A church and mosque collaborate to power—and empower—their neighborhood by installing solar panels on the church roof.
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A church's fixer-upper parsonage becomes a community center to preserve Latino culture and bridge cultural, generational, and denominational gaps.
A Presbyterian church transforms their unused manse (minister's house) into a home for Afghan refugees, and serve as community for the home's first tenants.
A NYC church continues its long-term relationship with the theater community and generates needed income by opening rehearsal space.
Churches in Wilmington, Delaware share their commercial kitchens so food entrepreneurs can grow their businesses.
A community group in North Carolina asked to use a church's lawn for a small community garden. The church agrees to share their lawn, free of cost, and new neighborhood relationships are formed.
An AME church and a Latino congregation united their congregations and community outreach efforts.
Lutheran Church of the Reformation rents out space to Hill Havurah, an independent, Jewish community. It’s a landlord-tenant relationship that has financial benefits to both sides, but it is so much more than that.
In 2004, the Muslim Center of Detroit partnered with physicians from the Islamic Association of Greater Detroit to open a free health clinic on the second floor of the prominent local mosque.
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