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Endowment Intends to Distribute Up to $5B Over 15 Years

December 10, 2024 | The Duke Endowment

The Duke Endowment’s Trustees announced their intent to distribute up to $5 billion in grants across North Carolina and South Carolina over the next 15 years.

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Helping Churches Provide COVID Relief

Many churches want to make a difference in their communities – but despite good intentions, they sometimes lack the tools or know-how to run effective programs.

August 10, 2020 | Robert R. Webb III

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Coaching Young Students in Reading

When schools closed this spring because of COVID-19, Read Charlotte pivoted quickly to help parents strengthen their children’s literacy skills from home. The Reading Checkup, a website designed for families with rising K-4 students, debuted in June.

August 8, 2020 | Meka S. Sales

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Strengthening Congregations and Communities

Is your community thriving? Cultural sociologist Josh Yates says the best way to answer that question is to think of thriving as a wholistic form of growth.

February 21, 2020 | Robert R. Webb III

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Patrick Woodie: Rural Faith Communities Make a Difference

With support from The Duke Endowment, the NC Rural Center’s Faith in Rural Communities initiative works with rural United Methodist churches across our state.

September 9, 2019 | Winston-Salem Journal

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BUMC Hosts First Year of Summer Literacy Program

With help from a three-year grant from the Duke Endowment, Boone United Methodist Church hosted a summer literacy program for 19 rising first-grade students.

September 9, 2019 | Watauga Democrat

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Heal here first: Notes from the 2019 Convocation on the Rural Church

Read the notes from The Duke Endowment's 2019 Convocation on The Rural Church.

August 12, 2019 | EdNC.org

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Helping Rural Churches Bridge Divides

In our deeply polarized age, rural churches can help their communities by helping neighbors find common ground. Rural Church Director Robb Webb explains how.

July 3, 2019 | Robert R. Webb III

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Summer Literacy Effort Braves COVID

If students aren't learning during the summer, they can lose ground academically — and once children fall back, the gap in achievement can grow with each year.

July 2, 2019 | Caroline Parker

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Sowing Change in Rural Churches

The large sign has only three words — Goldston Community Garden — and that’s intentional.

October 15, 2018 | Robert R. Webb III

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Safe Housing for Neighbors in Need

When a group of young volunteers descended on Yvonne Vinson’s mobile home last summer, they replaced the buckled carpeting in her living room and eating area, and repaired a damaged bathroom floor.

June 29, 2018 | Kristen R. Richardson-Frick

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Responding with Faith to Fight Hunger and Help Farmers

About every other year in North Carolina, Come to the Table conferences link members of the faith community with farmers, gardeners, educators, health professionals and community organizers to find ways to relieve hunger and sustain local agriculture.

January 4, 2018 | Kristen R. Richardson-Frick

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Rural Churches Helping Rural Communities

Rural communities and rural Methodist churches share many characteristics and dynamics. Each want to honor their rich past and have a place in a vibrant future. Both have abundant assets; some well appreciated but others less obvious.

November 14, 2017 | Jason Gray