Oxford Circle Mennonite Church DISTRICT: Philadelphia LOCATION: 900 E Howell Street, Philadelphia, PA 19149 DATE OF FOUNDING: 1946 AVERAGE SUNDAY WORSHIP ATTENDANCE: 170 SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE: 11:00 a.m. PASTORS: Leonard Dow, Lynn Parks Oxford Circle Mennonite Church and the allied ministry, Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association, meet diverse needs in Northeast Philadelphia. We are a very diverse congregation, racially, socio-economically, and theologically. There are a number of mixed… Read More
OPEN HOURS, OPEN SHOP By Jaye Lindo and Akeia Haddox-Rossiter If you visit Capital Christian Fellowship (CCF) in Lanham, Maryland, on a Thursday afternoon, you may think it is an unusual time for church. Cars begin arriving around 1:30 p.m., but they do not stop at the main entrance to the lobby. Instead, they stop at the far side of the church at a spot called “Janet’s Garden.” The… Read More
780 Miles from New York to Chicago A Pastor’s Prayer Walk is Full of Surprises, Hope, and Hospitality By Reverend Al Taylor In 2008, New York City churches began a men’s prayer walk in the Polo Grounds, a public housing complex in Harlem. After four homicides in a 30-day period, the objective was to walk into the roughest and most dangerous communities where gun violence and the death of young black teens… Read More