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The gospel lived out in the company of friends
Do we make church more complicated than it needs to be? A social entrepreneur revisits her hometown friends and reflects on friendship and what is holy and enduring about life in community.
Link to author Shannon Hopkins
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Shannon Hopkins
Co-founder & lead cultivator, RootedGood
An experiment in housing and health: Tiny homes, burgeoning community and respite care
A Nashville church shares its property with a cluster of tiny homes where unhoused people can recover from illness and injury and move closer to stability.
Link to author Fiona Soltes
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Fiona Soltes
Journalist
Struggling with what to do with your church building? Here’s how to find help
Congregations across the country are trying to figure out what to do with buildings that no longer serve their purpose. But there are many resources for leaders grappling with this issue, writes a project director at the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.
Link to author Elizabeth Lynn
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Elizabeth Lynn
Project Director, Shifting Ground
Public health from the pulpit: First steps for clergy to help create healthier communities
The gap between clergy and health professionals is hard to bridge, but pastors and Christian leaders can begin with some simple steps to help their communities flourish, writes a public health professional.
Link to author Alejandra Salemi
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Alejandra Salemi
Doctoral student, population health sciences
A nonprofit ministers on “both sides of the gun”
Together Chicago reduces gun violence with a five-pronged strategy designed to reduce crime on the streets and improve social conditions on Chicago’s West Side.
Link to author Claire Zulkey
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Claire Zulkey
Journalist
What can you do with a church building? Support local religion journalism
A congregation in Spokane, Washington, offered its building to a digital news startup, allowing it to grow into a million-dollar organization, writes the founder of the site.
Link to author Tracy Simmons
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Tracy Simmons
Executive director, SpokaneFAVS.com
Peter Storey: Is the church here for the world or itself?
A retired white Methodist bishop from South Africa who worked with Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu to end apartheid urges American Christian leaders to take Christian nationalism seriously.
More than finding a room, building an intentional community
CRECHE, a Boston-area co-housing network, offers space for developing deep relationships while easing the burden of high housing costs.
Link to author Phillip Martin
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Phillip Martin
Journalist
In the Pacific Northwest, Christian institutions have to adapt to an era where church isn’t a given
Different structures of belonging are emerging on the edge of Christendom to nourish the life of faith, says the author of a recent book.
Link to author Dustin D. Benac
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Dustin D. Benac
Visiting assistant professor, Baylor University
Bob Smietana: Why the decline of the church matters to everyone
As churches slowly disappear, so does the good they do in the world. That’s a loss for everyone, says a longtime religion journalist.
