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Faith Action’s Strangers to Neighbors brings congregations together and funds community projects
Summary
Faith Action described an interfaith program that pairs different faith communities for dialogue and joint service; participating congregations receive modest stipends (Hernández cited $2,500) to run a community project following the sessions.
Faith Action’s Strangers to Neighbors program convenes different faith communities to build relationships and support community projects, the organization’s representative told Talk City Greensboro.
"We bring different faiths together — for example, a Buddhist and a Catholic congregation — and after conversations we provide a stipend to participating congregations so they can carry out a joint community service project," Maricruz Hernández said, adding the program has operated for several years and later expanded after a grant strengthened it.
Hernández said the initiative offers participating congregations a stipend (she cited $2,500) to implement a local service activity such as a food distribution or outreach event. The goal is to reduce interfaith barriers and foster cooperative projects that directly benefit neighborhoods.
The program grew out of earlier informal work by Faith Action leaders and later received grant support to formalize and expand the initiative. Faith Action said it continues to recruit partners and congregations for future cohorts.
