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In its early days, a startup nonprofit working to make the Bible more accessible to young people in urban areas found a crucial community partner. The result of their collaboration is a lesson for us all, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Elizabeth Tamez Méndez
Through The Lighthouse, some Florida churches are offering a nonreligious ministry of presence that focuses on God’s love for all, opening doors for both young people and other institutions.
Link to author Catherine Montgomery
In Maryland, families have gathered for almost three decades to create a faith community where they can fully explore their religious identities without sacrificing their heritage.
Link to author Edie Gross
Five years in the making, the TENx10 project aims to “help faith matter more” for 10 million teens in 10 years. The effort has involved many groups across the church and might serve as a model for more collaborations.
Link to author G. Jeffrey MacDonald
A pastor turned graphic designer and entrepreneur discusses her call, her creative process and some of what she’s learned about church communications.
Two children’s formation leaders write that networks of training and support are crucial for the success of anti-racism efforts in faith communities.
Faith communities can play a crucial role to counter efforts that limit what is taught about our nation’s past and present, including the banning of books and censoring of curriculum content. Most churches already have the mechanisms in place to offer formation. Here are resources to make those offerings practically, thoughtfully and intentionally anti-racist.
Effective youth programs require training, a sense of mission and a willingness to adapt, one vacation Bible school expert says.
Link to author Shari Finnell
Throughout its history, the Black church has played a crucial role in providing education where it was denied. That work continues today.
Link to author Karen Crozier
When the memory of one shooting blends into another, we start to become numb to the grief and guilt of America’s crisis of gun violence.
Link to author Aleta Payne
By partnering to promote youth empowerment, places of worship can also promote better mental health for young people.
Link to author Ryan DeLapp
