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Stewarding Potential: What This Moment Is Asking of the Church

Apr 30, 2026

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Stewarding Potential: What This Moment Is Asking of the Church

Across congregations today, leaders are navigating a shared reality: familiar patterns are shifting, long-held assumptions no longer hold, and the path forward isn’t always clear. And yet — there are signs of life. At a recent gathering of pastors and lay leaders from across Texas and New Mexico, we spent time naming both the challenges and the possibilities emerging in this moment. Three insights rose to the surface.

The Heart of Neighboring: Building Thriving Congregations and Flourishing Communities

Mar 31, 2026

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The Heart of Neighboring: Building Thriving Congregations and Flourishing Communities

Across learning communities envisioned and convened by Texas Methodist Foundation and Wesleyan Impact Partners over many decades, leaders are rediscovering a simple yet transformative truth: the neighborhood is the unit of change, and proximity is not enough. Churches can sit at the center of neighborhoods for generations and remain strangers to the people around them.

What We’re Learning from the Phygital Fellows

Mar 24, 2026

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What We’re Learning from the Phygital Fellows

One of the most interesting lessons emerging from the Phygital Fellows — a group of pastors and innovators experimenting with new forms of ministry — is that the real work isn’t primarily about technology. It’s about soul.

Mar 3, 2026

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TMF Donors Help Deliver Hope and Healing After Kerr County Flooding

TMF expands donor impact by investing in ministries and partnering with churches and nonprofits across Texas and New Mexico.

Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley Hope in Motion Across Kerr County

Mar 3, 2026

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Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley Hope in Motion Across Kerr County

TMF expands donor impact by investing in ministries and partnering with churches and nonprofits across Texas and New Mexico.

Feb 26, 2026

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Designing for 2046

Leaders from across the United Methodist Church recently gathered to reflect on the future shaped by the Black experience in the church — not simply the future of an institution, but the future of a witness and a spiritual inheritance.