faith-based community

Believers gathered together

A faith-based community is a group united by shared religious beliefs—a church congregation, mosque, synagogue, or similar gathering.

The term gained currency in American policy discussions about government partnerships with religious organizations: The grant program targets faith-based communities.

It serves as a neutral umbrella term covering diverse religious groups without specifying any particular faith.

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compassion · Islam · worship · clergy · spiritual leader · forgiveness · prayer · prayer group · Sunday school · peacebuilding · pastoral care · interfaith dialogue · Judaism · stewardship · Zoroastrianism · sacred text · ministry · parishioners

Opposites
religiosity/secularity

faith-based communitysecular society

Culture separating state from religion

civic organization · neighborhood association · professional association · trade union · civic group

basis of membership

faith-based communityprofessional association

Organization for career fields

trade union · civic group · neighborhood association · hobby club · political organization

epistemological foundation

faith-based communityscientific community

Organized body of researchers

secular humanism

Family

faith, based, community, faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, faithless, faithlessness, basing

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