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Chaplaincy at NBA: Presence, Healing, and Justice in Community

By NBA Cares | December 3, 2025

As part of our year-end justice campaign, we’re highlighting how NBA brings justice to life every day—through presence, healing, and the transformative work of chaplaincy, among other initiatives that foster…

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NBA Launches Restorative Justice Initiative

By NBA Cares | December 3, 2025

What does justice mean for our communities today? At NBA, our commitment to equity and healing calls us to reimagine justice- not as retribution, but as restoration. Restorative Justice (RJ)…

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NBA Offers Events to Help Navigate Grief During the Holiday Season

By NBA Cares | November 26, 2025

The holidays are often associated with feelings of joy, excitement, celebration, and gratitude. However, for individuals who are in a season of grieving, it can be an entirely different experience…

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Community & Communion

By NBA Cares | November 26, 2025

By Rev. Awit Marcelino, A/PI Young Adults Peer Group facilitator In October, NBA hosted a weekend retreat in Seattle, Washington for the Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI) Young Adults Peer Learning and…

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A True Sense of Accompaniment

By NBA Cares | November 24, 2025

As part of our year-end giving campaign this year, we’re looking at ways that NBA brings justice to life every day, through clarity, courage, and creativity. Between now and the end of…

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The Power of Connection

By NBA Cares | November 24, 2025

As part of our year-end giving campaign this year, we’re looking at ways that NBA brings justice to life every day, through clarity, courage, and creativity. Between now and the…

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Justice, Equity, and Love For Older Adults

By NBA Cares | November 3, 2025

Contributed by Rev. Angel Luis Rivera-Agosto, NBA’s Community Engagement Senior Coordinator for Justice Initiatives Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18 Justice issues today are especially urgent…

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Silver Chalice Ministry Member Congregation Highlight: Senior Connections Lunch and Learn Program

By NBA Cares | November 3, 2025

Contributed by Rev. Kimberly Weir, Older Adult Ministries Innovative Conversations Group Riverside Avenue Christian Church in Jacksonville, FL embraced Silver Chalice as a pilot church earlier this year, and formed…

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Nature, Nurture, and Navigating Leadership

By NBA Cares | October 29, 2025

By Lauren Jones, Program Coordinator for Health & Social Services Last month, our Health & Social Services Executive Leaders Peer Learning and Wellness Group gathered for a truly special retreat at Frog…

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Living Well While Managing Your Money: A Q&A on NBA Co-Hosted Financial Literacy Webinar Series for Youth and Young Adults

By NBA Cares | October 16, 2025

Talking about money can be stressful, difficult, and frustrating, especially for youth and young adults. “Many of the youth and young adults in my life are navigating money without a…

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NBA’s Justice Initiatives Webinar to Offer Information, Guidance to H.R. 1 Bill

By NBA Cares | October 16, 2025

In July 2025, H.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” was signed into law, bringing with it a dramatic shift in federal priorities and significant implications for…

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Mental Health & Identity — A Recap of the 2025 NBA Mental Health Professionals Conference

By NBA Cares | October 16, 2025

Over the first weekend of October the National Benevolent Association’s Mental Health and Wellness Program hosted its annual hybrid Mental Health Professionals Conference in Denver and virtually for online attendees,…

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Meet NBA’s Newest HSS Partner, Restore Clergy!

By NBA Cares | October 16, 2025

NBA is excited to welcome Restore Clergy and its Executive Director, Rev. Kinsie Tate, as one of our newest HSS Partners. Restore Clergy is a transformative organization dedicated to the…

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Tech for Good: How NBA is Empowering Nonprofits Through Digital Transformation

By NBA Cares | October 10, 2025

What if your nonprofit had a CTO for a day? What could be possible? For many smaller nonprofits, technology often falls to the bottom of a very important to-do list.…

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Mutuality in Sisterhood: Mentorships for Black Women

By NBA Cares | September 30, 2025

Mentorships have a profound and lasting impact in general, but for Black women they can potentially become something even stronger: a sisterhood. This was one of the topics covered during…

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NBA Welcomes New HSS Program Coordinator

By NBA Cares | September 30, 2025

Did you know that NBA works with nearly 50 health and social service organization partners? To help oversee these relationships, NBA has hired Lauren Jones as Program Coordinator for Health…

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2025 SENT Seminar: Embodying God’s Dream For Justice, Belonging, and Flourishing

By NBA Cares | September 30, 2025

NBA’s Social Entrepreneurship program recently hosted the 2025 SENT Seminar. This year’s theme was “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Building Impactful Futures.” Throughout the two-week event a variety of experts discussed challenges…

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NBA Launches First-Ever National Recovery Month Programming

By NBA Cares | August 26, 2025

For the first time in its history, NBA is offering dedicated content and programming for National Recovery Month—an important step in our ongoing commitment to mental health and wellness. Observed…

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Being Part of the Vision: Highlights from 2025 NBA Giving Week

By NBA Cares | August 26, 2025

What does combating injustice, technology and a garden all have in common? They are all elements mentioned during our recent Giving Week that illustrate how NBA works to nurture communities…

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NBA’s Older Adult Ministries Initiative Supports NEW Silver Chalice Ministry 

By NBA Cares | August 5, 2025

NBA’s collaborative partner, the Older Adult Ministries team, evolved over two years to conceive of and create the Silver Chalice Ministry. Resolution GA-2513, supporting Disciples congregations receiving Silver Chalice designations,…

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