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Kadeisha Mariah Bonsu Bipolar and Other Names I’ve Been Called: A Memoir of a Patient, Minister, and Clinician Read More »
Alice Claire Brown St. Paul's Episcopal Church Culture, Practice, and Community Engagement for LGBTQ Affirming Southern Rural Churches Read More »
Basil E. Coward United Church of Canada What Next For Small Working Cemeteried Churches? Congregational Ministry of Funeral Practices and Rituals In A Pandemic Shaped World Read More »
David Charles Cramer Keller Park Church Affirming Acts: Exploring a Faithful Biblical Hermeneutic for Queer-Inclusive Churches Read More »
Phoebe Farag Mikhail Coptic Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Solidarity Project To Live is Christ: A Life and Letters of the Late Bishop Samuel Read More »
Lisa G. Fischbeck Pee Wee Homes and St. Philips Episcopal Church Durham Homing: Small and Medium Sized Churches Expanding Hospitality to Provide Deeply Affordable Housing Read More »
Michael J Goodwin Memorial Presbyterian Church Fools for Christ: Turn Our Preaching From Weeping Into Laughter Read More »
Andrew Palmer Grant New England Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Indigenous Presence and the True Face of Friendship Read More »
Israel Gwatana United Methodist Church African Immigrant Clergy and LGBTQ Concerns: Square Pegs in Round Holes? Read More »
Aaron Klink Pruitt Hospice Searching for God In the Wilderness: Chaplaincy Models for End-of-Life Care for Persons with Mental Illness Read More »
Andrew Astwood Kryzak St. John's Episcopal Church Beating the Odds: Congregational Characteristics and Mainline Protestant Growth Read More »
Hector E. Lopez-Sierra Universidad del Sagrado Corazon, Puerto Rico, and Universidad de Puerto Rico Philanthropic Spirituality & Leadership Success Models in the U.S. and Puerto Rico Hispanic/Latino Churches with Community Service Experience Read More »
Melissa Martin A Theology of Divorce Read More »
Kerr Mesner Heart Story Consulting, LLC Defiant Joy: Trans Creativity as Sacred Resistance Read More »
Carrie Myers Vineyard One NYC Asian American Christian Spiritual Formation Read More »
Cynthia N. Perry Simmons University A Womanist Sports Ethic of Care for Black Women Athletes Read More »
Katherine Elaine Willis Pershey The First Congregational Church of Western Springs Seven Psalms: Reclaiming Contemplative Ministry in a Secular Age Read More »
Darryl Thompson Powell Resurrection Lutheran Church of Franklin Park, IL Ministering in Black and White: Preparing Black Pastors and White Congregations to Minister Together Effectively Read More »
Elizabeth D Rios The Passion Center Empowering Resilient Women Ministers: Unveiling the Fuel to Serve Amidst Misogyny Read More »
Christian Scharen St. Lydia's Dinner Church Beyond the Land Acknowledgement: Christian Congregations, Native Peoples, and the Question of Repair Read More »
Daniel Sostaita Iglesia Cristiana Sin Fronteras Where the Global South Meets the Nuevo Sur: Faith-Based Advocacy and Solidarity at Iglesia Cristiana Sin Fronteras Read More »
Wesley Spears-Newsome Greenwood Forest Baptist Church Inclusive Children's Literature for an Inclusive Church Read More »
Chia-An (Victor) Tung Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto- Toronto School of Theology Uniting Faith, Culture, and Creativity: Unraveling a Transformative Hybridity within a Chinese-Canadian Christian Choir in Toronto Read More »
Ashley Wilcox New Garden Friends Meeting Recording Quaker Ministry Read More »
Latonya L. Agard Transformation Fellowship Christian Church Black Women & the Black Church: Trauma, Transition, and Transformation Read More »
Adrienne Roisin Castellon Exploring the impact of a Canadian Indigenous Pastoral & Lay Leader Ministry Education program Read More »
Geneece Goertzen Calvary Baptist Domestic Violence Survivors and the Church Read More »
Quanita Rose Maria Hailey NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital The Sacred Queer Imagination: LGBTQ+ Connection, Solidarity and Community within Open and Affirming Churches Read More »
Dexter Harris Zara Church Flourishing Church: Participatory Research in Gary, IN Read More »
