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God’s Crowdsource in East Harlem
This church is building relationships and contributing to economic shalom by supporting local businesses.
Junk for Jesus
Scripture invites us to give our firstfruits, not our fourthfruits.
How Young African Americans are Fusing Faith and Activism
And how the church can help nurture their desire to integrate spirituality and social justice in fresh ways.
Looking for Ancient African Religion? Try Christianity.
The African religious imagination already anticipates Christ.
The Faith of the ‘Killable People’
Why “prison Pentecostalism” is flourishing among criminals, gang members, and others on society’s margins.
Q&A: Ministering to Gang Members Is God’s Work
Why a juvenile justice advocate builds relationships with Chicago’s most vulnerable young men.
Melvin Banks Had a Dream
An interview with the founder of the largest African American Christian publishing house.
How Discipleship Is Transforming Nairobi, One Woman at a Time
Women in urban East Africa face challenges that are both unique and universal.
Planting Disciple-Making Churches in the City
What does it take to grow healthy congregations in this hostile environment?
A Shoplifter’s Search for God
I equated material possessions with happiness, until a high-school mission trip changed my thinking.
Urban Mix-and-Match Religion Didn't Start with Nick Cannon
Why this 'new spirituality' is really just old-fashioned syncretism.
Is the Way Our Cities Are Designed Keeping Us Apart?
How churches can benefit from a lesson in urban geography.
My Home Has ‘Murder’ in Its Name
How Russell Jeung met Jesus among the Southeast Asian gangs of Oakland.
The Challenge of Defending the Faith in the Inner City
Traditional apologetics has struggled to address the theological issues of my urban community.
The CallingEpisode 30|38min
The Ambassador's Long Road to Rebuilding
When a crossed boundary put his ministry in jeopardy, the holy hip-hopper knew bouncing back wouldn't be easy.
Big Cities Need Great Small Churches, Too
Alongside big churches, we need an explosion of smaller, niche churches to infiltrate neighborhoods and challenge us to think differently.
How Uncensored Storytelling Helped Cincinnati Churchgoers to See Their Real Neighbors
What started as a pastor's unorthodox 'community outreach' is now bringing strangers together in the name of narrative.
How a Chicago Pastor Helped Rival Gangs Make Peace
After a neighborhood shooting left a toddler paralyzed, Corey Brooks knew it was time for the church to take action.
Why Our Hip-Hop Loving Church Doesn't Worship to Kanye
Rapper, poet, and pastor "Urban D." on the hidden cost of copying culture—instead of creating it.
D. L. Mayfield: ‘What If I Made Everything Worse?'
The writer and activist asks hard questions about her time living among refugees.

Top Story March 29, 2024

A Theologian’s Vision of ‘Peasant’ Politics Is Surprisingly Lordly in Scope
A Theologian’s Vision of ‘Peasant’ Politics Is Surprisingly Lordly in Scope
Ephraim Radner’s “narrow” concern for protecting the mundane goods of earthly life isn’t so narrow after all.

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