The Changemaker Initiative launched in 2018 as an experiment in pioneering a new kind of church:  connecting the compassion of Jesus with the skills of social innovation.  Could this give new language, energy, and effectiveness to the church’s mission?  As a large church in Silicon Valley, Los Altos United Methodist Church was ready to wrestle with this question.  Embracing the vision of Senior Pastor Kathi McShane, LAUMC partnered with the secular social entrepreneurship organization Ashoka for one year to learn about the skills and process of making change.