Chris Hoke Underground Ministries PRACTICE RESURRECTION: Churches As Local Prisoner Reentry Communities In An Age of Mass Incarceration Read More »
Tabatha Holley Toward Queer, Black, Feminist Practical Theology Subverting Oppressive Economic Systems in Urban Ministry Contexts Read More »
Amy C. Knorr Black Barn Online Intentional Online Community | A Model for Spiritual Formation Read More »
Erica Y. Liu Elsdon Pres House (Presbyterian Student Center Foundation) Moving Our Way Towards Healing, Justice, and Hope: Somatic Spiritual Formation Read More »
Victoria Luna Loorz Center for Wild Spirituality/Seminary of the Wild/Wild Church Network Belonging to a Beloved Community Larger than Our Species Read More »
Omar Isaac Ortiz Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Art, Irrationalism, and North American Christianity: Curating Church and Culture Through the Lens of The Cross of Jesus Read More »
Emily Provance Good News Associates Faithful Always: Supporting Discernment and Action for Quaker Meetings at the End of Their Life Cycle Read More »
Paul Philip Rader Northside Presbyterian Church A Truly Dementia-Friendly Church: Pastoral Care for both Patient and Care-giver Read More »
Whitney Rice Episcopal Diocese of Missouri Church in the Attention Economy: The Neurochemistry of the Body of Christ and the Empire of Big Tech Read More »
Susan Rose Diakonos Solutions Pastoring Part-Time Well: How Women Ministers, Congregations and the Church Embrace a Full-Time Call in a Part-Time Position Read More »
Kyndall Rae Rothaus Nevertheless She Preached Hidden Women of the Apocrypha Read More »
Marines Santiago Theological University Caribbean Pandemic effect on Christian marriages in Puerto Rico Read More »
Dolores B Scott Hold Out the Lifeline: A Mission To Families Mobilizing to Address Threats to Community Health (MATCH) Read More »
Riana Richelle Shaw Robinson Faith and Justice Fellowship Network Black Women Healing Through Embodied Practices Read More »
David Tsai Shinn Westminster Presbyterian Church Trauma Informed Pastoral Care for Asian American Congregations and Communities Read More »
Crystall Williams Nebraska Methodist Hospital The Christian Death Schism: Why Critically Ill Black and White Christians Die Differently Read More »
Francisco Zamora Avila Modus Church Immigration-Healing wounds of the displaced Read More »
Judy Logan Austin Proverbs Christian Fellowship Faith And Leadership For Protesting Injustice Read More »
Peter Jeremy Balentine Washington Street Baptist Church City of God: Celebrating the Immigrant Church in the City Read More »
Christina Lynn Braudaway-Bauman First Congregational United Church of Christ, Boulder Pandemic Pondering: How Has Ministry Changed? Read More »
Rockney C. Carter Zion Baptist Church Exploring the Theology of Social Justice in a Hospital or Clinical Environment Read More »
John Cleghorn Caldwell Presbyterian Church Community Redefined/Koinonia Realized?: Experiences in Church Campus-based Housing Read More »
Martha Anne Daniels Holy Covenant Metropolitan Community Church Rainbow Bridges: Spiritual Advocacy by MCC for LGBTQ+ People on the Inside Read More »
Anthony Everett Alpha Management LLC Prophetic Activism Matters: A Legacy of Black Resistance Read More »
John W. Fanestil Via International Founder's Syndrome and Leadership Transitions in Place-Based, Parachurch Ministries Read More »
Patrice Gopo Perils and Promises: The Impact of Cross-Racial Friendships on Women of Color Read More »
Ruth Rebecca Harder Rainbow Mennonite Church Seeing through a glass dimly: White Jesus, White Mennonites, and Stained Glass Read More »
Greg Jarrell QC Family Tree Our Trespasses: White Churches and Urban Renewal Read More »
Rhonda Mawhood Lee Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina "Toward a Christian Theology of Suicide" Read More »
Janna Louie Coalition Building for Asian North American Church Communities Read More »
Matthew Luft Centered on Christ Catholic Community And the four* shall become one Read More »
Rita Milburn-Dobson Precious Gems Supportive Services How Has COVID 19 Impacted Members of The African-American Faith Community: How Will We Grieve in A Strange Land: COVID19? Read More »
Amy Miracle Broad Street Presbyterian Church Best Practices for Creating Engaging, Inclusive Online Worship for Traditional Churches Read More »
