Special project: Ministerial alliances

Find links to all the articles in the ministerial alliances series:

• Tiny houses, big mission: Texas churches collaborate across traditional boundaries to serve patients and families.
  

  a tiny house is shown in Abilene, Texas. It’s one of the Houses for Healing that the Hillcrest Church of Christ helps provide.

• ‘We’re all on the same side as Jesus’: Churches cross boundaries to serve their communities — and each other.

Christians from churches in Snyder Texas fellowship together at a ministerial alliance meeting.

• Work in the community, works of faith: Predominantly Hispanic or Black churches tend to be selective when working with outside groups, ministers say.

Whiz Kids visit the Science Museum Oklahoma for their spring fling.

• Alliances serve those facing homelessness, addiction: Churches of Christ participate in efforts to feed and evangelize vulnerable groups.

A half-dozen or so local churches provide volunteers or financial support to feed Trinidad’s homeless population.

• Connecting through prayer: Preacher left congregational role to lead churches in service to Lakewood, Colo.

Twice a year Lakewood Connects gathers civic, education, business and faith influencers to “make new connections, share stories and build more hope fuel to spread around.”

• ‘Doing good in Jesus’ name’: Ministerial alliances build up member churches and meet community needs.

Just Lead is a Knoxville after-school program that brings about 65 kids to the Laurel church building from high poverty schools.

CHERYL MANN BACON is a Christian Chronicle contributing editor who served for 20 years as chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Abilene Christian University. Contact [email protected].

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