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Thursday. September 21, 2006
Study: Black churches pass on federal grants
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York and New Jersey leading
the list"
The study found that there
was insiifficient outreach to
black churches about the
FBCI. While 75 percent of the
churches surveyed were
vaguely aware of the FBCI
prc^am, 66 percent did not
know about the rules and
details for partidpating, and '
only one in six (16 percent)
had been contacted about
applying.
“There is a lot to be done
with regard to infomiation
dissemination and technical
assistance,” said Margaret C.
Simms, interim president of
the Joint Center. “Black
chruxhes need more details
about the program, and need
assistance in completing
funding applications in order
for the program to have a s^-
nificant presence in minority
communities,"
The White House Office of
Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives was created by
Executive Order 13199 in
2001, as one of President
Bushs key domestic pohdes.
The initiative gives faith-
based organizations equal
access to compete for funding
under federal social welfare
programs along with secular
service providers.
Overall, 20 percent of the
churches surveyed gave an
’unfavorable view of the pro
gram, with many expressing
uneasiness about the relation
ship between church and
state. For instance, 22 percent
gave an unfavorable view of
the FBCI program because
they opposed involvement
with government, while 18
percent were concerned
specifically about government
control, 12 percent mentioned
separation of church and
state, and 13 percent raised
doubts about whether funding
was actually available.
The churches surveyed were
randomly selected fi-om a
national sampling firame of
18,000 black churches, which
represented approximately 35
percent of all black churches,
and the selection process was
stratified by region, size of
church, and denomination
Survey results were based on
telephone interviews with
head pastors or other
ordained personnel, and
results have a 3.6 percent
margin of etror.
Other key findings indude:
• Only one in nine black
ministers (11 percent) report
ed applying for grants;
diurdies that applied were
larger and had higher rev
enues, were Evangelical or
Pentecostal as opposed to
Baptist or Methodist, and
were suburban rather than
rural /
• Fifty-three percent of
black ministers indicated that
their churches were interest
ed in participating, with
Evangehcal and Pentecostal
congregatLons the most inter
ested
• Even thou^ conservative
churches had a more favor-
able view of the FBCI (70 per
cent), churches with progres
sive thedogies and sodaUy
hberal congregations were
more interested in partidpat
ing than conservative ones.
• Churches that applied for
the FBCI grant were mere
likdy to have dothing banks
(74 percent versus 66 percent
for churches that did not
ap^y), prison ministries (67
percent vs. 58 percent),
healthcare programs (66 per
cent vs. 49 percent), after-
schexJ. programs (65 percent counseling (55 j)ercent vs. 46 homdess (37 percent vs. 30
vs. 46 percent), drug abuse percent), and shelter for tl^ percent).
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tor for the scholarship fund.
"We appreciate the support
that the Charlotte communi
ty has extended to the
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Roundtree,- a Charlotte
native, rose to praminence aa
a dvil rights attorney She
successfully litigated Sarah
Keys V. Carolina Coach
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tion lawsuit that provided the
Sanford
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and not an indication that the
GOP governor is losing his
conservative base as some
critics have suggested.
“Gov Sanford enjeys broad
support fix)m the conserva
tive base of the Republican
party" campaign manager
Jason Miller said. “But he
also has the abihty to reach
out and bring new folks on to
the team and that’s what
we're ddng."
The incumbent Republican
governor has fiiequentiybeen
at odds with the GOP con-
troUed House and Senate,
leaving some to wonder if
that's why he is trying to
e:q)and his base.
“There's no doubt Mark
Sanford is in trouble. But it
shouldn't take political des
peration for the governor to
pay attention to our Afiican-
Arnerican famihes," said
Karen Gutmann. spokes
woman for Aiken County
Sen. Tbmmy Moore, Sanford's
Democratic opponent in
Novem'ber,
Francis Marion University
pohtical scientist Neal
Thigpen says there's no ques
tion Sanford is losing some of
his conservative base.
"That 35 percent of the vote
for Oscar Lovelace I think is
indicative of it, “ Thigpen said,
"But whether the circum
stances are so severe that it
could endanger his re-elec
tion and thus prompt him to
tiy to seek votes elsewhere -1
wouldn't want to say that."
Courting the black vote
could be dangerous for
Sanford, Thigpen said
"If it becomes perceived
that that's what he's trying to
do, it may look like pandering
and it may look hke some
thing other than what a lot of
Republicans in this state
like," Thigpen said. “There
are some Republicans that
are less progressive-minded
on race than the larger num
ber*
legal foundation for the
Kennedy administration’s
drive to make interstate
transportation more accessi
ble for Afiican Americans.
She was also one of the first
women ordained to the min
istry in the Afilcan Methodist
Episcc^al Church, where she
was special consultant for
legal affairs for three
Tkylor is senior vice presi
dent of human resources at
Lending Tiree/IAC in New
York, one of the nation’s
largest lenders. Thigpen is
chairman of N.C. Central
University’s board of trustees
and a partner at Thigpen,
Blue, Stephens and Fellers, a
Durham law firm.
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