Michael Niebauer Incarnation Church Ministering to the Isolated: Equipping the Church to Address the Spiritual Needs of Assisted Care Residents Read More »
Elaina Ramsey Faith Choice Ohio The Gospel Good News of Abortion: Breaking Free from the Evangelical Culture Wars Read More »
Theophous Reagans Allen Temple Baptist Church Youth and Young Adult Activists Working Through the Principles of Liberation Theology Read More »
Curran Reichert First Congregational Church Sonoma Rituals for Recovery and Resilience in the Face of Environmental Trauma Read More »
Lisa C. Smith Convergence Forming Young Emerging Leaders in the Arts Project Read More »
Frederick Jerome Streets The Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ How Are You "Being?" Clergy Self-Care During a Time of Anxiety and Uncertainty: Some Implications the Church and Its Future Leadership Read More »
Heidi H. Vardeman Peace Presbyterian Church Investigating the Lived Reality of Those Who "Got Shot": Listening and Seeing People Who Have Long-Term Disabilities as a Result of Gun Violence Read More »
Brandon Wrencher The Good Neighbor Movement Just Pastoring: On Social Change as Pastoral Ministry Read More »
Amy Zimbelman Mountain States Mennonite Conference Gathering Stories, Envisioning Equity: Towards a Peace Church where all leaders thrive, regardless of gender Read More »
Paul M. Ashby Richmond Beach Congregational UCC, Shoreline, WA Visions of divine incarnation-A Christian- Hindu Interfaith dialogue Read More »
Pamelajune Binte Banks-Anderson DMin Space For Grace WithOutWalls UCC HEALING THE SOUL OF THE VETERAN: A Positive Response to Death by Suicide Among Veterans Read More »
Gerald J. Bates St. Mark Christian Fellowship The Challenge of Change Read More »
Jennifer Garrison Brownell Vancouver United Church of Christ Dear Katharina: Letters to Sixteenth Century Reformer About Faith, Revolution and What Matters Read More »
Nadine Burton Great River Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) African American Female Regional Ministers Support Group (AARMS) Read More »
Hannah Hwa-Young Chong Community United Methodist Church Exploring Christian Mindfulness: Incorporating Mindfulness Practices in Church Ministry Read More »
Jane K. Chun ARISE Ministries HANA: A Mixed-Method Study of The First and Second Generation of The Korean Church of New England Read More »
Jennifer Davis Sensenig Community Mennonite Church A Mennonite Experiment in the Narrative Lectionary for New Asynchronous and Virtual Christian Formation Read More »
Susan Ward Diamond Florence Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Moral Injury: A Catalyst for Reform Read More »
Katherine Doyle Sisters of Mercy of the Americas The Sisters of Mercy and Sacramento, Braided Lives, 1857-2008 Read More »
Argrow "Kit" Evans-Ford Argrow's House of Healing and Hope Argrow’s House: Building a Successful Christian Social Enterprise Read More »
Laura J. Folkwein UCC Missoula Re-told Homesteader Stories: A Family in the Shadow of Glacier National Park in the Reservation Era Read More »
Stanley Hearst Mt. Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church The Gospel According To Stevie Wonder: A Soulful Hermeneutic to Inspire our Homiletic Read More »
Lisa Nichols Hickman Myers Park Presbyterian Church Crucial Limits: Creating a Moral Injury Assessment and Support System for Health Care Workers in a Covid Era Read More »
Sandhya Jha Oakland Peace Center The Ancestors Project Read More »
Celeste Grace Kennel-Shank Chicago Community Mennonite Church Gathered and Scattered: The Life and Death of an Innovative Urban Church Read More »
Kathryn Snipes Lancaster Kenilworth Union Church Prayer in Uncertainty: Enduring Practices in Pandemic and Beyond Read More »
Marceo Keith McDaniel Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Pastoring in the midst of pandemic and Protest Read More »
MaryAnn McKibben Dana Presbyterian Church (USA) Hopeful Dystopias: Faithful Stories for a World on Fire Read More »
Joel Miller Columbus Mennonite Church Marking time, becoming human: Creating a congregation-based multi-generational adult rite of passage Read More »
Rosalyn R. Nichols Freedom's Chapel Christian Church (DOC) Sabbath: Reclaiming God’s Gift for African American Pastors & Churches Read More »
