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How is God Changing People and Places?

Abraham Cho & Gregory Perry | 14 min read

Early on a Sunday morning in East Harlem, a young couple and their two daughters wait for the elevator up to the second-floor space where their church meets above the neighborhood laundromat. Their youngest, dressed in all white, sleeps–for now–peacefully in her stroller. Sundays like this have become especially meaningful, not only because they gather...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

A Mosaic in the Making: The Indefatigable Hope of Rev. Matthew Anderson, D.D.

Rev. Matt Lietzen | 18 min read

After taking the podium as the Presbyterian Church in America’s (PCA) first African-American Moderator on June 13, 2018, Rev. Dr. Irwyn Ince, Jr. gave a brief speech wherein he shared both his excitement to lead as well as his grief that there were so few models to inspire himself and other Black Presbyterians. “For most...