In our 2024, 1-day conference, we discussed how to equip your church to love neighbors in practical ways. We heard from Sara Joy Proppe, Founder of Proximity Project, an initiative focusing on equipping churches to be the hands and feet of Jesus in their neighborhoods. We hope you enjoy these audio recordings of the main session conversations from this year’s event.
We all know God commanded us to love our neighbors, but what does that mean practically, in this day and age? How can we inspire our congregations to follow us as well?
This year, we centered our discussion on B.L.E.S.S., co-written by our main speaker Jon Ferguson. While it offers practical advice, (and a great mnemonic!) about how to go about loving our neighbors through sharing the gospel, most of the time this conference was focused on collaboration – sharing, and learning from other local pastors and church leaders on how to best address issues we each face in our work.
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The 2021 Compelled by Love event centered on the idea of loving your neighbor. All participants met via zoom, and you can take a look at the main sessions in the link below:
Some of you were interested in accessing the Neighborhood Block Card mentioned in previous events. You can access that below:
Sara Joy Proppe is passionate about equipping churches to be the hands and feet of Jesus in their neighborhoods. She is the Founder and Director of Proximity Project, an initiative to educate and activate churches to creatively steward their properties for the common good of the community.
In her role, Sara Joy uses her professional experience in real estate development and placemaking to advise and serve congregations across the country. She also writes and speaks on several platforms about the intersections of theology, placemaking, and design for dignity.
Sara Joy is also the co-host of The Embedded Church podcast.
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