You’ve decided to build affordable housing on your church property. What’s next?
The “predevelopment” phase is crucial in faith-based efforts to develop church property. An expert in urban planning helps demystify the process.
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Church income isn’t keeping pace with inflation — but here’s how faith leaders can encourage giving and growth
As a recent report sheds light on the postpandemic state of faith and finances, experts offer suggestions for increasing church income by prioritizing ease of giving and financial literacy.
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
Five tips for churches considering property development
Churches are learning how to get started well with adaptive reuse and property development, writes the co-founder of a nonprofit that has worked with hundreds of churches.
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Mark Elsdon
Social entrepreneur, strategic executive and author
‘White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy’
In the closing chapter of a recent book, the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II writes about the hope he sees when poor people come together to advocate for better working conditions and better policies.
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William J. Barber II
Activist and pastor
Navigating financial dependency: Does your ministry have a sponsor, and what does that mean?
Maintaining a successful relationship with a significant funder requires being clear about intentions and understanding how to negotiate priorities, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Mobilizing the poor can help fix America
Believing myths related to poverty and whom it affects has prevented Americans from constructing a society that works for everyone, authors of a recent book say.
Breathing Space: One church’s experiment with guaranteed minimum income
A church offered a “guaranteed gift” of $500 per month for a year to two neighbor-partners as a way to respect recipients’ dignity and give them more agency.
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Rhonda Mawhood Lee
Priest, spiritual director and writer
A church offers training in faith and finance
Kingdom Fellowship AME Church helps its members thrive through financial literacy classes that help build economic stability and faithful generosity.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
My ancestor was an enslaver. Here’s how I’m making reparations.
A graduate of Harvard Divinity School writes about her family’s history — which includes an ancestor active in the enslavement of Black people — and how she is taking reparative action.
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Morgan Curtis
Facilitator and money coach
Nonprofit helps churches increase social impact by leveraging their assets
The Oikos Institute for Social Impact helps BIPOC Christian leaders work together to develop a vision, identify existing resources and seek new sources of funding for ministries that serve their communities.
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Alison Bowen
Journalist
‘When God’s Call Is Bigger Than a Building’
The Rev. Ashley Goff reflects on her congregation’s long — and sometimes contentious — process of building 173 apartments for low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities in this excerpt from “Gone for Good?”
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Ashley Goff
Pastor, Arlington Presbyterian Church
