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Jesus’s example of laying down his life for others inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and the U.S. civil rights movement. This theology of how to engage undeserved suffering can help congregations deal with pain.
What churches profess and what they do sometimes clash. Sharing stories, sitting with those who suffer, praying, and listening in silence for God can help churches harmonize theology and sociology.
Providing charitable support and development assistance to people in need can and does work, but, like any important activity, we must learn how to do it well.
Cornelius Plantinga Jr. gives an opening plenary lecture at the 2017 Taking Your Church to College.
Is it possible to work in international development without hurting those we are helping?
Pastor Gabriel Salguero reminds us the soul has hunger and needs. Good worship speaks to the body and the soul.
A visual symbol that can be placed on the cover of service bulletins, within the written liturgy, or on a large screen display.
This vesper service from the 2017 Calvin Symposium on Christian Worship focuses on prayers for the suffering church.
The “Faith and Work” movement has become popular in many churches in North America in recent years. Many have sought to bridge the gap between Sunday worship and Monday work by showing how Christian liturgy and theology affect how we approach our weekday work. But our weekday work also affects how we inhabit Sunday worship in profound ways, and those who lead and craft liturgies do well to be attentive to this reality.
An annotated research guide from the field of practical theology, focusing on pastoral care and the African American experience
What does faithful ministry look like after trauma? What if that trauma is public trauma, like ministry after 9-11 in New York or after recent trauma in Ferguson or Orlando?
Isaac Wardell, Bruce Benedict, and Laura Fanucci provide some very practical first steps for congregations with a desire to address vocation in worship.
