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Peer reviewedGoldsworthy, Jessica – Community Development Journal, 2002
An approach to integrating casework and community development includes the practices of empowerment, community building, and social action. The aim is to give disadvantaged people more choice and control over their lives. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Church Programs, Community Development, Disadvantaged
Carter, Michael V. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1988
Looks at Commission on Religion in Appalachia (CORA) programs uniting 23 church denominations behind social and volunteer projects designed to improve quality of rural life. Describes CORA and its projects. (TES)
Descriptors: Church Programs, Community Action, Community Development, Quality of Life
Download full textJohnson, Olin Chester – 1975
This paper traces the role of the Black church in American history. The Black church is portrayed as an institution through which Blacks have worked to achieve social, economic, and political equality as well as spiritual guidance and social interaction. In the Colonial era the dominant purpose of having Blacks attend church was to condition them…
Descriptors: Black History, Black Organizations, Church Programs, Church Role
Peer reviewedJohnston, Sally Naylor – Religious Education, 1997
Maintains that reimagining God through metaphors that counter patriarchy can become a liberating and transformational pathway for a healing community. Proposes two metaphorical constructions, "bodyfaith" and "the mind's heart," to act as tools to imagine a healing agenda within education. Considers the role of educational healing within a…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Educational Therapy, Feminism, Group Experience
Johnson Foundation, Inc., Racine, WI. – 1987
This document reports on a conference that addressed the involvement of the National Council of Churches of Christ/USA in literacy education in North America, at which literacy program participants, national leaders in literacy education, church leaders, and international literacy delegates described their successes and struggles. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy, Basic Skills
Gregory, Marion, Ed. – 1969
This volume contains the proceedings of a conference of social scientists and ministers on "Religion and Social Change" held at the North Carolina State University (Raleigh). Five seminars were held on the topics of (1) economic progress; (2) the distribution of income, status, and power; (3) the local community decision-making process;…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bibliographies, Church Programs, Church Role
CUSO Development Education, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1986
This kit provides materials about South Africa for activists and educators and the Canadian public. The materials provide ideas for communicating the information and moving people to action. They include a user's guide with a kit overview and suggestions for its use; an educator's handbook on South Africa, which applies a popular education…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, African Culture, African History
