Missions & Community

La Cocina VA sets a table for training and workforce development

A nonprofit’s partnership with two Virginia churches offers a model for collaboration between faith-based and community-based organizations.

By Leslie Quander Wooldridge Journalist

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A white, progressive pastor reflects on the anti-racism work ahead

In the 1960s and ’70s, the work of justice for white people looked like writing letters, joining marches and signing petitions. But the work ahead is focused on economic justice as well as building relationships, writes a Baptist pastor emeritus.

By Mel Williams Activist & Baptist pastor emeritus

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A nonprofit promotes justice by creating employee-owned enterprises and industrial cooperatives

Inspired in part by Catholic social teachings, The Industrial Commons seeks to create “an inclusive economy rooted in community and dignity.”

By Yonat Shimron Journalist

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H Spees: Cities are a gift from God. We ought to care for them as such.

The director of housing and homeless services for the city of Fresno speaks on what faith has taught him about urban development work.

Created in and bearing the image of God

One year after the Atlanta spa shootings, a writer reflects on the fear it engendered — and why that fear is not going away.

By Kathy Khang Writer and speaker

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What brings you joy? An urban neighborhood strengthens its community by asking unexpected questions

The Learning Tree initiative takes a different route to enhancing community by focusing on talents and gifts — not poverty.

By Shari Finnell Journalist

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Co-ops are one approach to economic solidarity

Cooperative businesses are worth exploring and supporting, both for their practical benefits and as a way to prioritize the needs of all, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Maria Teresa Gastón Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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A Chicago-area coalition trains leaders in organizing and Catholic social teaching

Working with partners in the community, the Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership seeks to be a catalyst for the creation of a just economy.

By Claire Zulkey Journalist

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A faith-based design lab teaches churches how to help their communities flourish

With the help of The Impact Guild design lab, a church in San Antonio is able to dream big and start small as it leverages little-used assets for the neighborhood.

By Emily Starbuck Gerson Journalist

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Why doubt is important for leaders

A newly elected councilmember in Campbell, California, discovered that politics was his vocation after family crises shook his faith.

By Sergio Lopez City councilmember, Campbell, California

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Yes in God’s Back Yard wants to build homes for those most in need of them

A faith-based initiative anchored in San Diego would use property owned by religious institutions to help address an affordable-housing crisis.

By Kate Morrissey Journalist

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