The Boston Education Collaborative (BEC) mobilized churches, college campus ministries and non-profit organizations to support public school students in Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, and Chelsea students during the 2022-2023 school year. BEC recruited college volunteers from MIT and Harvard InterVarsity campus fellowships to support the Pacesetters Boys Afterschool Program at Fletcher Maynard Academy in Cambridge. These college students enriched the afterschool program by planning lessons and activities that aligned with their majors coupled with the program’s mission of providing social-emotional support.

The Black Church Vitality Project partnered with the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston’s Environment Department to produce an original play that retold the story of a Dorchester pastor working with local residents to advocate for sustainable development in their neighborhood. Dorchester Weather: a play about climate and change created space for dialogue about environmental and social issues Dorchester residents are facing and modeled how art can begin to repair and build relationships between local government, churches, business owners and residents in communities where development decisions are being made.

Sarah Blumenshine (director of EGC’s Intercultural Ministries) and Liza Cagua-McAllister (EGC’s systems consultant) were a key part of the planning, fundraising, and film team for our longtime ministry partner Agencia ALPHA’s “Immigrants Make Massachusetts Stronger” initiative. Over the course of a year, participants attended workshops that helped them think more deeply about their personal stories and the contributions they make to their families and community. Congregación León de Judá hosted the culminating event on Oct. 28, where the participants’ stories were told through the premiere of a short film, portrait exhibit, and participant panel.

EGC’s content and production team helped share the story of what God is doing in Greater Boston. We produced dozens of articles, ministry and music videos, and short-form content seen by thousands of Christian leaders across the region. Our investment in producing a diverse selection of resources across different media platforms ensures that Christians from different generations can consume content in the ways that most resonate with them. You can view content here!

Intercultural Ministries is undertaking a two-year project that seeks to better understand and nurture diaspora mission networks from Greater Boston to the world. Diaspora missions is mission activity that is initiated, led, and supported by diaspora (immigrant and refugee) Christians back to their homelands or other nations they have some affinity with. So far Gregg Detwiler and Victor Babbage (EGC consultants for Intercultural Ministries and Leadership Development) have interviewed 15 diaspora mission practitioners whose ministries reach many countries around the world. The goal of this project is to strengthen these efforts and to make this form of vital missions better known.

The Haitian community in the Boston area is facing multiple challenges, including the ongoing crisis in Haiti, the related influx of migrants from Haiti, and the need to strengthen intergenerational leadership in the Haitian Christian community. EGC is partnering with the Fellowship of Haitian Evangelical Pastors of New England and key Haitian leaders to respond to these needs. For example, together with the Fellowship, we are supporting Haitian-led efforts to rebuild churches in Southern Haiti; we are initiating the Rising Voices Initiative, a program to strengthen the prophetic voices of both senior and emerging Haitian pastors in New England; and we are working to build capacity so that Haitian churches can better serve new Haitian migrants in their communities.

The Race & Christian Community Initiative (RCCI) continued its work of equipping Christians in Greater Boston to engage issues of race by supporting white evangelical communities to experience — and contribute to — healing from the sin of racism. RCCI convened over 25 local leaders of different generations and races to explore how white evangelicals move from an ideological commitment to addressing racism to ongoing action. We are continuing to process and distribute our learnings to help white evangelicals move toward anti-racist action. Our work with pastors and ministry leaders have challenged them to make significant changes in their organizations to be more racially equitable.

On May 28, EGC gathered with over 250 Christian and community partners at Kowloon Restaurant in Saugus to watch the premiere of RENEWAL, EGC's virtual concert and fundraiser. This hour-long production consisted of ministry highlights, music videos, and hearing from other voices from the city. We are extremely grateful for the generosity in response to our event and believe the productions and the connections made as part of this process will continue to bear fruit for the Kingdom.

The Filmmaker Collaborative is a diverse community of more than 30 Christian filmmakers, local to Boston. Founded in 2017 by Elijah Mickelson, EGC's Director of Communications, this community includes members from over 15 local congregations. The purpose of the Filmmaker Collaborative is to build relationships, encourage one another in the creative process, and explore collaboration together. The Filmmaker Collaborative was instrumental in creating content for the EGC Fundraiser in 2023.

EGC doubled down on our role as a learning institution that supports Christian leaders in urban Greater Boston. We produce in-depth articles containing historical context, current case studies, data-based reporting on timely urban issues, and recommended action steps for Christians who want to learn more or become more engaged in that issue. Some of these articles include Child Welfare Ecosystem, College Ministries & Churches Serving University Students, and Christian Creatives and the Church.