The Formation, Transitions, and Evolution of Small Religious Organizations

Jeavons, Thomas H.; Cnaan, Ram A.

doi:10.1177/08997640972640051

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“…What is the relationship of specific religious characteristic to processes of organizational evolution (Jeavons & Cnaan, 1997)? What organizational features are associated with change from one type to another (Chambre, 2001)?…”

Section: Further Research On Faith-based Organizationsmentioning

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Typology of Religious Characteristics of Social Service and Educational Organizations and Programs

Sider

Unruh²

2004

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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The general term faith-based organizations is inadequate because no clear definition exists of what it means to be faith-based. This article proposes an inductively derivedsixfold typology of social service and educational organizations and programs based on their religious characteristics: faith-permeated, faith-centered, faith-affiliated, faithbackground, faith-secular partnership, and secular. The typology is divided into two sections, organizations and programs, recognizing that the religious characteristics of an organization may differ from the programs it operates. The analysis of religious characteristics focuses on the tangibly expressive ways that religion may be manifest in a nonprofit entity. The article provides examples of each type based on case studies of 15 congregations with active community-serving programs. This framework, once empirically tested, can add clarity and precision to research, public discourse, and funding decisions concerning community-serving organizations.The debates over the faith-based initiative have underscored the critical need for a new vocabulary that more accurately reflects the complex realities in contention. The current catch-all term faith-based organizations confuses and Note: The authors would like to thank the members of the Working Group on Human Needs and Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and in particular the members of the editorial committee, for their input and feedback on the typology and comments on drafts of this article. Ronald Sider may be contacted at

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Section: Further Research On Faith-based Organizationsmentioning

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Typology of Religious Characteristics of Social Service and Educational Organizations and Programs

Sider

Unruh²

2004

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

192

158

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“…In total, 12 of the 20 food aid providers in the sample were faith-based. The scope of this paper precludes full discussion of what it means to be a faith-based organisation providing food, the work of Sider and Unruh (2004) and Jeavons (1997) provides detailed typologies, upon which this paper draws, of faith-based social service and educational organisations and their characteristics.…”

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All in it Together? Community Food Aid in a Multi-Ethnic Context

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This paper derives from a study of community food aid in a multi-ethnic, multi-faith city in the North of England. The paper begins to make sense of the diversity of types of food insecurity assistance, examines the potential exclusion of certain groups from receipt of food aid, and explores the relationship between food aid providers and the state. Faithbased food aid is common in the case study area, particularly among food bank provision to the most 'destitute' clients. While food aid is adopting service responsibilities previously borne by the state, this does not imply an extension of the 'shadow state'. Rather, it appears reflective of a pre-welfare state system of food distribution, supported by religious institutions and individual/business philanthropy, but adapted to be consistent with elements of the 'Big Society' narrative. Most faith-based providers are Christian. There is little Muslim provision of (or utilisation of) food aid, despite the local demographic context. This raises concerns as to the unintentional exclusion of ethnic and religious groups, which we discuss in the concluding sections.

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“…For students who practice or may practice in a faith-based social service agency, special attention is given to the dilemma of what has greater precedence: agency authority or religious authority (Chaves, 1993;Jeavons & Cnaan, 1997). Students are introduced to the tension in agencies that have to meet budgetary obligations while abiding by theological and religious doctrines.…”

Section: Training Students To Work In and With Faith-based Social Sermentioning

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Teaching About Organized Religion in Social Work:

Cnaan

2004

Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work

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The Formation, Transitions, and Evolution of Small Religious Organizations

Cited by 16 publications

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Typology of Religious Characteristics of Social Service and Educational Organizations and Programs

Typology of Religious Characteristics of Social Service and Educational Organizations and Programs

All in it Together? Community Food Aid in a Multi-Ethnic Context

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