Why Faith-Based Groups Are Better at Solving Social Challenges Than Government

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Americans have a responsibility to be civically engaged in their communities and when it comes to solving social challenges, faith-based communities have the best track record, according to Stacy Blakeley, the CEO of The Policy Circle. During a study examining the foster care and refugee crises today, The Policy Circle, a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging civic engagement, discovered that “faith-based groups [be they Christian, Jewish, or other] had a remarkable ability to solve for the social challenges in our communities,” Blakeley tells "The Daily Signal Podcast." This begs the question, according to Blakeley, why are faith communities “so much more effective, for instance, than a government program?” That question led The Policy Circle to launch the Faith and Civic Life Initiative to explore the role religious organizations can, and should, play in addressing some of America’s greatest challenges. The new initiatives kicks off Monday with an event at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Blakele joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share the unique mission and history of The Policy Circle and how Americans across the country can take part in the Faith and Civic Life Initiative.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, September 30th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.8	What role does Faith play within the church and how involved should
0:16.6	believers be in that aspect of policy issues and government? Well that is a major question that so many Americans
0:24.3	especially today are asking and it's a question that honestly many Christians
0:28.9	struggle and debate with. Well there's a nonprofit organization called the Policy Circle and they have a new
0:35.2	initiative that's really empowering Americans and people of faith to consider that question
0:41.1	and how they can play a role within the Civics and public policy
0:45.6	space. The CEO of the Policy Circle, Stacy Blakely, joins us in just a moment
0:51.2	to discuss this new initiative of faith and civics life.
0:55.8	Stay tuned after this.
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1:36.6	The CEO of Policy Circle, Stacy Blakely, joins us now.
1:40.4	Stacy, thank you so much for being here.
1:42.3	Well, it's my pleasure. Thanks for having us now. Stacy, thank you so much for being here. Well, it's my pleasure. Thanks for having us on and
1:45.0	giving us an opportunity to talk about something we're very passionate about.
1:48.5	Absolutely. This is an exciting season for you all. You have a brand new initiative launching today. We're going to talk about that in just a second, but first share a little bit about the history and mission of the policy circle.
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