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In Southern California, Black Churches Are Using Their Land to Build Housing for the Homeless

In Southern California, Black Churches Are Using Their Land to Build Housing for the Homeless

A number of churches, particularly Black congregations, in Southern California are stepping up to build affordable housing on their church land amid the rising housing crisis across the region.

South Carolina Church to Construct Tiny House Village for Homeless Women

South Carolina Church to Construct Tiny House Village for Homeless Women

A South Carolina church has set out to build a tiny house village that, if approved, will be used to provide shelter for local homeless women.

Antifa Member Vandalizes Church that Feeds, Shelters Homeless in Downtown Portland

Antifa Member Vandalizes Church that Feeds, Shelters Homeless in Downtown Portland

An Antifa rioter was caught on tape smashing in the windows of a downtown Portland church that works to feed and shelter the local homeless community.

'God Can Use All of Us,' Tony and Lauren Dungy Chair Salvation Army Campaign for New Emergency Shelter

'God Can Use All of Us,' Tony and Lauren Dungy Chair Salvation Army Campaign for New Emergency Shelter

Tony and Lauren Dungy are working with the Salvation Army to raise funds for a new, state-of-the-art emergency shelter.

How Churches Can Reframe Social Justice Now and After COVID-19

How Churches Can Reframe Social Justice Now and After COVID-19

Though the long-term effects of the coronavirus are yet to be determined, what is clear is that the crisis has forced every one of us to change deeply rooted habits and behavior just to survive.

New York's Bowery Mission Adapts Homeless Ministry to Coronavirus Restrictions

New York's Bowery Mission Adapts Homeless Ministry to Coronavirus Restrictions

The oldest Christian rescue mission in New York City, the Bowery provides food, beds, showers, clothing and free medical services to the estimated 70,000 New Yorkers who don’t have permanent shelter. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the organization has had to adjust to new regulations to help contain the spread of the disease.

Minister to Homeless Says City Officials Denied Him a Permit for Church Worship

Minister to Homeless Says City Officials Denied Him a Permit for Church Worship
A ministry founder in Ohio says city officials have denied him a permit to hold worship services in his ministry’s building because they fear the ministry will attract more homeless people.

How Does a Church Make the Poor Visible? This One Immortalized Them in a Fresco

How Does a Church Make the Poor Visible? This One Immortalized Them in a Fresco
Poor people have often told pastor Brian Combs that the hardest thing about standing at highway intersections holding up a cardboard sign and begging for money is not watching the windows roll up or hearing the click of automatic doors locking.