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Community Organizing


by Jay Van Groningen (CRWRC/CFIC, 2005)community organizing

Resource Type: Workbook teaching churches to organize their neighbors to achieve a common goal

Main Audience: Church leaders new to the whole issue of community organizing who are interested in pursuing neighborhood/community involvement

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Summary:

This workbook is short, interactive, and accessible for church leaders who want to learn the basics of how to get involved in their community and with their neighbors. Van Groningen begins with a discussion of a “theology of place” and then offers activities for church groups to do to identify loving actions they can taken for and with their neighbors.

This takes participants to the idea of community organizing, including getting a lay of the land, organizing the community’s gifts and resources, and changing a policy or system. Van Groningen explains what these are and how to begin.

This is not an in-depth how-to manual on community organizing, but a great “beginners” resource.



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