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TagsDeon K. Johnson: As America marks its 250th year, the church has a crucial role to play in accurately telling the nation’s story
The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri’s ministry of writing and sharing daily prayers touches people beyond his parishes, as does his family’s experience of a traumatic year caught up in the federal crackdown on immigrants.
‘Healing the Wounds of the Displaced: Pastoral Ministry in Immigrant Churches’
A pastor offers his reflections on pastoral work in the immigrant community and the need for new ecclesiological models for ministry on the margins. In this excerpt, he writes a letter sharing his personal experience as a formerly undocumented immigrant.
Link to author Francisco Zamora Avila
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.
Link to author Byron L. Benton
Queering southern hospitality
How churches practice welcome in the rural South.
Link to author Claire Brown
Beyond church walls, common threads catalyze communities
Faith & Leadership checks in with three previously featured projects about their continued learning and growth over recent years.
Link to author Edie Gross
How can the Black church combat the erasure of Black history?
The current threats to Black historical memory should serve as a call for Christian leaders to preserve, celebrate and commemorate Black history, says a pastor of a historic church.
Link to author Kenneth Young
Moral fatigue and the quiet exhaustion of doing the right thing
We are called to remain true to the common good despite opposition and adversity. That feels particularly hard now, but the Bible offers reassurance.
Link to author Khristi Lauren Adams
Building resilient neighborhoods
A faith-based community development program in Pittsburgh works to heal the traumas of local residents and create sustainable change. Meanwhile, it’s coping with federal funding cuts amid growing demand for its services.
Abundance at the margins: How faith and food justice converge for farmworkers
A ministry in southwest Florida grows and gives away food to the people who harvest the nation’s crops but have little access to fresh food themselves.
Link to author Alexandra Martinez
A new documentary focuses on a Civil Rights era journalist and the truth he helped share
Bill Minor’s reporting was important to the movement for civil rights in Mississippi and the nation. His vocation was informed and sustained by his faith, a documentarian writes.
Link to author Ellen Ann Fentress