Poverty Alleviation is a key focus of our community service efforts, as it was in Bible times. In fact, God designed a social safety net to provide for those who could not afford to buy food. Read more about how our food pantry is a modern application of God’s ancient commands, and how you’re making improvements at the pantry and how you can “remember the poor” by serving.

All organizations have values that shape their work. Not the nice-sounding platitudes that are quickly created in a conference room, hung on a plaque in the hallway and just as quickly forgotten. But the real ones, that actually animate everything you do. Things you’d bang the table for if they weren’t happening. Things you’d consider resigning over if not being pursued. Our network of churches believes true flourishing happens when our lives are most aligned with God’s design for us. Thus, our values are drawn from Jesus’ description of life in his kingdom, most famously summarized in his Sermon on the Mount. This post features the first of our five values, Holistic Concern.

When your life or your community is in need of repair, where will you go?

The foundational verse for Arlington Bridge Builders tells us to “pray to the Lord on behalf of the city where God sent us” (Jeremiah 29:7). But what does that even mean, other than a vague, “God, please bless Arlington”?