This course of reading will provide you with an overview of the prescription of public and nonprofit partnerships focusing on the White House's Faith-Based and Community Initiatives program. It lays a solid foundation for understanding the benefits of collaboration and power sharing with the Federal government.

With the emergence of the Religious Right in America, there has been a movement to use political power to restore morality in the nation. President Bush's Faith-Based and Community Initiative (FBCI) serves as a prime example of this movement. The Religious Right is responsible for the development of this policy to provide government grants to Christian charitable organizations that work towards restoring the family and reducing poverty. This paper examines the specifics of this policy, taking a closer look at how the government can use this policy to control the faith-based organizations, robbing them of their religious character. It concludes that given the ineffectiveness of pouring millons of dollars in to the political process over the past two decades, Christians should contribute directly to the local organizations within their respective communities rather than to politicians promising to fund religious organizations in return for political support.

President Obama has signaled a sharp break from many Bush Administration policies, but he remains committed to federal support for religious social service providers. Like George W. Bush's faith-based initiative, though, Obama's version of the policy has generated loud criticism - from both sides of the aisle - even as the communities that stand...

Start and Grow Your Faith-Based Nonprofit offers clear guidance on how to fund and manage a faith-based social ministry. If you have been called by God to fulfill a mission through a nonprofit organization, this is the book for you. Written specifically for grassroots faith-based groups, this important book is a tool for the thousands of individuals and churches that heal emotional, physical, and spiritual wounds through faith-based social service programming. In this much-needed resource, Jill C. Esau, founder of We Care Northwest--a nonprofit designed to build capacity in and advocate on behalf of faith-based organizations, provides professional step-by-step guidance. Start and Grow Your Faith-Based Nonprofit addresses vital issues such as church sponsorship, volunteer management, the grant making process, observing government regulations and certification, fiscal responsibilities, partnering with complementary programs, and much more.