UniteBoston

Bridging Divides Across Christians for the Flourishing of the City

America250 Food Donation at WORK Inc. (Dorchester)

Typically, a semi-truck bringing food into Boston isn’t a reason to gather, but there’s a special truckload of food being brought in on Friday, April 10th, at 9:00am.  A tractor-trailer full of non-perishable food will arrive at WORK Inc. (25 Beach Street, Dorchester) as a large-scale donation to the Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry, as part of Boston and the Bay State’s America250 commemoration.

We’d love you to join us in greeting the first of 3 America250 trucks coming to Massachusetts in 2026.  These specially designated America250 semi-trucks, organized via JustServe.org, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are a celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday and our national and local values of serving our communities.  Please stop by WORK Inc.’s facility at 25 Beach Street on the morning of April 10th and join us in celebrating community service in Boston!

Good Friday Service: The Last Words of Jesus Christ

Join us this Good Friday for a powerful and reflective worship experience as we gather with churches from across the city for “The Last Words of Jesus Christ,” presented by the BMA TenPoint.

🗓 Friday, April 3, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM
📍 St. John Missionary Baptist Church (Roxbury)

This sacred service will feature seven dynamic preachers offering reflections on the final words of Christ from the cross—inviting us to pause, remember, and draw near to the heart of Jesus in His final moments. Together, we will journey through the depth of the cross in a spirit of unity, reverence, and hope.

Whether in person or online, come and be renewed as we prepare our hearts for Resurrection Sunday.

🔗 Live stream available at bmatenpoint.org and on Facebook

Civic Engagement – Bridging the Gap: Why Cross-Sector Collaboration Matters More Than Ever

This week’s article, written by Jerome Garciano, team lead of the Civic Engagement conversation, highlights one of the driving forces behind Boston Flourish 2025—the call for cross-sector collaboration that bridges faith, justice, and public life.  Jerome explores how followers of Jesus can bring grace, unity, and conviction into the civic arena through movements like the AND Campaign.

As Boston prepares to launch its local chapter, this article invites us to imagine what it looks like when Christians engage politics not through partisanship, but through the Gospel—seeking the common good so that our city may truly flourish.

I may have been one of the few evangelicals taking part in my local town’s No Kings Demonstrations last weekend, but I was somewhat surprised to see protest signs appealing to “religious” values.  These signs highlighted God’s commands and decrees to love the foreigner because we all were foreigners, and reminded us to ask ‘What Would Jesus Do?’ for our transgender neighbor? One sign especially resonated with me stating, “IT’S SO BAD EVEN THE INTROVERTS ARE HERE!” We need followers of Jesus to speak grace and unity into this moment of division and hatred and set forth a hope and vision for the common good grounded in the Gospel and God’s Word, and that’s why I think the AND Campaign is so important at this time in our history. 

As described in Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign’s Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement, the AND Campaign is a Christian civic organization that asserts the compassion and conviction of the gospel of Jesus Christ into the public square. It believes that Christians are called to promote social justice and moral order (rather than one or the other) in the sociopolitical arena, and to transcend both partisanship and political ideology. 

The AND Campaign has four primary objectives:

  1. Education – Raise civic literacy among Christians and help believers apply biblical values to the most pressing issues of the day.
  2. Representation – Represent and articulate a clear and credible biblical worldview that Christians can identify with in the public square.
  3. Coalition Building & Reconciliation – Organizing Christians to speak with one voice in the public square, and bridging racial and sociopolitical divides in the church.
  4. Advocacy – Promoting values and policies among policy makers and political decision makers that align with the biblical worldview.

Join us next week at the Boston Flourish Conference as we hear from AND Campaign founder and author Justin Giboney and meet with others who are passionate about seeing our City flourish. We will also mark this moment as the launch of the Boston Chapter of The AND Campaign. We can’t wait to see you there!

Join the Movement

Boston Flourish 2025 takes place October 30, 2025, at IBEW Local 103 in Dorchester.

Tickets are available now for $99, Student rate for $75

👉 Register today to be part of Boston’s unfolding story — a story of faith, research, and collaboration that’s shaping the future of our city.

Because when it comes to creating a Boston where everyone belongs, thrives, and flourishes — it starts with us.

