The Church as Community Hub: Sharing Spaces to Help Neighborhoods Thrive

A practical and hopeful guide to encourage churches to rediscover their purpose as neighborhood anchors through community partnerships.

Thousands of congregations across the country occupy underused property while their communities are struggling with urgent needs, including affordable housing, food insecurity, and childcare costs. Loren Richmond, Jr. proposes a solution: transforming church buildings into centers of community and partnership. Rather than being open only on Sundays, churche...