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New study documents affordable housing across the country built on faith land
The online, searchable survey of almost 10,000 units of housing shows trends and patterns as congregations and denominations seek to use their properties to serve their communities.
Link to author Nadia A. Mian
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Nadia A. Mian
Senior program director, Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement
Healing the land and building community
A North Carolina nonprofit is partnering with a local congregation to grow a holistic development model, creating affordable housing while restoring the land and nurturing relationships.
Link to author Stephanie Hunt
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Stephanie Hunt
Journalist
What happens when neighbors object to your congregation’s building plans?
Conflict is common when churches desire to redevelop underused property. But there are ways to avoid and mitigate neighborhood opposition.
Link to author Yonat Shimron
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
A Presbyterian hiker ministry spreads radical hospitality in the Rocky Mountains
At the intersection of two major trails, a small Colorado congregation has shaped a convergence of volunteers, hikers and the larger community rooted in welcome.
Link to author Christie Matherne
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Christie Matherne
Journalist
Aaron Treadwell: A new digital archive preserves nearly 175 years of AME Church documents
An ongoing project to complete the archive of The Christian Recorder newspaper and other publications shows the depth and breadth of Black writing since the 19th century, says the historian leading the effort.
‘Threads of Community’: Quilting and the Black church
Members of a sewing ministry and an artist share the way in which quilting honors tradition while also serving as a form of self-expression.
What does community require of us?
Throughout her life, the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray’s writing, teaching and preaching made clear that true community demands the work of radical social transformation.
Link to author Angela Thorpe Mason
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Angela Thorpe Mason
Executive director, Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice
A group of volunteers offers a faithful presence in San Diego’s immigration court
After an effort tied to World Refugee Day, a Catholic diocese organically grew a program for faithful people to be witnesses for immigrants.
Link to author Kate Morrissey
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Kate Morrissey
Journalist
‘Doing Well by Doing Good: The Missional Benefits of Church-Based Economic Enterprises’
In his new book, a priest highlights the hopeful message churches can offer when they change their missional and financial models.
Link to author Brendan J. Barnicle
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Brendan J. Barnicle
Dean, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
‘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
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Francisco Zamora Avila
