Yeah, I’m vehemently pro-pastor
The pastoral housing crisis reveals the cost of a sacrifice that the church has stopped naming, writes the founder of a Christian housing nonprofit. Her essay is a call to old faithfulness.
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Argrow “Kit” Evans-Ford: Families deserve generational, sustainable, long-term change
This Christian social enterprise has expanded from bath and body products to a café and food truck to support and train women who have experienced abuse.
Three churches share their experiences practicing intentional stewardship year-round
Different in size, location and denomination, these churches are all working to move beyond traditional fall giving campaigns by creating a philosophy of continuous stewardship.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
An affordable housing project uses its faith-based history to grow into the future
Now a secular nonprofit, Harborlight Homes has expanded to address a housing shortage while holding onto its church roots.
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G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Journalist and UCC minister
Why is a business model important for a ministry?
The new executive director of any ministry needs to understand the organization’s finances. That includes how money is raised and spent as well as the economics of the people involved, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Forum for Congregational Life
Listening to people and investing in them as an act of radical service
Married pastors have transformed a vacant strip mall into a community development hub and base for needed services in a St. Louis suburb.
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Valerie Schremp Hahn
Journalist
The visionary and the implementer: Partners combine strengths to launch a housing development for formerly homeless older adults
When San Antonio’s Catholic Worker house grew from offering a feeding ministry to building affordable housing, its leader got help from a surprising source: a former administrator in the city department that had tried to shut it down.
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Robyn Ross
Journalist
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.
Link to author Nadia A. Mian
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Nadia A. Mian
Senior program director, Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement
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.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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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
