An in-depth research presentation by Dave Kresta, PhD that examines the many ways religious spaces can be reimagined to serve modern communities.
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When a Muslim group needed a place for youth religious education, it began meeting at a synagogue. This arrangement led to mutual curiosity and real friendship.
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding's case study of the HUDA Clinic, a free health care clinic in Detroit, Michigan, housed in the Muslim Center of Detroit.
Rev. Andrew Warner, the United Church of Christ's Generosity Outreach Officer, has created a video series of stewardship resources for your church's annual giving campaign.
Rev. Andrew Warner, the United Church of Christ's Generosity Outreach Officer, has created a video series of stewardship resources for your church's planned giving campaign.
While the Church of the Advocate's ample campus and cavernous interior support Art Sanctuary’s practical needs for storage, rehearsal, and performance space, the church’s activist history is also a source of heady inspiration.
Kinder Academy boasts of “quality childcare that provides a structured preschool program with the convenience of daycare hours.” The childcare center at Bustleton UMC is the jewel in Kinder Care’s crown, made possible with the space and support offered by the congregation.
Neighborhood Bike Works, a Philadelphia nonprofit serving the larger community, operates out of the basement of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church.
When asked to use its building and property to shelter women and families, Salt House Church said yes.
Beyond the first step of acknowledgment, some faith communities are taking up concrete reparations as a way of demonstrating authentic repentance for their role in systemic oppression.
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