Access to banking proves vital to participating in our economy, but many people have little or no access to mainstream banking. They sometimes have little choice but to take out predatory loans at extremely high interest ratessometimes up to 400%. Exodus

Love God and love neighbor are the two great commandments of Christianity given by Jesus. But what happens when Christians dont love neighbors? What happens when loving neighbors becomes secondary for Christian public life rather than primary? David Fren

Its easy to imagine loving neighbors as something focused locally, with denominations as broader bodies that span towns, cities, states, and even international borders. But might denominations have responsibilities not only to care for church institution

In this episode we delve into how churches can engage in public-private partnerships without undermining their mission. The discussion with Peter John Hobbs, who directs community ministries for the A

Loving neighbors involves facing sins that shaped our neighborhoods. Many church communities are asking how they can be agents of repair amid the racial fragmentation across United States history. Reparations are a vital part of such healing. Ebonee Davi

When we think of church meetings, we often associate them with decision making and getting work done. But meetings are also places to build community, connection, and belonging. Good church meetings also help congregations better love their neighbors be

We often associate prayer with peacefulness and calm, and politics with conflict and strife. Yet our prayer and our engagement in public life can together shape communities of wholeness that resist t

On the cusp of a major national election in the United States, we reflect on the interplay between national-level elections and local political engagement for congregations. Local reporter Michael Pop

Christians often associate the commandment love your neighbor with Jesus’s New Testament teachings, but Jesus was drawing from a long tradition of Jewish teaching about neighbor love.  What did neighbor love entail in the Old Testament? The R

What difference can everyday economic decisions in our neighborhood make in a vast, global economy? Neil Balkcom of Swings Coffee Roasters shows how an act like buying a cup of coffee in our local coffeeshop connects us to a wide network of neighborhoods