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When news got out about what Rev. John Van Sloten was preaching on, protesters turned up outside the church.

An old McDonalds building gets transformed into a weightlifting gym with a side order of youth ministry.

Members of an Ontario church are helping sell Honduran coffee and ensure fair wages for growers.

A new church plant in Byron Center is drawing women from its neighborhood by offering Zumba fitness classes.

Aurora church designs worship for and with teens.

By adding intergenerational activities, children’s Sunday school has become both focused and magnified.

Hammond church uses community meals to meet the neighbors.

Leanne Talen Geisterfer, Rev.

A Prinsburg church helps raise funds for a family with three kids who use wheelchairs.

A Portland church gets creative to find family-friendly activities throughout the rainy winter months.

A mosaic brings beauty and joy to an inner city neighborhood in Philadelphia.

Michigan family makes space at the table for one more.

Helping recently released inmates reenter society lowers recidivism.

Filipino immigrants find support and also send support back home.

Award-winning food gives Columbia church a high profile.

Lynden church ministry supports adoptive and foster families.

Fans of Over the Rhine will agree that The Long Sur

Rabbit Hole is challenging, not only because of the subject—Osca

The Network seems to have accomplished one of the most important things that it set out do: connect people and churches to enhance min

Canadians asked to advocate for transitional funding

A struggling church picked up stakes and moved, seeking growth

Community-wide Bible reading program has ministers collaborating on texts and sermon ideas

Librarian in Whitby recognized for promoting the church library