Bill Gaventa sees mandates for welcoming the stranger and being the body of Christ as important reasons for faith communities to provide inclusion — in ways that are both obvious and subtle — to people with disabilities. Read more »
September 14, 2022
Disabilities advocate Bill Gaventa makes the case for welcoming the stranger on ‘A Matter of Faith’ podcast
Bill Gaventa sees mandates for welcoming the stranger and being the body of Christ as important reasons for faith communities to provide inclusion — in ways that are both obvious and subtle — to people with disabilities. Read more »
If you live in an area with safe, clean drinking water, it’s easy to forget how integral that water is to daily life — until you hear about a place like Jackson, Mississippi, where residents are in the grips of an intractable water crisis that has captured international attention and left them under a boil water advisory for weeks. 
La alianza de la Iglesia Presbiteriana de la Fe y las donaciones a través de la Ofrenda de Testimonio Global y de Paz ayudan a la Indy TenPoint Coalition a… 
페이스 장로교회가 드린 지구촌 평화 증진 특별헌금은 인디 텐포인트 코울리션이 총기 폭력 사태를 다루게 했다 에밀리 엔더스 오돔 루이빌 – 앤소니는 그 인생에 있어 좋지 않은 영향을 받았습니다. 인디애나폴리스 반스… 
Anthony was dealt a bad hand in life.
Looking intently into the eyes of the Rev. Charles Harrison, pastor of Barnes United Methodist Church in Indianapolis and president of the board of the Indy TenPoint Coalition, the young man visiting from Chicago made his tearful confession. 
Counting people in the pews is no longer a viable way of recording worship numbers. With some joining online, how does a church measure attendance trends? 
On a podcast that dropped Sept. 8 and a follow-up set to be aired beginning Sept. 15, the Rev. Sara Hayden, host of the 1001 New Worshiping Communities’ “New Way” podcast, speaks with Gina Brown, curator of The Faith Studio. Listen to their initial conversation here and find the second episode beginning Thursday in the same spot. 
Over the weekend, the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins and the Office of Public Witness in Washington, D.C. — together with National Capital Presbytery — hosted two women of faith who regaled a Zoom audience with stories of the decades they’ve spent advocating for and ministering to God’s people. 
As more businesses engage in cause marketing — seeking to give back to communities — are they becoming more sacred, and more effective, than local churches? 
For the greater part of a decade, Gloria Klomsten has been traveling to the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota to spread love to Native American communities while working hand-in-hand with mission partners, such as Southminster Presbyterian Church in Waukesha, Wisconsin.