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Interior view of the stained glass windows of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

Black Congregations Are Developing Housing on Church Land

Many Black churches in the U.S. are developing housing on their property, and becoming stronger activists in the fight for affordable housing.

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Organizing Nationally to Win Locally: Faith-Based Community Organizing’s New Frontier

Over the past few years faith-based organizing networks have broken onto the national organizing scene, adding grass-roots power and issue expertise to some of the biggest problems of the day.

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Faith and Justice

Contrary to what many may think, religion is alive and well in America—and a good deal of what it says and does is strikingly progressive.

Four stained-glass windows, seen from inside the church.
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Black Churches, Community, and Development

Black churches have figured prominently in African-American community development for more than two centuries.

Among a group of large rectangular concrete blocks is a concrete cylinder, echoing the idea of round and square pegs
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We Can’t Be Pegged

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, a funder of community organizing, defies right and left stereotypes to focus on justice.