is the whirring dynamo of the growing community-church movement and an outstanding U.S. churchman. Published this week, Dr. Burkhart’s newest book, How the Church Grows (Harper, $2), will give ...

Lawn signs, balloons and chalk messages on sidewalks promoting a local church’s community outreach were removed from all six ...

Chan, who founded Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley ... been a bit idealistic about what he expected his house church movement to look like, but he maintains that he is now much more ...

Christian Outreach Church calls its new ministry the Chosen Generation Movement. Michelle Minton, the church’s event and media coordinator, said the mission is aimed at young people by “teaching ...

Leaders of the movement have scattered into advocacy groups. Fife, 74, retired as pastor in 2005 but still has a key to the church. He has remained active in the community as part of groups ...

Any movement of substance for the community, or the city as a whole, will remain linked to the church, though it will undoubtedly look different than it has in the past, she said. The conversation ...

“It's for the community, the church is for the community," he said. "During the Civil Rights Movement, you know, the church was the center of the community and we want to get back to ...