About Congregation-Based Organizing
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Faith communities today find themselves struggling with decreasing membership and dwindling budgets, confronting a culture of individualism and tending to the casualties of a market economy. While many religious congregations believe all they can do is address private pain and their own institutional survival, some 3500 faith communities across America have ventured beyond their walls through Faith-based Community Organizing (FBCO) to address the larger causes of the pressures they confront. [Learn more] |
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Congregation-based community organizing recognizes that no one congregation can make much of an impact upon a city for purposes of justice or peace and that no one denomination can do so as well. Congregation-based community organizing is ecumenical, and considers diversity a strength.
Rev. John Heinemier
Resurrection Lutheran Church
Roxbury, Massachusetts
In This Section
John Heinemeier
Striving for Justice, Working for Peace: Organizing God's People in the City
Rev. Terry K. Boggs
Visioning for the Future of the Church
in Public Life
Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Office of the Presiding Bishop
Leadership Development for Public Life