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Edited by Ken Chitwood (Bloomsbury, 2026)

People have been steadily walking away from churches in recent years – and with good reason. However, if we embrace the idea of church as an organizing force for activism and a haven for misfits, perhaps we can chip away at this apathy and reclaim its widespread power to positively influence society.

This toolkit includes resources from CRCC’s work. With it, we seek to guide faith leaders on their journey of reimagining how religion can be lived out communally.

Watch a discussion about the power of faith to drive resistance to anti-immigration policies in the United States. Manuel Pastor, director of USC’s Equity Research Institute, moderated an online discussion with the authors of God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants (NYU Press, 2023).

In CRCC’s annual trends post last year, we wrote about surviving, if not thriving. We write this year’s trends with a special place in our hearts for CRCC’s senior editor Nick Street, who took a significant role in compiling these trends each year, always balancing a sense of cynicism and optimism.

Rick Warren, founder and pastor of Saddleback Church, is challenging the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) belief that women should not be pastors in their church. The Washington Post interviewed the CRCC’s executive director, Richard Flory, about his thoughts on Warren’s disagreement with SBC.

A global team of journalists and researchers at the University of Southern California produced more than 100 stories about people dedicated to working for positive social change as part of the Spiritual Exemplars Project.

Often underreported and unseen, spiritual impulses can move individuals and communities toward justice, equality and compassion.

How has living in a time of tremendous social change influenced Gen Z’s attitudes towards religion–organized or otherwise? CRCC's executive director Richard Flory was on KPCC LAist 89.3's Airtalk with Larry Mantle to talk about young adults' connection towards religion in today's world.

This report summarizes findings from "Spiritual Exemplars: A Global Project on Engaged Spirituality" and includes a directory of the more than 104 extraordinary humanitarians profiled by the project.