Frank Byers speaks about his experience with gentrification and displacement, and why his community is fighting to maintain stable housing in Enderly Park. Frank is a long-time Charlotte resident and chair of the West Side Community Land Trust. In…
Photo Gallery: QC Family Tree in photos
All photos taken in this photo gallery of QC Family Tree are by Lesley-Ann Hix Tommey. In this series on QC Family Tree, we learn how the Jarrells are organizing to combat gentrification, which increasingly threatens long-time Enderly Park residents with…
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Afghani refugee shares about CBF ministry’s impact of welcoming
When Jay first arrived at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship refugee ministry Welcome House from Afghanistan, he was prepared to endure four long, wearisome years getting on his feet and integrating into American society. Little did he know that he would spend less than four months securing an apartment, a new job and a life full of hope thanks to a network of CBF churches.
10 alternatives to Operation Christmas Child
So you love the idea of Operation Christmas Child but you don’t want to support a ministry run by Franklin Graham because of his statements on immigration, religious liberty or America politics. What to do?
Stuffing shoe boxes for the world’s poor? Maybe you should reconsider
For many churches, Operation Christmas Child is a well-established — and easy — expression of their compassion for the poor. Some congregations, however, are discovering better ways to engage the world’s impoverished.
Think Millennials are self-focused? Think again.
I don’t know about you, but I view the daily headlines with a sort of fascinated dread. I can’t bear to watch and I can’t turn away. Every day, there’s more bad news for public education, undocumented immigrants and the…
IMB head urges collegians not to let fear get in the way of God’s call
A Southern Baptist Convention official told 2,000 college students at a gathering over Christmas break that indifference and fear about the global refugee crisis is closing doors to share the gospel. David Platt, president of the SBC International Mission Board,…
Sale of Baptist church benefits local charities
Three nonprofits in Pueblo, Colo., received an early Christmas gift from an American Baptist church that closed its doors in April after ministering in the community for nearly 150 years. Leaders of the American Baptist Churches of the Rocky Mountains…
Of presidents and popes: how we’re looking too high
I know a pastor who left a large, suburban church where he served for 25 years to plant a new church in one of the poorest areas of town. He joined with another non-profit and they formed a new LLC…