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Partners, Not Providers: A Collaboration Typology for Congregations and Community by Katherine R. Cooper; Lynn O. Cooper is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Partners, Not Providers: A Collaboration Typology for Congregations and Community about?
Scholars have long been interested in nonprofits, religious congregations, and their collaborative activity. This research builds upon past large-scale studies of congregations to suggest a nuanced understanding of how clergy approach congregational partnerships and make decisions about collaborating with community organizations. Using qualitative data from a geographically bounded sample of 30 Protestant congregations and grounded theory methodology, we suggest that clergy view their congregations as serving a different purpose from nonprofit partners and navigate numerous tensions inherent in congregational life in their pursuit of collaborative activity. We introduce a new typology of congregational collaboration that posits collaboration as a strategy for providing material and spiritual resources, in and outside of their congregations.
Who reads Partners, Not Providers: A Collaboration Typology for Congregations and Community?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Social Sciences.
- Author
- Katherine R. Cooper; Lynn O. Cooper
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences