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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — At Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. Riveras de Cupey, a new movement of lay formation and empowerment is taking root. The congregation has developed a ministry and preaching school designed to train leaders who, because of financial or academic barriers, have never had access to formal seminary education.
La Iglesia Bautista de Metrópolis, localizada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, ha experimentado en los últimos meses una transformación significativa en sus áreas de predicación y adoración. La iniciativa fortaleció la espiritualidad de la congregación, permitió desarrollar talleres, descubrir nuevos talentos y fomentar un profundo sentido de pertenencia en la comunidad de fe.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Iglesia Bautista de Metrópolis has experienced a significant transformation in recent months in its preaching and worship life thanks to a six-month revitalization program. The initiative not only strengthened the congregation’s spirituality, but created opportunities for training, nurtured new talents, and fostered a deeper sense of belonging within the faith community.
Sociologist Jonathan Calvillo researches how hip-hop gives Christians in and beyond the church agency to deal with real-life issues and shape their faith and spirituality.
Sociologist Jonathan Calvillo grew up in Latinx Pentecostal churches where church leaders made room for young Christians to express themselves through hip-hop. His life experiences and research explore what churches can learn from hip-hop creatives.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — In the heart of Puerto Nuevo, a Presbyterian congregation has taken a bold step toward inclusion and renewal by opening the pulpit to laywomen—recognizing their calls, their voices, and their leadership in the life of the church.
En el corazón de Puerto Nuevo, una comunidad de fe ha decidido dar un paso firme hacia el futuro: abrir el púlpito a las mujeres laicas, reconociendo su llamado, su voz y su liderazgo espiritual. El proyecto impulsado por la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Puerto Nuevo, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, no solo ha transformado la dinámica interna de la congregación, sino que también ha dejado huellas en otras iglesias y denominaciones de la isla.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Luz de Vida Methodist Church has discovered a new way to preach the gospel through theater. What began as a pastoral dream has become a formal ministry that blends faith, creativity, and community transformation into “Homiluz.”
La Iglesia Metodista Luz de Vida ha encontrado en el teatro una nueva manera de predicar el Evangelio. Lo que comenzó como un sueño pastoral se ha convertido en un ministerio formal que combina fe, creatividad y transformación comunitaria: Homiluz.
A Bethel University grant project blessed Catholics and Protestants in the greater South Bend area of Northern Indiana. It used Richard Foster’s six streams of Christian tradition to create Via Crucis, an experience of the stations of the cross with visual art, music, poetry, and more.
A sacred music grant project helped Catholic parishioners from many ethnicities—Anglo, Eritrean, Filipino, Latino, Nigerian, Vietnamese, and more—experience the awe and mystery of faith and God.
Intra-dynamic preaching is a new mode of preaching that promises to immerse people in God’s living word. It uses the form and language of specific art types to design sermons that resonate in people’s heads, hearts, imaginations, and bodies. Sunggu A. Yang edited a practical handbook to help preachers encounter God in scripture and aesthetically recreate that experience for listeners.