Kristen J. Pikaart Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Holding the Stories against our Bones: Processing the Trauma of CoVid-19 on the Navajo Nation through storytelling Read More »
Audrey Price Southern New England Conference Navigating Pandemics, Chronicling the Witness: How Churches of the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Church are Creatively Surviving & Thriving Read More »
Amy Reumann Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Church as Mouth House: Reclaiming Public Testimony as a Faith Practice Read More »
Jeanette Robinson Abundant Season Anointed Ministries International COVID-19 & Beyond for the Church Read More »
Allison L. Rogers Brookdale Reformed Church The Simple Gift of Shaker Music Read More »
Edward Russell Vebelun Harvest of Hope Catholic Community Setting a Common Table in Diversifying Rural Minnesota Read More »
Derrick Weston HopeSprings Stories of Food and Faith Read More »
Victoria Atkinson White Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Exploring how holy friendships enable pastoral flourishing and healthy vocational leadership Read More »
Joy Tanisha Williams Healing Joy Ministries LLC A Faith Journey of Prayer, Trauma, and Crisis Read More »
Helen T. Boursier Overcoming the Limitations of Christian Love for Refugees Seeking Asylum Read More »
Dwylene Shevelle Butler Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church Still Standing: The Enduring Impact of African-American Churches Founded in the Postbellum South Read More »
William G. Carter First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, PA Thriving on a Riff: Jazz and the Spiritual Life Read More »
Joanne Elise Engquist Gethsemane Lutheran Church Becoming Agents of Grace: Equipping Sanctuary Leadership Read More »
Jeanette Branch Floyd Dickies Grove Missionary Baptist Church The Value of a Sabbath Rest Read More »
Cara Christine Gilger Cara Gilger Ministries Pediatric Trauma and Metaphors of the Heart Read More »
Yena Kathryn Hwang Fairfax Presbyterian Church Discovering, Connecting, and Grounding in Family Faith Stories: Roots and Fruits Read More »
Duane T Kay First Baptist Church, Inc. Resistant Church/Resistant Culture: Surviving Post-Christianity Read More »
Kelly Ellen Kirby St. Matthew's Episcopal Church A call to the Church: Economic Justice for American Descendants of Slavery Read More »
Erin Steffen Lane Resource Center for Women & Ministry in the South Focus off the Family Read More »
Theresa Latini Mount Olivet Conference & Retreat Center Leadership Formation in and as Retreat Read More »
Daniel Lee From Silent Exodus to Living Hope: Look at the Ecclesial and Ethnic Identity of Korean Americans in Oregon Read More »
David MacDonald Ohio Northern University Benedict at Home: Spiritual Practices for Families and Those Who Live In Community Read More »
Allyn Lewis Maxfield-Steele Highlander Research and Education Center Re-Membering the Rural Read More »
Emily McGinley Urban Village Church Design Thinking In ministry Read More »
Neal Presa Village Community Presbyterian Church, International Theo. Seminary, & Univ. of the Free State Rediscovering Joy: A Liturgical Spirituality for Life Read More »
Theophous Reagans Allen Temple Baptist Church The Changing Paradigm of Missions Read More »
Kellee Monet Rice “No More Gallery Sections: Exploring Spiritual Well-being for Descendants of Enslaved Africans at Predominately White Institutions of Higher Education.” Read More »
Jean Richardson Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center Innkeepers of the Open Door: Examining deep historic and present calling of Christian Retreat Centers Read More »
Christopher Demuth Rodkey St. Paul's United Church of Christ Confirmation in Post-Christendom America Read More »
Ellen Kathleen Roscher Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities Finding the Holy in Ordinary, Tiny Practices Read More »
Donna Eleanor Schaper Judson Memorial Church What language Shall I borrow for Justice Ministry Education Read More »
Suzanne Adele Schmidt United Church of Christ Flourishing During Retirement: How Retired Clergy Women Claim a New Call and Create Meaning Read More »
