Planting a Community Garden: Grace Baptist Church in Oregon
An Oregon church produces thousands of pounds of food for the local food bank, senior center and a women's shelter.
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Small Church America
Inside the July/August issue: Embracing the advantages of small; portraits of creative ministry; moving beyond our obsession with numbers; plus: Eugene Peterson on the church planting journey and the Outreach Interview with Karl Vaters
Providing Produce to Families in Need: Grace UMC in Indiana
Church distributes 41,000 pounds of potatoes to fight poverty and offer food security to those in need.
Rick Warren: Redemptive Criticism (and Other Virtues)
"It’s the number one fear of pastors—the fear of criticism. And it's their number one pain."
How to Engage the Community
Efrem Smith: "The churches that are doing the best in our conference in engaging their surrounding community are the ones who value a cause more than their Sunday morning worship."
Surf Camp Outreach: Catch the Wave
Surf camps in Southern California help youth grow in faith.
Providing Free Dental Care to Low-Income Families: Northland Church in Florida
Northland church works with other organizations to hold the annual Central Florida Dental Outreach event for low-income residents.
A Church for the City
Eugene Cho: “If we reduce church to a program, we’ve forgotten our identity as a ‘sent’ people.”
Business and the Bible Boot Camp
For the last five years, By Grace Alone has hosted the two-week “business boot camp” for area kids between the ages of 10 and 14, many from outside the church.
