Congregations and faith-based organizations are leading the way in creating new models of service that bring about internal and external transformation for both participants and volunteers. We also see these new models tapping into the largest volunteer pool in our state - members of religious organizations. We have witnessed faith-based approaches succeeding in most every area of human need. Individuals whose lives have been transformed through the efforts of congregations and faith-based organizations include the former welfare mother, the recovering drug addict, the crime victim and their offender, the child in the foster care system, and the homeless father. In Action Conference's rich contents.
Evidence demonstrates that where resources are few, faith is often strong.
Conference planners understand that some of the state's richest faith traditions hail from our neediest neighborhoods, including those in central cities and rural areas. We see central city and rural leaders as partners in transformation, not as objects of charity. The Faith In Action Conference holds no agenda to increase congregational attendance or encourage proselytization. Rather, we are interested in strengthening the demonstrated good work of faith-based organizations and congregations with our neighbors in need. We would never support a social service delivery system that relied exclusively on faith-based organizations and congregations for services.