‡a Foreword / Lyle E. Schaller -- Introduction / Robert L. Burt --How we set ourselves on fire : First United Church of Christ, Jupiter, Florida / Ned Barnes -- A Black congregation in a White church : Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago / Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. -- By faith... together! : First Community Church, Columbus, Ohio / Barry L. Johnson --God will not fail : South Haven United Church of Christ, Bedford, Ohio / Martha Swan -- Awaking a sleeping giant : First Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, Nebraska / Otis E. Young -- How an old historic church became new : First Church of Christ, Wethersfield, Connecticut / Donald W. Morgan -- Witness to the power of the Holy Spirit : Spanish Evangelical Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts / Felix Carrion -- Miracle at the asylum : Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut / James L. Kidd -- A new church in a new land : First Filipino-American United Church of Christ, San Bruno, California / Erasto L. Arenas -- Where in heaven is Angels Camp? : Union Congregational Church, Angels Camp, California / Ardie Kendig-Higgins -- Journey toward interdependence : First Spanish United Church of Christ, Chicago / Samuel Acosta -- Creative caring in a growing church : Immanuel United Church of Christ, Shillington, Pennsylvania / Robert I. Rhoads -- The power of the worship experience in a growing church : St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Chicago / Thomas P. Henry -- Building the beloved community : Colonial Church of Edina, Edina, Minnesota / Arthur A. Rouner, Jr. -- Growing by giving yourself away : Church of the Beatitudes, Phoenix, Arizona / Culver H. Nelson -- Miracle of renewal : Mt. Zwingli United Church of Christ, Wadsworth, Ohio / Jerald W. Baker -- Beginning ministry in a new parish : First Congregational Church, Appleton, Wisconsin / John T. McFadden -- Postscript / John H. Westerhoff III.