How to give away your church: the history and future of La Casa

In 2016, a small church in Washington, D.C. called the Community of Christ decided to give away the building it had owned since 1974. Known as “La Casa,” the building had over the decades become a central neighborhood gathering and organizing space.

I grew up in the Community of Christ. In “How to Give Away Your Church — and Fight Gentrification at the Same Time” — I tell the story of how the church figured out how to give La Casa away in the midst of a hyper-gentrifying city and neighborhood (published in Sojourners, 2021).

Pictured: La Casa.

How to give away your church: the history and future of La Casa

In 2016, a small church in Washington, D.C. called the Community of Christ decided to give away the building it had owned since 1974. Known as “La Casa,” the building had over the decades become a central neighborhood gathering and organizing space.

I grew up in the Community of Christ. In “How to Give Away Your Church — and Fight Gentrification at the Same Time” — I tell the story of how the church figured out how to give La Casa away in the midst of a hyper-gentrifying city and neighborhood (published in Sojourners, 2021).

Pictured: La Casa.