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Study guide: Bearing witness through community organizing
Keyton Augutyw — Members of Shekinah Chapel in Riverdale, Ill., partner with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to provide nutritious food to residents through monthly Producemobile visits.

Study guide: Bearing witness through community organizing

Many established Lutheran congregations face the challenge of reconnecting with their communities, which have changed dramatically since the churches were founded. And nearly all need to work harder to not just preach the gospel to their neighbors, but to embody and reach out with the daring, liberating, countercultural gospel of Jesus Christ in spirit and deed. Community organizing offers a model of achieving both.

Download this study guide to discuss “Bearing witness through community organizing,” which appeared in the August issue of Living Lutheran. The pdf includes five pages of discussion questions and a copy of the article.