Christian Leadership

Beyond church walls, common threads catalyze communities

Faith & Leadership checks in with three previously featured projects about their continued learning and growth over recent years.

By Edie Gross Journalist

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‘Embodied Reconciliation: Congregational Healing as Pastoral Care’

In this excerpt, a scholar asks, What are the tasks of pastoral care and leadership in the wake of conflict or tension within a community of faith?

By Leanna K. Fuller Associate professor, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

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Is AI out of control?

One researcher’s survey on technology use in congregations points to how quickly new technology can be adopted, both willingly and not.

By A. Trevor Sutton Pastor and writer

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Faithful people are called to deep politics, not cheap politics

The teachings of Jesus require us to engage in the work of justice. That is different from partisan politics, writes a peace activist.

By David LaMotte Songwriter, speaker, author and peace activist

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Mayra Macedo-Nolan: A faith-based network’s response to a traumatic year

In Southern California, the combined crises of wildfires and a federal immigration crackdown are known as fire and ICE. The executive director of a community coalition talks about the ongoing response her group has been part of and the sustainability of such work.

‘Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith’

In a new posthumous collection of her essays, friends of writer Rachel Held Evans reflect on her work. Theologian Candice Marie Benbow shares thoughts in this excerpt on feminism and allyship.

By Candice Marie Benbow Author

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The limits of hope and the promise of joy

In an excerpt from his new book, “Ancestors: Those Who Bless Us, Curse Us and Hold Us,” an AME pastor writes about the church as inherently political and why we cannot wait on God for change.

By William H. Lamar IV Pastor, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Historic church teaches about the past and engages the present

The oldest Black congregation in Chicago restores its historic building while reaching out as history is made in the city today.

By Celeste Kennel-Shank Journalist

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‘God of All Promises: A Poetic Pilgrimage through Genesis’

In this excerpt from his posthumous book, noted theologian Walter Brueggemann offers prayers, and probes into the deep, as he reflects on Genesis.

By Walter Brueggemann Theologian and author

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One day in the ministry of pastors in Minneapolis

Two Lutheran pastors in Minneapolis are providing for congregants’ needs and trying to hold onto joy amid the daily chaos and terror.

Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero who was also human

The people we admire must reflect a faithful commitment to ongoing spiritual formation despite their flaws. That is more important than perfection, a Methodist pastor writes.

By Justin Coleman Senior pastor, University United Methodist Church

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