David L. Odom
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Ted A. Smith: A hope-filled end of theological education
The director of the Theological Education Between the Times project talks about the intentional planning behind the effort and his contribution to its book series.