P.S. If you’d like to learn more about the AND Campaign, check out the (&) Civic Revival 10 Disciplines  and the Civic Engagement Playbook

OneBoston Praise Concert

The purpose of this event is to bring together all children of God around the New England area regardless of Culture, race, or ethnicity for a memorable and uplifting  the Name of the Lord as the LORD commanded. We believe that God wants to use this coming together of HIS children not only to bless every individual but also to touch the foundation of this great country (like how he shook the wall of Jericho when the Israelites were praising Him and circling the wall). We are excited about the positive impact OneBoston Praise will have on the community of God’s children.
We are contacting local church organizations that share similar beliefs and are all about coming together for the purpose of God’s work. We would like every Christian organization and Churches to be part of this mission and also support us with prayer, financial assistance, and Guidance in any way for the event. This could include helping with promotion, or any other form of support that aligns with the church’s mission. We believe that by working together, we can make OneBoston Praise a truly special occasion that resonates with everyone in our community.
Thank You 

Easter Sunday: The One Changeless Truth that Changed the World

Christ is risen! While the world might be shaking, today we are honored to share this Easter Sunday devotional from Rev. Dr. Gregory G. Groover, Sr., pastor of Charles Street AME Church. Dr. Groover’s reflection reminds us that while empires fall and time reinterprets history, the victory of the Risen Savior remains eternal and unshakable. This message is a timely call to anchor our faith in the everlasting promise that Jesus lives—and because He lives, we are forever changed.

Note: This reflection is part of a Holy Week Devotional compiled by BMA TenPoint Pastors and Ministers. We invite you to read the other powerful reflections and also take part in Jesus and Justice Sunday on April 27, where clergy are invited to “do as Jesus commands and preach messages of Hope and Compassion, Mercy and Justice for the members of our communities who are suffering and are being labeled as targets.”

P.S. Did you know that the Western and Eastern Churches are celebrating Resurrection Sunday together this year? It’s a rare occasion. Click to read Archbishop Henning’s reflection and why he believes it’s a step towards unity


On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ (Luke 24:1-7)

The only constant truth about this world is that it is ever changing. The paired dynamic of “come and go” has always been applicable to this entire world of all ages.

Since the beginning of time, empires emerged and then ended. Ruthless rulers rose and then were reduced to ruination. Trends took off and then transitioned into oblivion. Ideas and perspectives increased to their peak and then inevitably perished. Major events mushroomed to an extraordinary and enormous impact on millions everywhere and then in time had minimal effect and became merely irrelevant. Yes, even as history occurs, it is then repeatedly reinterpreted, revised, reconsidered, reshaped, and re-understood.

Nothing of this world is immune to change. George Benson put it best when he sang the words, “everything must change. Nothing stays the same. Everyone must change, nothing stays the same. The young becomes the old, mysteries do unfold. ‘Cause that’s the way of time. Nothing and no one goes unchanged.”

Not true. We know of one event that took place still enjoys total power. One event that occurred in the past still enjoys omnipotent presence. It is an event that occurred in this world but was truly not of this world.

It did not take place in any colossal-size colosseum with the countless of witnesses watching it. It did not happen in any prestigious palace or parliament where only the rich ruled and reigned. It didn’t even come to pass on a massive mountain where thousands could be miraculously fed with only five loaves and two fishes.

This one solitary event occurred on an early Sunday morning in an ungroomed graveyard. Jesus, Who had just been buried two days earlier was found missing from His tomb. The women saw, sitting in His place, an angel who told them, He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still with you in Galilee, “The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified, and on the third day be raised again!”

In other words, the angel was telling the women, “the truth that Jesus had repeatedly told you about His resurrection did not change. Not one slight iota of a change! As He indeed promised you this truth that He would rise again after being crucified so that you might live, so He did. Just as He said!”

It is this Resurrection Day truth that IS the one living truth that will never change. Without a doubt, it is the one changeless truth of all time that has yet changed humankind forever.

The hallelujah news that we celebrate today is that we are eternally changed solely because of this ever-abiding truth that never changes – and that is that Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord and Savior, has saved, still saves, and will always save! We, who believe that He rose from the dead to live again, have the never-ending blessed assurance that this Jesus was, is and shall always be the Same – Yesterday, Today and Forever!

So we say with confidence,”The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:6-8)

Gracious Lord Jesus, we thank you for your completed work on Calvary’s Cross, a work that secured our salvation. We also thank you for the Empty Tomb, the proof of the power of your resurrection! As we approach the Cross and the Empty Tomb, may we remember the Great Salvation you have purchased for us. May we remember that this is Good News for all the Earth. And may we share it freely and abundantly. It is in Your Name we pray. Amen


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