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Carol Howard Merritt is a pastor of Western Presbyterian Church, an intergenerational congregation in Washington, D.C. Western’s deep commitment to serving the poor in the city has helped to initiate programs like Miriam’s Kitchen, a social service program for the homeless which provides a hot, nutritious breakfast for over 200 men and women; Project Create, which teaches art to children in transitional housing; and HIPS which stands for Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive.

Carol’s the author of Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation, which was published by The Alban Institute in September 2007. The Tribal Church is one that cares for young adults, understands their context, makes room for their beliefs, and supports their search for faith, meaning, and love.

Carol is also the co-host of the Internet Radio Show, The God Complex, with Bruce Reyes-Chow.

Everyone is welcome. The scope of the entries is focused on church leaders, especially ones who want to reach out to people in their twenties and thirties, in concrete and realistic ways.

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