What is the Beacon collaborative of congregations?
The Beacon collaborative of congregations includes more than 70 faith communities that believe safe, affordable homes provide the basis for stable families and thriving communities.
Beacon congregations combine their energy and resources to advance equitable housing policy, provide funding for supportive services, and support the creation of new, deeply affordable homes.
How do Beacon congregations put faith into action?
Advocate
Participate in Beacon’s advocacy campaigns. It takes many people to reach out and show up to move decision-makers to action.
Organize
Collaborate with Beacon organizers and other congregations to build power, influence local leaders, and change systems. Form a team, get trained, build relationships, and mobilize in the name of “home.”
Raise your voices
We need clergy and religious leaders’ direction, presence, and support to influence decision-makers and inspire congregations.
Support residents
Support residents by providing donations, offering volunteer service, and advocating when deeply affordable homes face funding or policy challenges.
Donate
Help unlock the resources needed to reach Beacon’s vision that all people have a home by making a financial gift to support our work.
Why should my congregation join the Beacon community?
- Connect with a diverse network of congregations that share your values and empower you to live them out.
- Build your congregants’ leadership capacity through training sessions, campaigns, and events that advance deeply affordable, supportive housing.
- Magnify your congregation’s impact on making fundamental changes to end homelessness and housing insecurity in our state.
How can my congregation join the Beacon community?
- Contact Rev. Emily Goldthwaite, our Director of Congregational Organizing, at egoldthwaite@beaconinterfaith.org.
- Meet with a Beacon organizer to learn about Beacon’s work and determine whether we share similar values and goals around putting faith into action.
- Decide as a congregation to join the Beacon community.
- Let Beacon know you decided to join, and we’ll add you to our list of collaborating congregations.
- Start or continue your involvement with at least one of the following: advocacy, organizing, fundraising, supporting our residents, or engaging the clergy network.
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