A Community Church as the Catalyst for Community Change

A Community Church as the Catalyst for Community Change

Ashley Fisher, IRFA and Shared Justice Intern, April 20, 2017 The church is not just a place for Sunday worship. According to Pastor Anthony Minter,…

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How Mission-Centric Organizations Can Advance Their Missions By Providing Family-Supportive Employee Policies

How Mission-Centric Organizations Can Advance Their Missions By Providing Family-Supportive Employee Policies

Joshua Bombino and Chelsea Langston Bombino, April 20, 2017 Much of our careers have been devoted to working in human services agencies, also called social…

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How Confusion Over “Sex” Discrimination Should Be Viewed as an Invitation for Lawmakers to Act in the Interests of Everyone

How Confusion Over “Sex” Discrimination Should Be Viewed as an Invitation for Lawmakers to Act in the Interests of Everyone

Stanley Carlson-Thies, April 20th, 2017 Should it be illegal for an employer, secular or religious, to treat an employee differently because of the employee’s sexual…

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How the Faith-Based Initiative Enables Good Governance and Empowers Under Resourced Communities

How the Faith-Based Initiative Enables Good Governance and Empowers Under Resourced Communities

Chelsea Langston Bombino and Jared Miller, March 30th, 2017 A continuation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, maintained under both the…

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The Innovation Case for the Faith-Based Initiative

The Innovation Case for the Faith-Based Initiative

Stanley Carlson-Thies and Chelsea Langston Bombino, March 30th 2017 As the Federal government continues to work to serve all communities with excellence, a vital requirement…

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The Compelling Call of FBOs to Love Refugees

The Compelling Call of FBOs to Love Refugees

Chelsea Langston Bombino, March 17, 2017 The capacity to live out a divine calling on one’s life, as an individual or as an organization, is…

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Faith-Based Organizations Vital in Addressing Systemic Issues of Homelessness in DC

Faith-Based Organizations Vital in Addressing Systemic Issues of Homelessness in DC

Sacred Sector Spotlight: Community Stories, Broad Impact In this current political and cultural moment, an important discussion is taking place about the need to strengthen…

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A Final Conversation with Steve Monsma: On Why Protecting Communities is Essential to Protecting Individual Rights

A Final Conversation with Steve Monsma: On Why Protecting Communities is Essential to Protecting Individual Rights

Chelsea Langston Bombino, February 24 2017 Dr. Stephen Monsma’s vision for living together across difference in modern American society is particularly resonant for the current…

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Earthly Speaking, A Great Loss for Religious Freedom

Earthly Speaking, A Great Loss for Religious Freedom

Stanley Carlson-Thies, February 24 2017 On February 18, 2017, Stephen V. Monsma, age 80, was taken from this life and entered the next and better…

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Sacred Commons: Building Both Physical and Spiritual Infrastructure in America

Sacred Commons: Building Both Physical and Spiritual Infrastructure in America

Chelsea Langston Bombino, February 3, 2017 Last week, President Trump signed executive orders that would advance construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In some ways,…

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