On October 21, more than 250 leaders from faith communities, housing organizations, real estate, and policy sectors gathered in New York City for the third Bricks and Mortals Faith-Owned Property Summit. The day-long convening created space for meaningful dialogue, practical learning, and new partnerships focused on unlocking the potential of faith-owned property to serve communities.
The collaboration of these two Bricks and Mortals members, Ariel Property Advisors and Yemeni American Merchants Association, is exactly the type of partnership that Bricks and Mortals seeks to generate – partnering faith organizations with the specialized assistance they need to serve their mission and communities.
At the second Faith-Based Affordable Housing Summit in New York City hundreds of people were in attendance, including faith-based organizations, public sector representatives, faith leaders, and housing experts to address the critical issue of developing affordable housing on faith properties.
Did you miss our Faith-Based Affordable Housing Summit? Read our recap and watch the full event here!
Adaptation is a spiritual matter. It is when the spirit sees the material clearly enough that it shifts behavior. We can also think of God the way Franciscan Fr. Richard Rohr thinks of Jesus Christ. He says we enter the Christ at “any time material reality connects with spiritual matter.”
While faith-based organizations deliver 40% of vital services, they receive only 12% of safety net funding from the 15 largest institutional funders in the US.
Judson Memorial Church blends into its surroundings, but as soon as you approach, you realize this isn’t your average church.
Bricks and Mortals co-founder Donna Schaper’s new book, Remove the Pews, has recently been published by Pilgrim Press! The book highlights the important relationships between our sacred spaces the communities that surround them.
Your congregation can live another day to pray another way – restore and revive your sacred real estate, and continue to serve your community.
Quinlan Development Group is bringing 138 mixed-income units to 230 Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill.
