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Congregations in Low-Income Neighborhoods and the Implications for Social Welfare Policy Research

Michael Leo Owens

Emory University

R. Drew Smith

The Leadership Center at Morehouse College

Social scientists have an abundance of information about congregations to inform religion and social welfare policy discussions in the United States. But their data tend to come from congregations located outside low-income neighborhoods, not congregations inside them. This may limit their ability to make definitive claims, especially to policy makers, about social welfare practices and the potential of congregations located in low-income neighborhoods to aid in poverty reduction initiatives. Are the literature’s findings about social service provisions by congregations applicable to congregations located in poor places? Using a data set of congregations located in the vicinity of public housing complexes in four cities, the authors explore this question. In the process, they discern factors that influence social service provisions by congregations located in low-income neighborhoods, identifying congregation income, clergy education, and congregation residency as the most significant predictors of social service activity. The authors conclude by identifying future research directions.

Key Words: faith-based organizations • congregations • social welfare • poverty • public housing

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 3, 316-339 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0899764005275207
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