"Churches struggle to connect with cities for serious conversations regarding use of buildings and social benefit. Cardus Social Cities is an invaluable resource to those of us who are seeking to network and build these links to the benefit of society at large." - Rev. Graham Singh, Executive Director, Trinity Centres Foundation & Church Planting Canada
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Holy places provide sanctuary in many different ways.
Cardus' Halo Project measures in monetary terms the value that neighbourhood congregations offer to a community’s social infrastructure. The concept is phrased like this: "If this congregation disappeared tomorrow and we had to replace everything, including all of the social supports, programs, care and so on, what would that cost?"
We need to better map the distribution of charities in Canada to address the uneven availability of the services common- good organizations provide, writes Cardus Social Cities Program Director Milton Friesen.
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