Churches: An Important Part of Community Growth

While so many efforts around the world are focused on advancing and bettering our lives and cities, it is refreshing to stop once and while and pay attention to all the good being done. There are groups such as mediation Sydney professionals, for example, who are committed to conflict resolution and to reach peaceful agreements between two parties.

Additionally, slightly controversial in American society, religion has always been an important part of reform and community growth. However, over history it has sometime been for the better or for the worse. Now, it is very common to find churches in low-socio economic neighborhoods hold community center that offer a wide range of services from soup kitchens, after-school activities for children to adult learning classes.

The North Philadelphia site, the Church of the Advocate, is one that should be congratulated for its immense efforts to the surrounding community. The transformation of the neighborhood from white to black during the 1930’s is manifested in the cultural symbolism that adorns the interior of the church. The change in the racial majority is also evident in the congregation and in the groups that utilize the church’s social services. The Church of the Advocate is tangible evidence of the processes of the city that have affected both the urban structure and the racial composition of Northwest Philadelphia.

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