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Connecting Faith Institutions to Capital

NonProfit Quarterly

He indicated that the church’s history fuels much of its mission work, including supporting a homelessness ministry and operating a voting precinct at the church to make sure that local West Jackson residents are not disenfranchised. “Faith institutions. are often the only game in town.

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Faith Communities and Affordable Housing: Challenges and Opportunities

NonProfit Quarterly

Limited housing stock impacts families by raising their housing costs to unaffordable levels, forcing people to move or face homelessness. Since 2013, over 100 churches have sought housing and community development assistance and financing from the United Church of Christ Church Building & Loan Fund (CB&LF) that I direct.