Each child is born with an innate potential or promise. Adults create communities that either nurture the potential within each child which is the promise they are born with, or put them at risk. The goal of the faith community is to transform communities of risk into communities of promise, into beloved communities. Social economic poverty in America begins with children still in the womb. A third of the mothers in our country do not receive prenatal care because our nation's health-care system does not provide universal basic coverage for mothers and children.
Spiritual poverty is characterized by hopelessness, meaninglessness, and lovelessness.
I the absence of love, scarcity of hope and a lack of meaning. The common scenario is an absent father and a drug-addicted mother who leave their child without the nurturing necessary for spiritual development. This is the unfinished agenda of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Building a beloved community requires commitment and sacrifice. We promise to teach you by providing a caring adult who will help you understand right from wrong and who will share values by which you can live a moral life.