Introduction<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\nA pastor can equip and empower an aging congregation to work towards an affordable housing ministry by educating the congregation about the problem of affordable housing (within the local community) and the systemic constructs that create an imbalance in housing, particularly in North and South Webster Groves, Missouri, I can do this work by \u00a0utilizing agapao\u0314, teaching love in a social or moral sense<\/em>, serving as a mediator between the congregation, the denomination and local community groups.\u00a0 The pastor can recruit congregants into the task of ministry by discerning their spiritual gifts and delegating tasks based upon these spiritual gifts, thus allowing them to do the work of ministry through their own gifting which comes from the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\nHistorical Context: The problem of affordable housing and its systemic and racial constructs.<\/em><\/h3>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0History<\/em><\/p>\nUnity United Methodist Church is a small African American community of faith with 127 members nestled in the community of north Webster Groves, Missouri.\u00a0 The average age of the congregation is 65.7 years.\u00a0 Unity prides itself in radical hospitality, extravagant generosity and from a historical perspective, civil rights.\u00a0 Birthed in 1989, Unity is the combination of two declining historically black churches, Webster Methodist Episcopal and St. Mark’s Methodist Episcopal churches.\u00a0 The church![\"\"](\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/candlerdmin\/files\/2023\/04\/North-Webster-Groves-278x300.png\")
<\/a> history dates back to Webster Methodist Episcopal, in 1901.<\/p>\nWebster Methodist Episcopal was birthed by formerly enslaved Africans.\u00a0 Webster Methodist Episcopal was built in Webster Heights, MO (community’s name before annexation by Webster Groves, MO in 1960).<\/p>\n
In the 1950s the community known as north Webster Groves, MO expanded its boundaries several blocks to the west of Rock Hill Road, but no further.<\/p>\n
The then Webster Heights, Missouri was annexed by Webster Groves, Missouri April 5, 1960.<\/p>\n
The citizens of Webster Heights, Missouri had no voice nor vote.\u00a0 13 residents of Webster Heights sued Webster Groves.\u00a0 In 1963, St. Louis County Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Webster Groves.\u00a0 Leaving Webster Heights, with no (immediate) representation for the new tax base that was created.<\/p>\n
From 1989 to 2018 Unity had many pastors, all with different visions.\u00a0 In 2018 using the spiritual gift of discernment, the new pastor saw with a wider view the racial disparities between north and south Webster Groves, MO.<\/p>\n
Historical Context: The problem of affordable housing and its systemic and racial constructs.<\/em><\/h3>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0History<\/em><\/p>\nUnity United Methodist Church is a small African American community of faith with 127 members nestled in the community of north Webster Groves, Missouri.\u00a0 The average age of the congregation is 65.7 years.\u00a0 Unity prides itself in radical hospitality, extravagant generosity and from a historical perspective, civil rights.\u00a0 Birthed in 1989, Unity is the combination of two declining historically black churches, Webster Methodist Episcopal and St. Mark’s Methodist Episcopal churches.\u00a0 The church<\/a> history dates back to Webster Methodist Episcopal, in 1901.<\/p>\nWebster Methodist Episcopal was birthed by formerly enslaved Africans.\u00a0 Webster Methodist Episcopal was built in Webster Heights, MO (community’s name before annexation by Webster Groves, MO in 1960).<\/p>\n
In the 1950s the community known as north Webster Groves, MO expanded its boundaries several blocks to the west of Rock Hill Road, but no further.<\/p>\n
The then Webster Heights, Missouri was annexed by Webster Groves, Missouri April 5, 1960.<\/p>\n
The citizens of Webster Heights, Missouri had no voice nor vote.\u00a0 13 residents of Webster Heights sued Webster Groves.\u00a0 In 1963, St. Louis County Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Webster Groves.\u00a0 Leaving Webster Heights, with no (immediate) representation for the new tax base that was created.<\/p>\n
From 1989 to 2018 Unity had many pastors, all with different visions.\u00a0 In 2018 using the spiritual gift of discernment, the new pastor saw with a wider view the racial disparities between north and south Webster Groves, MO.<\/p>\n
Unity United Methodist Church is a small African American community of faith with 127 members nestled in the community of north Webster Groves, Missouri.\u00a0 The average age of the congregation is 65.7 years.\u00a0 Unity prides itself in radical hospitality, extravagant generosity and from a historical perspective, civil rights.\u00a0 Birthed in 1989, Unity is the combination of two declining historically black churches, Webster Methodist Episcopal and St. Mark’s Methodist Episcopal churches.\u00a0 The church Webster Methodist Episcopal was birthed by formerly enslaved Africans.\u00a0 Webster Methodist Episcopal was built in Webster Heights, MO (community’s name before annexation by Webster Groves, MO in 1960).<\/p>\n In the 1950s the community known as north Webster Groves, MO expanded its boundaries several blocks to the west of Rock Hill Road, but no further.<\/p>\n The then Webster Heights, Missouri was annexed by Webster Groves, Missouri April 5, 1960.<\/p>\n The citizens of Webster Heights, Missouri had no voice nor vote.\u00a0 13 residents of Webster Heights sued Webster Groves.\u00a0 In 1963, St. Louis County Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Webster Groves.\u00a0 Leaving Webster Heights, with no (immediate) representation for the new tax base that was created.<\/p>\n From 1989 to 2018 Unity had many pastors, all with different visions.\u00a0 In 2018 using the spiritual gift of discernment, the new pastor saw with a wider view the racial disparities between north and south Webster Groves, MO.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/candlerdmin\/files\/2023\/04\/North-Webster-Groves.png\")
<\/a> history dates back to Webster Methodist Episcopal, in 1901.<\/p>\n