How to Start a Church with Three Showers and a Trailer
Pastor Emily Norris had a vision for The Dwelling, a new church she was planting in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A combined effort of the North Carolina Synod of the ELCA […]
Nine Lessons from a Church Planter Emerging from the Pandemic
by Rev. Michael Baughman Construct a generative culture: I’m convinced that church plants, despite being poorly funded and generally unstable, were better positioned to thrive in the pandemic than most […]
Work to Do: Ministry to Littles During the Pandemic
by Dr. Dawn Rundman Since March of 2020, I have been listening to children, youth and family ministry leaders wrestle with the devastating effects of the pandemic in their congregations, […]
Exchanging Walls for Welcome; A Practical Examination of Relational Intersectionality in the Parish
by Jessica Davis This article was originally published in the Women’s Issue of the Connect Journal in 2018. We invite you to read it again and consider how your community […]
Reflections on Pandemic Ministry
by Rev. Marla Rotman One of the things a person has to do to become a pastor is get over their fear of public speaking. I remember back to when […]
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