Urban Ministry

Leaving the limelight didn’t heal my pride; it only disguised it.

This church is building relationships and contributing to economic shalom by supporting local businesses.

What does it take to grow healthy congregations in this hostile environment?

What started as a pastor’s unorthodox ‘community outreach’ is now bringing strangers together in the name of narrative.

After a neighborhood shooting left a toddler paralyzed, Corey Brooks knew it was time for the church to take action.

Rapper, poet, and pastor “Urban D.” on the hidden cost of copying culture—instead of creating it.

South Bronx Pastor Dimas Salaberrios talks about race, abortion, and criminal justice.

Even multiracial congregations tend to have white cultural values. Can we continue to cultivate truer diversity in the body of Christ?

Many black ministers-in-training are turning on the black church. Here’s why they should give it a second look.

Give kids a safe place to play.

Joel and Rachel Triska asked their neighbors what they needed—then designed a community to meet those needs.

Nurturing a church plant in tough, really tough, soil

Tim Keller and Andy Stanley explain what it takes to get ministry right.

Hunger makes you weak, but purposely going hungry is a powerful experience.

How do you know if you’re reaching a city?

How do you know if you’re reaching a city?

Currents: news you can use

Former suburbanite David Swanson reflects on ministry in the big city.

How one pastor is building Christian community where it doesn’t come easy.