Faith

"He Gets Us" campaign messaging at a public venue.

Jesus ‘Gets Us,’ We’re Told, As We Struggle to Get Him

An Overland Park group is backing the nationwide “He Gets Us” campaign to promote Jesus.

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Independence Boulevard Christian Church, which was constructed at its current site in 1905.

Small Congregations Rethink the Role of Big Historic Churches

Churches are seeking out new solutions to maintain historic older buildings.

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These books on religion, which fall in the 200s of the Dewey Decimal System, are on the shelves of the Kansas City Public Library’s central branch downtown.

KC Libraries Offer a Variety of Books on Spirituality

Librarians explain how and why libraries offer patrons books and other material about the eternal questions that religions raise and try to answer.

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A table centerpiece at The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council's largest annual event.

Diversity Defines Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council Event

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people of faith flocked to take part in this year’s Table of Faiths event hosted by The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council.

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This “land acknowledgment” sign at Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City names the Indigenous tribes that consider the land on which the church sits as ancestral territory.

A Belated Lesson in the History of Indigenous People

People of faith are belatedly coming to grips with their troubled history with Indigenous People.

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The exterior of the historic Central United Methodist Church.

Historic Central United Methodist Church Reflects on its Complex Past as it Prepares to Close

The historic Central United Methodist Church is reflecting on its complex past as it prepares to close. The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection will reopen the church in December.

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People outside of a crashed Amtrak train car.

Surviving Amtrak Tragedy, Thanking God

Survivors of the recent Amtrak crash in Missouri describe their overwhelming need to give thanks following the accident.

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Fr. Justin Hoye presides at the altar of St. Thomas More Catholic Church at this year’s Easter Vigil service.

A KC Priest Sees Through ‘Cloud’ Over the Church

A Kansas City priest reflects on how he has managed a sometimes trying, often joyful, career in the Catholic Church struggling with abuse scandals and waning membership.

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The doors to the Johnson County Museum exhibit: "Redlined: Cities, Suburbs, and Segregation."

Lasting Scars of Redlining on Display at the Johnson County Museum

An exhibit at the Johnson County Museum reveals in detail how white supremacist thinking behind discriminatory real estate and lending practices and government policies shaped modern Kansas City.

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Rabbi David Glickman of Congregation Beth Shalom tells a community gathering at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection that “something better” than the current piecemeal ways of dealing with homelessness and mental health crises is possible in Johnson County.

Good Faith Network Targets Homelessness and Mental Health

Aa newly formed interfaith network of 20 congregations is focusing on addressing homelessness and mental health in Johnson County.

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