The Rev. Barry Randolph stands outside of Church of the Messiah in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by Rebecca Cook
Under the Rev. Barry Randolph, a thriving Detroit church has brought a young community together to improve their lives with their own ideas.
Unsplash / Silas Baisch
The preaching and leadership necessary for the church to fulfill its mission inevitably produces discomfort in the people and in their leader, writes the theologian and retired UMC bishop.
Unsplash / Pascal Debrunner
Closing a church can be terrifying, but you don’t have to do it alone, says a sociologist and pastor.
In-person worship services have not taken place at Brooklyn's Concord Baptist Church of Christ since March 15. Photos courtesy of Concord Baptist Church of Christ; all services pictured took place prior to the pandemic
From one of the pandemic’s epicenters, a minister describes his congregation’s experience through death and new life over the last four months.
Photo courtesy of Gail Song Bantum
The pastor of Quest Church reflects on her journey into ministry and how pastors must make space for others to flourish.
Lightstock / Angela
Five years after losing friends and neighbors in the murders at Mother Emanuel, an AME pastor writes about the impact on him, Charleston and the nation.
Composite Illustration by Jessamyn Rubio | iStock / MesutUgurlu
As many ministries are forced online during the pandemic, leaders must pay attention to and improve user experience, says a pastor.
Book cover detail from "On the Road With Saint Augustine."
The professor of philosophy describes his own journey with Augustine and the importance of leaders paying attention to the formation of desire.
Staff illustration / Photo by Debby Hudson / Unsplash
The minister and professor of preaching offers a method of dialogue in advance of the coming election.
Unsplash / Akshay Paatil
Pandemic response requires more than words of encouragement for those who are suffering. It requires concrete steps to undo systemic injustices, writes the director of the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School.