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Leadership Education at Duke Divinity is now the Forum for Congregational Life. The organization’s executive director explains that there are important reasons for the name change, including a revised focus.
Link to author David L. Odom
In this excerpt from her new book, a former None who is now a denominational leader writes about the future of the church.
Link to author Stephanie Spellers
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.
Link to author Nicole Marie Bergeron
Building local spiritual ecosystems can provide stability in a shifting religious landscape and help communities flourish, a nonprofit network leader writes.
Link to author Danielle Goldstone
The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey pauses annually during Lent to reflect on the effect of systemic racism on its Black parishes. Along with acknowledging its own history, the diocese has worked for reparations at the state level with religious and secular organizations.
Link to author Annette John-Hall
For more than two decades, a secular theater company has partnered with Raleigh, North Carolina, churches to offer programing with distinctly justice-focused themes.
Link to author Yonat Shimron
When the fit isn’t right, sometimes leaving is the next faithful step, writes a pastor. He offers four tips for finding alignment between pastor and congregation.
Link to author Russell Lackey
Partnering with local churches, the reVision Football Club in Houston has made high-quality soccer training available to players from marginalized neighborhoods. More than 40 have gone on to compete in college.
Link to author Lindsay Peyton
Play helps us understand God and open new paths for ministry, says a pastor
Link to author Andy Stanton-Henry
It took 16 years for Brigit’s Village, a 40-unit, intergenerational apartment complex in northern Colorado, to come to fruition.
Link to author Daliah Singer
A new study examines how clergy find and evaluate the information they need and how they help congregants navigate today’s information landscape.
