Community & Education
From Bihar to Your Backyard: 5 Community-Building Strategies American Congregations Can Learn from Patna's Faith Institutions
As American religious institutions face declining attendance and growing questions about their relevance, a faith-based institution in Patna, India offers a surprisingly practical roadmap. Jesus & Mary Patna's decades-long commitment to education, spiritual care, and social service has produced a model of community engagement that translates with remarkable clarity to the challenges facing US congregations today.