The church can bring together people and organizations that would not otherwise sit together . Nine Contributions 1. We bring a neighborhood presence to the table. This is no longer necessarily true. The staff and leadership of many social agencies live outside their service areas.
Clergy are among the few community leaders who live in the community.
Religious organizations are most often committed to a particular area or parish. When people of a faith community talk about their neighborhood or city, it is where they live, not just where the religious structure stands. Faith communities are resource centers. People in a faith community interact with one another and with others in the community every day. They are aware of the problems, difficulties, and needs of people in the community.