Dr. Sid Smith has written that one of the greatest challenges facing the church in the next century is ministering to the black family. 1 No church will be relevant unless it implements an effective program of family ministry. This is especially true of churches serving the black community, so black church development must respond to the needs of the black family. In his The Strengths of Black ...

What will the future of church look like? type mission should commit herself to? Rather than elaborating one more answer to these important questions, I have pleaded for negative ecclesiology and ‘the grace self-doubt’. This is not replace answers that are given, but safeguard sufficient openness in answers. By abstaining from certitude, may easily hear what Spirit saying churches beyond our ow...

This paper set out to analyse the patterning of conflict in Church Christ Zimbabwe (COCZ) with introduction Constitution; which has been described as an unfair proposition, given that is inevitable a postmodern society. Conflicts communities have largely caused by resource scarcity, group affinities, and poor leadership. The study used data collected from participants who were purposively selec...

As religious sponsors increasingly relinquished their CEO positions throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, they established mission integration positions-staffed primarily by women religious-to help ensure the Catholic identity of their facilities. Now that role, too, is undergoing change as sponsors seek to empower the laity in their organizations with responsibility for carrying on the Church'...

The article, based on online observation data, analyzes the activities of Orthodox bloggers in modern Russian society conceptual framework theories secularization, post-secular and mediatization religion. authors identify main areas activity bloggers, specify forms their interaction with official confessional mass media, assess impact COVID-19 pandemic information policy Church. After pandemic,...

Faith-based initiatives for lifestyle change show promise in helping to promote healthy behaviors in African American communities. It has been suggested that faith communities and programs within faith communities can influence health care practices and health care planning especially in high risk, minority populations. African American individuals are more likely to attend and participate in f...