Church Profiles

Back in 2001, the leadership team at Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, launched a vision plan that laid out some lofty goals....

To meet the needs of people in their reach in a time when people have so many views of church, the pandemic and the issues they face, New Day uses a variety of approaches to reach the diverse population.

Pathak sought a solution to reestablish the church’s identity as a truly local neighbor, of and for its community. He asked himself, What would it look like for us to build what amounts to a network of churches so we could share some resources, yet still operate like local churches?

“But the shift in thinking was that it would become more of an outreach opportunity,” says Rev. Denise Tiedemann.

Riverview Church stays strong with a healthy culture of succession.

Transparent leadership creates a come-as-you-are environment at The Bridge.

Fuel Church works to connect addicts with help.

Creative reproducing church provides water as it plants new churches.