Lisa C. Smith Convergence Artists As Culture Makers Read More »
Susan Springer St John's Episcopal Church Come + Union: An Invitation to Yoga in the Church Read More »
Craig M Sumey First Presbyterian Church From Club to Hub: How Existing Churches Can Dramatically Expand Their Impact in Their Community Read More »
Ragan Sutterfield Christ Episcopal Church Humus and Humility Read More »
William Edward Thomas New Bethel AME Church The African-American Technology Project Read More »
J. Dana Trent Wake Tech Community College Breaking Good: The Church's Faithful Response to Systemic Poverty, Mental Illness, and Drug Addiction in Flyover Country Read More »
Isaac S. Villegas Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship Remembering the dead in the borderlands Read More »
Christian Watkins Ecumenical Campus Ministry at Kansas State University Teaching Through Song: Re-Imagining Protestant Church Music Through Marginalized Millennial & I-Generational Experiences on Public University Campuses Read More »
Dawn D. Weaks Connection Christian Church Anointed by Oil: A Church's Witness in the Petroplex Read More »
April Wells Wells of Wholeness, Inc. H.Y.D.R.A.T.E.: A Womanist Perspective of Spiritual Direction for Soul-Thirsty African Americans with Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome Read More »
Kathy Williamson Mount Aery Baptist Church No Time to Heal: The Imprint of Historical Trauma Read More »
Susan Pizor Yoder Blank Slate (1001 New Worshipping Community) Meaning-making, the religiously unaffiliated (18-35) and the Church: Do they intersect? Read More »
Elisa Berry Fonseca South Metro Vineyard Community Art as Reconciliation Read More »
Stephen Blackmer Kairos Earth Embodied Faith, Rooted Practice: Reconnecting Earth and Church in a time of ecological disruption Read More »
Douglas Bratt Silver Spring Christian Reformed Church Preaching About the Holocaust Read More »
Kirkpatrick Cohall Lenox Road Baptist Church Leading Urban Congregations Through Gentrification and Renewal Read More »
Amy Real Coultas Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky Light from Light: Encountering the Nicene Creed in the Third Millennium Read More »
Martha Anne Daniels Holy Covenant Metropolitan Community Church “Until We Are All Free: Spiritual Advocacy With LGBTQ+ Prisoners” Read More »
Bruce G. Epperly South Congregational Church Transformed: New Visions for Ministerial Retirement Read More »
Lisa Nichols Hickman Duquesne University Rustbelt Gospel: Resurrection Practices of Rustbelt Churches Read More »
Darci Jaret Art in the Image Visual Narrative Pastoral Care Project: Telling Our Story in Art Read More »
Stina Kielsmeier-Cook Collegeville Institute Nuns & Nones: Engaging Intergenerational Dialogue between Monastics and Millennials Read More »
Kate McElwee Women's Ordination Conference Mainstreaming Women’s Ministries in the Roman Catholic Church Read More »
Kaleb Nyquist Ravenswood Evangelical Covenant Church The extension of Christian congregational practices to meet the Anthropocene Read More »
Prince R Rivers Union Baptist Church Leading from the CROSS Read More »
Carla Roland Episcopal Church of St Matthew and St Timothy Belonging: Moving Beyond Welcome and Inclusion of Latinx LGBTQ+ Persons in Faith Communities Read More »
Craig C. Schaub Parkway United Church of Christ Permaculture and the Church's Response to Climate Change Read More »
Irie Lynne Session The Gathering, A Womanist Church Womanist Ecclesiologies: Black Clergywomen Resisting White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy Read More »
David Paul Turner First Christian Church, Keokuk, Iowa A Story for the 21st Century Read More »
Maren Tyedmers Hange Charlottesville Mennonite Church With the eyes of the heart: creative approaches to racism and the church through watercolor and nonviolent communication Read More »
Sandra Maria Van Opstal Grace and Peace Church Decolonized Worship Read More »
Damaris D Whittaker Fort Washington Collegiate Church Las Viudas de Maria: A Mujerista Theological Study in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria Read More »
Brandon Wrencher The Good Neighbor Movement Liberating Church: 21st Century Hush Harbors Read More »
