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Pastor Leaves His Church to Feed the Hungry on His Urban Farm: ‘It’s Literally Saving Lives’

"I tell people, ‘I pastor okra now — okra doesn’t give me as many problems as some people do,'” Chris Battle tells PEOPLE Mike Belleme On a Sunday morning, Chris Battle, clad in dirt-smudged overalls, ...
Christianity Today

You Can’t Love the Church in the Abstract

It's easy to say you love the church universal, the whole bride of Christ. But Scripture unmistakably calls us to love the ...
The Grio

Black people go to church more than most of U.S, but attendance not rebounding from COVID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The wide empty spaces in pews between parishioners at a Sunday service at Zion Baptist Church in South Carolina’s capital highlight a post-pandemic reality common among many ...
The New York Times

The Black Church Has a Gen-Z Issue: ‘They Don’t Come Into the Building Anymore’

These congregations are struggling to attract younger members. That has consequences for social cohesion and Black political power writ large. These congregations are struggling to attract younger ...
America Magazine

Four ways the Catholic Church can actually listen more to young people

Pilgrims wait for Pope Francis to arrive to lead a prayer vigil during World Youth Day at Campo da Graça in Park Tejo in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 5, 2023. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) Pope Francis ...