Once upon an agency: faith led the way

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Prendergast, Patricia Rose. Once Upon an Agency: Faith Led the Way. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3a77ec71-015f-4e2c-b7e2-f50dbe850701.

P. P. Rose. Once upon an agency: faith led the way. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3a77ec71-015f-4e2c-b7e2-f50dbe850701

Prendergast, Patricia Rose. Once Upon an Agency: Faith Led the Way. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3a77ec71-015f-4e2c-b7e2-f50dbe850701.

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This qualitative research project uses a narrative approach to study how seven faith-based organizations in a ten-county area of southern New Jersey have maintained, adapted, expanded or abandoned their original mission since their founding. What is the story of each respective organization from its beginning until the present? What are the challenges and struggles inherent in maintaining a focus on an original organizational mission statement? How do operational pressures such as changes in funding, shifts in cultural expectations, and unforeseen events, for example a natural disaster or a pandemic, affect the living out of the mission? Interviews with participating agencies are analyzed to search for commonalities among the agencies in the study, and to discern lessons to be learned from all of the agencies together. Recommendations are made for faith-based organizations seeking to be faithful to their founding mission in the face of the various changes and challenges they encounter.

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