FAITH‐BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Laura A. Reese and Gary Shields

Review of Policy Research, 2000, vol. 17, issue 2‐3, 84-103

Abstract: This article identifies factors that appear to contribute to the economic development activities of faith‐based institutions. Based on in‐depth interviews with churches in Detroit, it concludes that size and revenue of concretion, theology of the head clergy, active initiative by the head pastor or other religious leader, and location in a census tract with residents with lower educational attainment are important determinants of activities. Churches with primarily African American congregations appear to be more active in financing economic development. Denominations of the church appear to have little effect, and deficits in size and resources can be balanced by other attributes.

Date: 2000
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