Lydia Irene Wylie-Kellermann www.RadicalDiscipleship.net Raising Children with a Commitment to Peace and Justice Read More »
Dinku L Bato Mekane Yesus Church Fellowship in North America Engaging African Immigrant Churches in God's Mission in North America Read More »
Kate Bradsen St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Empowering Lay Leaders Through Shared Ministry Read More »
Martha Murphy Davis Open Door Community Surely Goodness and Mercy: A Journey into Illness and Solidarity Read More »
Gail C Doering Danville Congregational Church Hope Amidst Conflict Read More »
Patrick Garnet Duggan LCM Church Building & Loan Fund God's Economy Here & Now Read More »
Mark Elsdon Presbyterian Student Center Foundation Investing for Impact: A New Economic Model for the Church? Read More »
Laura Everett Massachusetts Council of Churches REPAIR & RENEW: Mending & Quilting as Models for Christian Institutional Innovation Read More »
Josina Cooper Guess Jubilee Partners A Place in the Sun: Cultivating Authentic Multicultural Community in the Rural South through Remembering and Healing the Wounds of War Read More »
Katie Hays Galileo Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) "How'd You Get Here?" Writing the Life of Galileo Church Read More »
Zina Jacque Community Church Barrington Ebony and Ivory: When Clergy and Congregation Don't Match Read More »
Britney Winn Lee Noel United Methodist Church Belong to Each Other: Litanies for the Intersection of Faith and Social Justice Read More »
Susannah Long Union Grove United Methodist Church The Eno Revitalization Project Read More »
Victoria Luna Loorz Church of the Wild/Kairos Earth Wild Churches: Re-learning the Book of Nature for Eco-Conversion Read More »
Douglas Anthony MacDonald Diocese of Antigonish Incarnating Social Justice - the Bridge to Relevancy Read More »
Bromleigh McCleneghan Union Church of Hinsdale “Blessed”: Privilege and Providence among Affluent Christians Read More »
Karen Agalia McClintock California/Nevada United Methodist Clergy Uncomfortable Silences: Theological, psychological, and ecclesiastical hindrances to full disclosure when sexual abuse occurs in the church Read More »
Jason T McKinney Church of the Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale Economies of Excess/Theologies of Abundance: The General Economy of God and the Neighbourhood Read More »
Nathan L. Oates Emmaus Church Community Staying Put When the Ground Shakes: Stability and Social Holiness in An Always-Moving Culture Read More »
Dayna Olson-Getty Community Mennonite Church Bearing Life: A Theological Memoir of Motherhood, Grief and Faith Read More »
Daniel Albert Smith First Church in Cambridge Remembrance and Reparation at First Church in Cambridge Read More »
Starlette Thomas Village Baptist Church Afraid of Koinonia: How life on this farm reveals the fear of Christian community Read More »
Mark Tremblay Knox Presbyterian Church, Calgary Discovering the Theological Principles of Discovery Read More »
Isaac Wardell Trinity Presbyterian Church Worship Hospitality across lines of Race, Language, and Ability Read More »
Keith Wilks Joshua Ministries Investigating the Impact of the United Methodist Polity Regarding Homosexuality on a Rural New Mexico Congregation Read More »
Mark Zimmerly Madora Grace Presbyterian Church A Biblical Theology of Attachment Read More »
Liv Larson Andrews Salem Lutheran Church Art in Worship for Reconciliation Read More »
Moses Berry Theotokos Bringing African Americans to Orthodoxy Read More »
Rolf T Bouma Campus Chapel/University of Michigan Sacred Place and Sacred Space: Potential Pathways to God Read More »
Theodore W Brelsford Jr The Orchard Park Community Church Non-Schooling Models of Church-based Christian Education: New Developments in Contemporary North American Protestant Congregations Read More »
R. Lorraine Brown United Methodist Church Baltimore/Washington Conference - Growing Seeds Cooperative Ministries THE ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF SPIRITUALITY FOR COPING IN YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS 18-28 YEARS OF AGE LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE Read More »
Sarah K Ciavarri Augustana Health Care Center of Apple Valley and the Apple Valley Villa Reflecting on Vulnerability, Authenticity, and Shame in Church Settings Read More »
