PICO National Network - Unlocking the Power of People™

Resources for Congregations

Over 1,000 congregations across the country are using the PICO model of faith-based community organizing to unlock the power of their people and achieve extraordinary victories for their communities. The resources on this page are intended to help you learn more about the faith values that motivate PICO congregations and federations and understand what it means to be an "organizing congregation."

Key Resources

Impact Paper
Good for the Soul, Good for the Whole

This booklet is a summary of the longer Interfaith Funders report "Renewing Congregations: The Contribution of Faith-Based Community Organizing," examining how congregations are strengthened and transformed by community organizing.

Reflections & Trainings
Praying for the City: A Reflection upon the Shape of an Organizing, Civic Community

Veteran PICO clergy Kendall Baker examines how the larger community could be shaped by faith-based organizing.

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Reflections & Trainings »

Putting Faith into Action »

This story of the commissioning of the seventy is one of three texts identified by many Jesus scholars as the single most authentic source for presenting a picture of the historical Jesus. Although every verse in the New Testament is subjectively filtered through the eyes of resurrection faith, confessing Jesus as the Christ, there are occasional snapshots offered that reveal an objective picture of what actually must have taken place. This story is one such literary photo. More »

Impact Papers »

The Richness of Faith »

In this article, Peter Phillips, Director of PICO affiliate FOCUS in Orlando, reflects upon the relationship between religious faith and community organizing. Phillips asserts that organizing cannot be just another program using the congregation. Rather, organizing must nourish and strengthen the faith of congregation members. More »

Books & Articles »

Relational Power's Most Radical Act: Individual Meetings »

This chapter from Robert Linthicum's "Building a People of Power" examines the role of one-to-one, face-to-face meetings in building a powerful community held together by relational bonds. A must read for anybody considering being a part of faith-based organizing. More »

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