How safe or prepared is your congregation in the case of an emergency? As the number of violent incidents in the U.S. rise, the more important it is for churches to have plans, know what they are, and be able to implement them in case of an emergency. 

Labyrinths, by their very construction and design, provide an opportunity for spiritual reflection and application. That’s the purpose of a labyrinth - to provide a path to the center. The objective of the labyrinth is the journey itself as you make your way to the center.

It's April in Nizhniy Novgorod.  The ice has melted, the sun has returned and the trees are beginning to leaf out. The season speaks of hope.

El cristalino es una estructura transparente y flexible dentro de una pequeña capsula que tenemos en los ojos. Como una cámara, el cristalino, enfoca la luz que llega a la retina.

UBA welcomed Josh Ellis as the new Executive Director on April 2. He plans to tackle challenges and establish UBA as a vibrant, diverse network of invested and cooperating churches. 

The pastor at the pulpit asking the congregation, “Who wants change?” All the hands are in the air. Then he asks, “Who wants to change?” No hands go up. That’s pretty much how the change process goes.

Rafael, a volunteer at the Wynne Unit in Huntsville, TX, was at the right place at the right time to begin to bring some healing to a family. UBA celebrates God at work through the ministry to inmates at the Wynne Unit.

Across Houston, God is at work as families and churches become involved in foster care ministry. Read the stories of two families committed to foster care and how their churches help.

Is it possible in our continuing quest for non-confrontational methods to begin spiritual conversations, that culture's adoption of phrases birthed by scripture is an opportunity to introduce people to Jesus? Possibly- when this method is considered a tool among many employed for a specific situation. But definitely when taco-eating dragons want to do something helpful and be labeled good Samaritans. 

Y lo hacemos juntos, porque no se puede hacer de otra manera. Ese es el verdadero trabajo de la asociación.