Facts of Life
CHURCHES REACH OUT
Urban churches provide prison ministries, preschools, food pantries, health clinics, literacy programs and more to the neediest people in America's cities. Using Philadelphia as an example, a recent study found that the city's congregations provided social services worth $250 million annually, primarily for poor families who weren't members of the congregations.
Number of Philadelphia's urban congregations engaged in social programs
Source: Study by Univ. of Pennsylvania Professor Ram A. Cnaan, cited by John J. DiIulio, Jr., March 7.