Sherry Cothran St. John's United Methodist Church Prophets, Harlots, Witches & Warriors: Untamed Women of Bible Leading Us Through the Wilderness of Faith Read More »
Valerie E. Cousin Bridge Street AME Church Drawing, Developing and Deploying Disciples through Wesley's Class Leader System Read More »
Basil E. Coward United Church of Canada WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO TAKE MY WHOLE BODY TO CHURCH: The Embodied Struggle For Spiritual Wholeness of Black LGBTTQQIA2S in Toronto. Read More »
Charles Davidson Presbyterian Church (USA) A Biography of George Arthur Buttrick (Archival Research at Harvard University) Read More »
Jennifer Davis Sensenig Community Mennonite Church HSD and the Emergence of the Kingdom of God: Complexity Readings of the New Testament Read More »
Gregory Brooks Drumwright The Citadel Church and Campus Ministries Envisioning the Future-Church From A Millennial Perspective Read More »
Elaine Enns Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries Facing History with Courage: Settler Churches Building Capacity for Restorative Solidarity with Indigenous Neighbors Read More »
David Ensign Clarendon Presbyterian Church Unexpected Feast initial research phase Read More »
Jodi Fondell Evangelical Covenant Church Welcoming the Stranger: A Study of How the Church Can Provide a Place of Belonging for the Immigrant. Read More »
Beth Jones Grimshaw Leslie Congregational UCC And a Little Child Shall Lead Them Read More »
Jody Howard St. Joseph of Arimathea Episcopal Church Hearing the Scattered Voices Read More »
Jeffrey L. Johnson Peace Lutheran Church Poets Name Their Favorite Hymns Read More »
Cindy Kennedy Prairie Lakes Parish and Gathering House Ministries Intentional Christian Community and Social Enterprise: Empowering the 'Least of These' Read More »
Sheryl Lynn Kinder-Pyle Presbytery of the Inland Northwest Missional Mid Council Leadership: An Experiment Based Approach Read More »
Hyung Jae Lee Calvary United Methodist Church Toward Reconciliation: Building Solidarity on the Periphery Read More »
Christopher V Levan College Street United Church The Ethical and Spiritual Implications of Medically Assisted Death Read More »
Elizabeth Mae Magill South Acton Congregational Church Serving the least of these with shared food ministry Read More »
Mary Louise McCullough Second Presbyterian Church Ancient Sisters Speak: Opening to the Mystics Among Us Read More »
Diane McGehee Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church Dawn-Walking: Engaging the Church in the Fight to End Human Trafficking as Prophetic Witness Read More »
John P. Moulder Arts Alliance of the Archdiocese of Chicago Woodshedding a Sermon: Creative Process and Improvisation in Homily Preparation Read More »
Paula R Palmer Boulder CO Friends Meeting Processes for Truth and Reconciliation with Native Peoples Read More »
John J. Rogers First Congregational Church Expanding Biblical Imagination Read More »
Sergio Romero Allegheny West Conference Latin Faith: The Final Frontier. What impact is it having on the growth culture of the church in the U.S.? Read More »
Donna Eleanor Schaper Judson Memorial Church Sacred Sites as Real Estate and Real Estate as Sacred Site Read More »
Anthony G. Siegrist Ottawa Mennonite Church Why “Mennonite Indian Residential Schools”? Exploring the Convictions and Beliefs of those who Led Them Read More »
Martha K. Spong RevGalBlogPals Alleviating Isolation: The Role of Online Community in Sustaining Clergywomen Read More »
Becca Stevens Thistle Farms Around the world in 80 prayers Read More »
David John Westerlund Tierra Nueva Reincorporating: Improv as a Tool for Mutual Transformation with the Margins and Mainstream Read More »
John Wilkinson Third Presbyterian Church Public Church: A Renewed Vision Read More »
Susan Pizor Yoder The Barn Faith Community Biblical Storytelling as a Viable Model of Developing House Churches Read More »
Cathlin S Baker First Congregational Church of West Tisbury How I Came to Church: Becoming Christian Read More »
Kelly Boyte Brill Avon Lake United Church of Christ Words for the Table: The Communion Liturgy and New Understandings of Atonement Read More »
