Community Engagement

Resonate Global Mission’s regional mission leaders in Canada and the U.S. share a few of their favorite books that will help equip you and your church to spread the gospel right at home.

In Western Canada, the pandemic shut the door on indoor gatherings and outreach events, so community gardens became places where church members and neighbors could meet and experience the love of Christ. 

But have Christians made it believable? Critics contend that Christianity and in particular Calvinism promotes tribalism and tribalistic behavior.

Not long after headstones in a Jewish cemetery were vandalized, two women who aren’t Jewish and live in the neighborhood showed up with buckets of water, soap, sponges and cleaned the graves.

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, there are still ways churches and ministries can connect with their community and share the hope of the gospel.

Here are four ways that we as Christians can care for our neighbor who has COVID. 

Even if your Advent and Christmas celebrations look different this year, one thing is for sure: God is in control and he wants us to grow through the waiting. 

The pivoting church is a beautiful thing that will bring with it hope and new opportunities.

At this new crossroads, what opportunities for outreach do churches have in our communities?

Before you only plan for what will happen on the inside of your buildings, can I encourage you to continue looking for what is outside your door and how you might become engaged. 

What does it mean to love our neighbors and our neighborhoods in this moment?