Partners for Sacred Places is the only national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization dedicated to the sound stewardship and active community use of America's older religious properties. Partners provides assistance to the people who care for sacred places while promoting a new understanding of how these places sustain communities.
Partners was founded in 1989 by a national task force of religious, historic preservation and philanthropic leaders. Since then, Partners has served several thousand congregations and other local organizations and represents the needs and concerns of over 100,000 older, community-serving sacred places in every town and city across America.
- Training New Dollars/New Partners for Your Sacred Place is an intensive program that gives congregations with older buildings the skills and resources to broaden their base of support.
- Regional Offices Partners' offers training, technical assistance and capital improvement grants through its Pennsylvania and Texas Offices.
- Workshops and Conferences. Partners' staff speaks on a variety of topics at national and regional conferences throughout the country.
- Publications Some of Partners' books include:
- Your Sacred Places Is a Community Asset: A Tool Kit to Attract New Resources and Partners
- The Complete Guide to Capital Campaigns for Historic Churches and Synagogues
- Information Center This web-based resource provides information related to the care and use of older sacred places.
- Advocacy Initiatives Partners works with civic leaders, funders and policymakers, urging them to adopt policies and practices that provide new resources to older religious properties.
*The "Sacred Places at Risk PDF" is a PDF file which can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this program on your computer, you can download this free software by clicking on the button below.
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