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Missio Alliance

Crucial Conversations: Kingdom Ethics for our Post-Election Reality, Part One

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Tara Beth Leach

Shaping Holy People, not Holy Persons

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Stephen Ko

Four Principles to Foster Anti-Racism in Children at Every Stage   

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Pierce VanDunk

The Cost of Unity

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Wes Telyea

The Post-COVID Church: Four Crucial Lessons from the ‘None-Zone’

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David Swanson

A Moment or a Movement?

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Vince Bantu

The Pure and Undefiled Job Description of the Christian

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JR Rozko

Three Relationships Every Church Needs…Especially Now

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Missio Alliance

Seven Ways to Make a Difference—Without Leaving Your Home

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Mandy Smith

The Power of Holy Mischief in Times of Crisis

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Josh Funk

Embodying the Imagery of the Prophets

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Austin Fischer

Keep the Churches Closed! (a Response to Rusty Reno)

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David Fitch

The Potential of Faithful Presence During a Pandemic

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Kris Beckert

An Alternative to Panic: A Faithful Response to Epidemics

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Kris Beckert

The Limits of Experience

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Andrew Arndt

Ten Hopes and Prayers for the Next Ten Years

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Angie Hong

True Politics Through Subversive Worship

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Karina Kreminski

Five Reasons Why Neighborhoods Matter

Featured image for “Relevancy Isn’t Our Only Option”
Seth Richardson

Relevancy Isn’t Our Only Option

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Kyuboem Lee

The Mission of Welcoming Our Global Neighbors

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Kris Beckert

When “Go Home” Is Innocent No More

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Andrew Arndt

In Praise of the Church’s Substance over Style

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Justin Lonas

From Mundane Ministry to the Presence of God

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Kris Beckert

What the Church Can Learn from Macy’s

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Radical Hospitality

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Andrew Arndt

Holding Faith and Doubt in Community

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Adam Gustine

Becoming a Just Church

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Grace Humbles

The Local Church is a Living Sign of Hope

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David Swanson

Immigrants Under Attack: Five Ways the Church Can Respond

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Wendy Gierhart

An Unexpected Story of Church Partnership

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Mandy Smith

When to Loosen Our Tongues: How Testimonies Spark Revival

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Leeann Younger

Your Church Might Be a 501c3 but Your 501c3 Might Not Always Be the Church

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Leeann Younger

Four Practices to Help You (and Your Ministry) Break Free from “Slaveholder Religion”

Featured image for “These Women Played An Enormous Role in Shaping Christianity—Do You Know Their Names?”
Amy Davis Abdallah

These Women Played An Enormous Role in Shaping Christianity—Do You Know Their Names?

Featured image for “3 Ways We Must Reimagine Our Ecclesiology in a Post-Willow Creek World”
David Fitch

3 Ways We Must Reimagine Our Ecclesiology in a Post-Willow Creek World

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Tara Beth Leach

Mothers are Drowning in Stress—Here are 6 Ways Your Church Can Help

Featured image for “3 Practices to Stay on Mission in a Fast-Gentrifying Landscape”
Leeann Younger

3 Practices to Stay on Mission in a Fast-Gentrifying Landscape

Featured image for “5 Timely Conversations You Don’t Want to Miss at Awakenings”
Missio Alliance

5 Timely Conversations You Don’t Want to Miss at Awakenings

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Jorge Acevedo

In the Aftermath of the United Methodist Vote, There Are No Winners

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David Swanson

Read this Book If You Want to Minister Holistically in a Fractured World

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Juliet Liu

Sexual Abuse: 12 Resources for Church Leaders Committed to Preventing It

Featured image for “Churches are Closing. These Four Models are Thriving.”
Chris Morton

Churches are Closing. These Four Models are Thriving.

Featured image for “One Korean American Woman’s Call to Pastoral Ministry—and What the Church Stands to Gain”
Christine Yi Suh

One Korean American Woman’s Call to Pastoral Ministry—and What the Church Stands to Gain

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Sean Palmer

Mandy Smith

14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About

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Derek Vreeland

Church, Today We Need Dr. King’s Vision of Justice

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Joy Craun

Racism and The Dying American Church

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Geoff Holsclaw

The 1 Thing We Forget About Jesus’ Baptism During Epiphany

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Juliet Liu

Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance

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Kat Armas

One Pastor’s Journey to the Border and What She Found There

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Juliet Liu

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

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MaryKate Morse

The Greatest Obstacle to the Gospel Today: Racism and the White Church

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Anthony Siegrist

Colonialism and Mission: 4 Lessons We Must Learn from History

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INFEMIT

Caring for Orphans Globally: How Can the Church in the West Do Better?

Featured image for “For Kingdom Citizens, Civil Discourse Doesn’t Work”
Seth Richardson

For Kingdom Citizens, Civil Discourse Doesn’t Work

Featured image for “Why Attentive Listening is Essential for the Witness of the Church Today”
Keri Hui

Why Attentive Listening is Essential for the Witness of the Church Today

Featured image for “Midterm Elections Day: How the Church Could Turn the Tide on Political Polarization”
Andrew Arndt

Midterm Elections Day: How the Church Could Turn the Tide on Political Polarization

Featured image for “Classism Exists in the Church—and It’s Hurting All of Us”
Matt Ingalls

Classism Exists in the Church—and It’s Hurting All of Us

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Mandy Smith

Setting Aside the World’s Categories: One Pastor’s Approach to Politics

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Joel Yoshonis

The Good News for an Increasingly “Post-Truth” Society

Featured image for “Confessions of a White Guy: Reflections After the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel”
Adam Gustine

Confessions of a White Guy: Reflections After the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel