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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.

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.”