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Raising Up Young Men

In April, five hundred volunteers came to the warehouse in Minneapolis to help pack Easter Bags, an outreach tool used by our church partners. Among the volunteers was Jacques. Jacques

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When the Church Commits

I was surprised to learn that over 150 identifiable church/school partnerships currently exist in the Seattle area! The benefits are so apparent that Seattle’s superintendent recently expressed his desire to

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An Everlasting Welcome

For our friends in Bakersfield, California, Easter can be an invigorating time of year. Cool, dry winter days lengthen into warm, bright days of spring. Produce crops are sown with

(Photo by Chris Berkeley)

Helping Us Both

“Bob,” a homeless man, rings our doorbell most nights. He lives nearby in a boarded up house. I met Bob late last summer. He frequently walked by my house, and

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Get to the Back of the Boat with Jesus

If you’re involved in the work of the gospel justice, if you are serving in ministry, there’s something that is critically important to figure out early. This is not a

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Fruit That Multiplies

The Agape Center, host of the local S.A.Y. Yes! Center for Youth Development® is a community staple in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. With the start of a new school