The Urban Church as Professor

Abstract

Church-based and faith-based organizing is becoming a prominent method of fighting injustice. This article gives examples of how social workers and students can be introduced and linked to this method and examine the impact on students in regard to learning about this kind of activism. It is suggested that social workers explore faith-based organizing as a means of working toward social justice.

Key Words:

• Faith-based organizing
• social work and organizing
• community organizing