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. These new models tap into the largest volunteer pool in our state - members of the faith community. Faith-based approaches are 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. Central city and rural leaders should be partners in transformation. The Faith In Action Conference holds no agenda to increase congregational attendance or encourage proselytization. Rather, the conference seeks to strengthen the demonstrated good work of faith-based organizations and congregations with our neighbors in need. Faith-based approaches are transforming lives all across the nation.