mission
Puerto Rico as both object and subject of mission
José David Rodríguez provides a decolonial history of Lutheranism in the world’s oldest colony.
Why our congregation gives directly to a church school in Haiti
As Père Diegue surveyed the unfinished classroom, he remarked: “I’m beginning to understand why I am here.”
Learning to love our church’s (expensive) steeple
At first I resented the costly repairs. Then I took a closer look.
How American Protestant missionaries helped usher in post-Protestant America
David Hollinger shows how the social gospel principles that drove mission abroad boomeranged back home.
California churches address housing crisis
Amid rising homelessness, congregations are building affordable housing.
5 do's and 5 don'ts for using your church building well
A physical space can be at the vital center of ministry—if you don't make it an idol.
Can we revitalize our dying church? Should we?
Four books on congregations in decline, and what pastors can do
What soldiers come home to
Can Christians display a life together that’s as compelling as war?
Immanuel is the agenda
What humankind needs is a love that sticks around, a love that stays put, a love that hangs on. That’s what the cross is.
LaSalle Street Church makes use of abundance
The point isn't the money; it's the risk.
The hospice pastor with a church on life support
"I feel like a Hospice nurse," I sighed as I set down my bags. I had so many funerals in my small congregation that I had little time for anything other than caring for the dying.
The apostles' new identity: Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35–10:8 (9-23)
I wonder if Paul has Euripides in mind.
Bold initiative: Social entrepreneurship
“Social entrepreneurship" involves innovators who address problems in society and advance a particular social mission to serve a larger good. We Christians have long had people who fulfilled this role, people who founded the Salvation Army, Goodwill and many hospitals and universities.But in the last few decades churches and denominations seem to have lost their steam. Have we Christians lost our sense of social entrepreneurship?