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Rebuilding a community, block by block.

An innovative partnership created by two United Methodist pastors revitalizes flood-ravaged neighborhoods in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Read more »

Q&A: Workplace

Jared Bleak: Dangerous conversations

The executive director of Duke Corporate Education offers a four-step strategy for leaders facing conversations that are difficult, tense or even dangerous. Read more »

Q&A: Future of Denominations

Michael Lindsay: The mainline is not on the sidelines

The church in the future will blend both modality and sodality, says a sociologist specializing in leadership, religion and culture. Read more »



Multimedia: Future of Denominations

Susan Towner-Larsen: The elephants in the room

United Church of Christ’s national leadership seeks to enact change while staying true to the denomination’s core values of radical hospitality, inclusiveness and social justice. Watch video »



Reflection: Vibrant Institutions

Campuses of the kingdom

Thriving institutions that serve the reign of God can pop up in the most unexpected places, as Jason Byassee discovered when he looked at two schools, as different from one another as imaginable. Read more »

Reflection: Vibrant Institutions

Healthy congregations and humility in action

Again and again, Louis Weeks found the same trait when he visited a dozen healthy, vital congregations. No matter how impressive their ministries, they all had the virtue of humility. Read more »