January 7, 2025
Is your church ready when things go right?
Congregations and their leaders are often conditioned for problems. A North Carolina pastor suggests that they also prepare for success.
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Going beyond just keeping the peace to becoming ambassadors of peace
In the months before the 2024 presidential election, the Purple Church Initiative helped members of hundreds of UMC churches in North Carolina talk with fellow congregants with whom they disagreed.
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A note to pastors from a visitor in your pews
Writing from her perspective as a former pastor and now frequent church visitor, an associate director for the Thriving Congregations Coordination Program suggests simple, concrete ways to welcome the visiting stranger.
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