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Results of the Coalition Ministries and Congregations Study

A key objective of the CMACS project is to provide coalition and religious leaders with information that will help them achieve their social mission. The report, Focus on Faith-Based Partnerships: Coalitions and Congregations in Social Service Ministry, includes findings from the CMACS survey and field research.

This report is designed to appeal to a broad audience and addresses issues of particular concern to coalition directors, clergy and lay leaders. Information provided in these reports includes:

• A national profile of faith-based coalitions based on responses from over 650 organizations. This analysis examines coalition mission strategies, programs, resources and congregational partnerships.
• Congregational leaders’ expectations of coalition partnerships and factors that influence congregational support and volunteering.
• Recommendations for helping collaborative partners identify strategies that will enhance the value and effectiveness of their partnership.

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	Focus on Faith-Based Partnerships: Coalition Ministries and Congregations in Social Service Ministry. Paula F. Pipes, Helen Rose Ebaugh, and Janet Saltzman Chafetz.
	Summary Report - Focus on Faith-Based Partnerships: Coalition Ministries and Congregations in Social Service Ministry. Paula F. Pipes, Helen Rose Ebaugh, and Janet Saltzman Chafetz. This report includes a series of discussion questions designed to promote dialogue between coalition and congregational leaders.

Additional Publications and Reports

Ebaugh, Helen Rose, Janet Saltzman Chafetz, and Paula F. Pipes.“Where’s the Faith in Faith-Based Organizations? Measures and Correlates of Religiosity in Faith-Based Social Service Coalitions." Forthcoming in Social Forces. (Available online)

Ebaugh, Helen Rose, Janet Saltzman Chafetz, and Paula F. Pipes.  “Funding Good Works: Funding Sources Of Faith-Based Social Service Coalitions.” Forthcoming in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. (Available online)

Chafetz, Janet Saltzman, Helen Rose Ebaugh, and Paula F. Pipes. (2005). “Faith-based Social Service Organizations and Government Funding:  Data From a National Survey." Social Science Quarterly 86(2):273-292. (Available Online)

Ebaugh, Helen Rose, Janet Saltzman Chafetz, and Paula F. Pipes. (2005). “The Influence of Evangelicalism on Government Funding of Faith-Based Social Service Organizations.” (Available online)

Ebaugh, Helen Rose, Paula F. Pipes, Janet Saltzman Chafetz, and Martha Daniels. (2003).  "Where's The Religion?  Distinguishing Faith-based from Secular Social Service Agencies." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42(3):411-426. (Available online)

Ebaugh, Helen Rose, Janet Saltzman Chafetz, and Paula F. Pipes, (2003).  “Where The Action Is:  Faith-based Social Service Coalitions, An Unstudied Organizational Form."   (Available online)

Pipes, Paula F. and Helen Rose Ebaugh (2002). " Faith-based Coalitions, Social Services and Government Funding. "Sociology of Religion 63(1): 49-68.

Links

The Hartford Institute for Religious Research Links page

The National Congregations Study Links page

The Center for Immigration Research - University of Houston Links page

The Society for Scientific Study of Religion Links page

The Faith Communities Today - Survey of Congregations Links page

The Organizing Religious Work Project Links page

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