COVID-19 produces new ministry at Second Antioch
While bad news in generally associated with COVID, the pandemic has provided a new avenue for community outreach at Second Antioch.
Most Americans see churches as helpful during pandemic
Many Americans found themselves in need as the COVID-19 pandemic caused significant loss of life, medical burdens and business closures. Most say local churches were helpful during this difficult season, but some didn’t see the aid congregations were offering.
Calvary Christian Church: Knowing neighbors, meeting needs
Philadelphia’s poverty rate, coupled with the pandemic, provides an opportunity for Calvary to KNOW their neighbors; SHOW what it means to follow Christ through words and actions; and to teach them to GROW in all that Jesus commanded.
Pandemic challenges become BRN opportunities
Although the pandemic has presented society with many challenges, it has also simultaneously opened up doors of opportunity for BRN churches.
Pandemic heightens need to engage local communities
The ministry of CWJC/CMJC is designed to equip participants for life and employment through such training as high school equivalency diploma preparation, English as a Second Language classes, computer skills, and job readiness skills, coupled with Bible study and personal mentoring.
Bears quarterback Nick Foles partners with Chicago church to help students
Foles, an evangelical Christian who runs the philanthropic The Foles Believe Foundation with his wife Tori, launched a program in September to serve low-income communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in cooperation with The Chicago Partnership for Church Planting (TCP).
BRN’s bridge to Bogota
Plans for a mission trip to Bogota, Colombia, by four BRN pastors were well underway when COVID-19 arrived. Even though their travel plans for this year were upended, God still provided a way for the pastors to have a presence in that city.
Personal evangelism gets creative, overcomes coronavirus barriers
While masks, social distancing and extra time cloistered at home have made personal evangelism more challenging, some evangelism leaders have found ways around those challenges.
Hillview Baptist Church teams up with Camp Susque to provide safe places for online students
Hillview Baptist Church assists families faced with students forced to study at home during the pandemic.
Send Relief Day of Service: 7 ways to meet local needs
A 'Day of Service' is the easiest onramp for churches to get connected with their communities and give people an opportunity to discover ways to be involved with ministry in their own neighborhoods.