Sarah E. Campbell Mayflower UCC Rediscovering & Reclaiming Dying, Death, and Mourning Rituals Read More »
Arrington Chambliss Life Together Community Recovering the Salt of the Church: A Study of Intentional Communities of Christian Wisdom Practices Read More »
John W. Conrad All Saints' Episcopal Church To the least of these... Read More »
Charlene C Corbett First Church in Windsor, UCC From Acadia to Zion: Transforming Stewardship for the Earth Community Read More »
Zachary P Drennen Elewana Education Project Guidelines for Effective Mission in the 21st Century Read More »
Ricardo L Franco Cumberland Presbyterian Chucrh Practices of Spiritual Formation, Renewal and Guidance with Latino Protestant Immigrants. Read More »
Melissa A. Granillo Notre Dame High School Belmont Equality in Leadership from its Roots Read More »
Christopher A Harwood-Jones Anglican Diocese of Kootenay Contemporary Hymn Writing Read More »
John Helmiere Valley and Mountain UMC Bridging the "theology gap" in Progressive Christian churches Read More »
Lynne Hinton Heartland Hospice Death and Dying in America Read More »
Dana K. Horrell Faithful Citizen, Inc. Financial Empowerment as Social Ministry: New Models for Church Leaders Read More »
Thomas E Kadel Pennsylvania Disaster Spiritual Care Network Sacred Turf Read More »
Aaron Klink Pruitt Hospice The Grace of Letting Go Read More »
R. Bruce Martin First Baptist Church Scientists at Church! Cultivating Churches that Welcome and Nurture Scientists Read More »
Eugene C McAfee Faith United Church of Christ A Biography of Peter J. Gomes Read More »
MaryAnn McKibben Dana Presbyterian Church (USA) “The Improvising God: A New Theology for an Imperfect World” Read More »
Dean Ronald Nelson Bemidji Evangelical Covenant Church Life Well Done Read More »
Anna B. Olson St. Mary's Episcopal Church Resourcing the Scrappy Church Read More »
Paula R Palmer Boulder CO Friends Meeting Quaker Indian Schools Read More »
Bernice Powell Jackson First United Church of Tampa Building Community instead of a Church: Development of the Peace Village Read More »
Tamara Puffer Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Forgetting the Former Things Read More »
Teddy Ray First United Methodist Church, Lexington, KY Theology for Everyone Read More »
Matthew M Smith The Table at Central UMC Recovering the Method in Methodism for the 21st Century Read More »
Laura Stephens-Reed Multiple organizations Searching for the Called Read More »
Earl D Trent Florida Avenue Baptist Church Gentrification and the Black Urban Church Read More »
Mark A Van Steenwyk Mennonite Worker Re-Placing Christian Spirituality: A Catechism for the Upper Mississippi Watershed Read More »
Andreas Wagner St. Peter's Lutheran Church Alternative Creeds in Liturgical Worship Read More »
Jamie White Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church Short Term Missions in Youth Ministry: developing disciples without harming the developing world. Read More »
Tammy R Williams First Baptist of Cranford/Elizabeth, NJ "Pursuing Peace in the Midst of Violence" Read More »
Anita Amstutz Albuquerque Mennonite Church Think Like a Bee: Lessons from the Hive Read More »
Samuel K Atchison Westminster Presbyterian Church Ministry to the Poor in Changing Times Read More »
Kathryn L Banakis St. Luke's Episcopal Church Multi-faith Podcast Read More »
R. Lorraine Brown United Methodist Church Baltimore/Washington Conference - Growing Seeds Cooperative Ministries The Role & Influence of Spirituality for Young Couples Receiving a Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease Read More »
Richard R. Crocker Dartmouth College Mainline in the Heartland Read More »
Paul David Erickson Saint Paul Area Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Immigrant Leadership in the North American Church Read More »
Kimberly B Gladden ZionQuest Christian Fellowship Understanding Culture and Context in Grief Recovery Read More »
Michael J Haasl Center for Mission Ethical Norms for Parish and Diocesan Mission Partnerships Read More »
Cynthia D Johnson-Oliver Annandale United Methodist Church The Soul of the Bishop: The Life and Legacy of Bishop Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. (1914-1979) Read More »
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