When singing together isn’t safe
With stay-at-home orders being lifted across much of the U.S. and Canada, churches are thinking about what it will look like to open their...
Hitting the reset button
As I took one final look at this issue of Christian Leader before it went to the printer, I was struck by the ways...
Boxes of produce build bridges in Garden City
Four years ago, an apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas, housing Somali immigrants garnered national attention when it was the target of an attempted...
Church promotes small businesses during COVID-19
USMB congregations found creative ways to assist individuals and families in their churches and communities as states issued stay-at-home orders and businesses closed in...
COVID-19 prompts USMB churches to be creative
Thursday, March 12, 2020, Neighborhood Church lead pastor Forrest Jenan awoke to news that California governor Gavin Newsom had limited gatherings to 250 people...
Meeting practical needs opens doors
USMB congregations found creative ways to assist individuals and families in their churches and communities as states issued stay-at-home orders and businesses closed in...
Seeing beyond COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic caught me by surprise. One day I was laughing with a table of ladies at a mom’s group and the next...
“I’m going to share Jesus today”
On a Wednesday in early April, I boarded a plane for New York City to work with COVID-19 patients. It had all happened so...