Faith in action.
In the U.S. 3,000 faith-based In the United States of America, the term faith-based is used to describe organizations that are religious in nature and distinguish those organizations from government, public or private secular organizations. progressive organizations support an
array of causes.
Number of groups by religious affiliation
Interfaith 631
Catholic 554
Protestant 499
Jewish 263
Black Church 167
Number of groups working on a particular cause
Peace 1,371
Poverty 1,541
Race Issues 941
Education 600
Health/AIDS 521
Source: Online database of Faith in Public Life,
faithinpubliclife.org/map/index.html
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