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Volume 3, Issue 3
March 9, 2004
The Passion: Jesus Did Not Die to Put Us at One Another's Throats
By James T. Laney and Andrew Young
Christian preachers should use the opportunity created by the controversy around The Passion of The Christ to educate their congregations, to condemn, from their pulpits and without reservation, anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry and intolerance.
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FATC, Columbia, ITC, and GSU Offer Dual Degree Program for Divinity and Public Policy Degrees
The Faith And The City programs at Columbia Theological Seminary and the Interdenominational Theological Center have partnered with the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University to launch a unique new dual degree program that offers the Master of Divinity and the Master of Science in Urban Policy Studies.
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End Homelessness in Atlanta
The current Faith And The City Newsletter, Winter/Spring 2004, focuses on homelessness in Atlanta and features a new 12-page format with broader coverage and a range of photographs, including a full-color section. The newsletter is available in print or electronic format. Selected articles:
Congregations Can Help End Homelessness
The Atlanta multi-county metro community today has the opportunity to end homelessness, much of it virtually overnight, and to prevent homelessness in the future.
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A Day in the Life of a Homeless Person
As the sun rises, your day starts with the need to shower. Checking the calendar, you realize that the day is Monday. Your day for taking a shower comes on Wednesday.
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Interfaith Group Builds Houses for Families, Bridges for Community
An interfaith collaboration of congregations is working in partnership with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity to build an affordable home for a low-income working family. In doing so, the congregations are building bridges across faith traditions to create friendships, increase understanding, and nurture a sense of community.
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Lighting the Path from Homelessness to Self-Sufficiency
Stable housing, supportive relationships, tools, and resources for enduring independence and self-sufficiency are some of the benefits that families experience in the Shelter A Family program.
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Alternatives to Jailing the Homeless
Congregations of faith can help end homelessness by expanding their support beyond merely feeding people who are homeless, according to Atlanta Community Court Presiding Chief Judge William F. Riley Jr.
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Highlights of the Tri-Jurisdictional Survey
A total of 6,956 people were found to be homeless on the night of March 11 and the morning of March 12, 2003, in the Tri-jurisdictional area that includes the city of Atlanta and the counties of Fulton and DeKalb. These people were living on the streets or in shelters, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, or institutions. Interviews were conducted with more than 1,000 of these homeless persons.
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Download pdf of Faith And The City Newsletter on Homelessness
FYI: Faith And The City Forum TV Program Adds Air Dates
Faith And The City Forum maybe seen now in four time slots each week on Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters cable channels: 7:30 am and 11:30 am Tuesdays, 7:30 pm Wednesdays, and 5:00 pm Thursdays.
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FYI: Georgia Center for Nonprofits Announces 2004 Schedule
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits has the January-March workshop schedule on their Web site, http://www.gcn.org. Follow the links for 'training'. The topics cover management, fundraising, computing, marketing, etc. You can register online at the same Web site. Questions: please contact training@gcn.org or 678-916-3046.
Event: Urban Summit hosted by The Urban Ministries Institute of the Interdenominational Theological Center
March 13, ITC Chapel at 700 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SW, Atlanta
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Event: 3rd Annual Clergy Day at the Capitol
March 15, Capitol Education Center, Carl E. Sanders Room, adjacent to the Capitol, Atlanta
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Event: Jurgen Moltmann's A Theology of Hope Revisited
May 6-7, Candler School of Theology
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