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Kingdom Fellowship AME Church: ‘A Heart for the People’

Kingdom Fellowship also carries on the tradition of addressing community needs. “The Black church has always seen itself as providing not just spiritual leadership, but holistic leadership,” Pastor Matthew Watley says.

Embrace Church: Real Transformation

The church’s success is a testament to divine grace working through flawed people, Pastor Adam Weber insists. Embrace’s goal-setting process, called “traction,” has also multiplied its congregation.

CenterPoint Church: A Steady Presence in Long Island

“Our focus is always on reaching the lost and those who are far from God. We just keep honoring God, trying to reach our community, being missional and attractional, and person by person, they keep coming through the doors.” - Pastor Brian McMillan

Try This: Building Bridges With Foreign Exchange Students

Foreign exchange students swap foods, cultures, with black culture.

Refugee Ministry: From Friendship to Faith

A Texas church ministers to Bhutanese refugees.

A Home for Nonprofits: Real Life Church

Real Life Church Opens Its New Campus With Shared Space

Outside the Box: Mission Takes Flight

Church volunteers build an airplane for ministry in Africa.

Profile: Church of the Open Ark

A border town church attracts newcomers with unique architecture.

Church of Small Miracles

A rural Arkansas church extends a helping hand to its community.

Providing Jobs for the Disabled: Grace Church in Florida

A ministry gives mentally challenged young people a sense of purpose.

How One Church Creates Community

A Dallas church supports missionaries to a hurting apartment community.