CULTIVATE COMMUNITY
Christian communities need to be centers of deep listening, where God's presence is named and life-giving relationships are formed across all dimensions of diversity, both within and beyond the church.
What I’m Reading Now: Online Worship & Hospitality
How can we welcome online visitors
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The Church’s Call During a Global Pandemic in an Election Year
Insight to lead through the divisive mix of politics and religion
I’ve Been Honored (Learning from the Lab)
Churches have found creative ways to honor pastors
What Could Your Congregation Learn from Ministry on a Multi-Faith College Campus?
Make commitments and watch cross-cultural understanding grow
What I’m Reading Now: Blessed Are the Nones
A resource for interfaith marriages
How to Build an Anti-Racist Trust Team
A tool for finding support and accountability in anti-racism work.
Looking Out for the Littles: 4 Ways Churches Can Care For the Preschool-and-Under Set During the Pandemic
Simple ways to build faith and support parents with young children
Finding Abundance in the Badlands: Collaboration in Worship and Community
How can churches overcome technology limits
Who We Are Matters to Our Ministry
Identity matters for the pastor and each person in church
Can a Church Leader Be a Good Friend?
Challenges to forming friendships with the demands of ministry
Deepen Humility and Compassion with the IDI
Develop practices that are cross-culturally responsive
Ten Ways to Be a Lifesaving Church During this Pandemic
Churches can help those experiencing mental health struggles
What I’m Celebrating Now: Women in Ministry Special Worship Service
A virtual service to celebrate the ordination of women
What Does This Have to Do with Me?: God’s Call to Persist in Our Anti-Racism Work
White Christians have many options to become anti-racist
The Path to Resiliency
Help for the long journey of ministry
Faithful Innovation Summit: What Is the Distributed Church?
Reframing our communities
The Practice of Unfreezing
Break the ice with embodied conversations about race.
Congregation Spotlight: Learning to Listen
A community that has deepened relationships through innovation.
Food As The Front Door: Father Divine, The Peace Mission Movement & Radical Ministry For Our Time
Black churches, farmers, and business owners work for food justice.
Faithful Adaptation: Discipleship and Evangelism in a Virtual World
A free webinar presentation and podcast
What I’m Listening to Now: Caring for Grief with Dr. Beverly Wallace
People need rituals during the pandemic
