Where Are the Dads? Treating Richmond's Fatherless Epidemic
How local Christians are building human capital through public health—one man at a time.
[ posted 4/24/2012 4:26AM ]
In the meantime, RFFI's success in keeping the black family intact remains to be seen, evident after years of tracking welfare and incarceration rates. Right now, its impact may be known only to the on-the-ground Christian leaders building relationships.
"The government can provide research, resources, and training, but that's where we stop at the door," says Gullins. "When it comes to transforming a heart, we try to set the table for the faith community to do transformative work that comes through Jesus Christ. We're just the kingdom of God behind government lines."
Katelyn Beaty, CT associate editor, is editorial director for This Is Our City.
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John Holmes
Re abortion - why so many?? Multifunctional issue, includes the lack of availability of contraception. If measures to reduce abortion do not include prevention, and systematic moves to reduce the incentives to abort; any concern and proposals is totally nonsensical. Economic issues must be addressed. If incomes are so low cf the rest of the community, many cannot afford long term relationships even with the best of intentions, the avalanche of consumerism advertizing put materialism before relationships with others. Be a good idea to declare the wages on drugs over, tax it, and use the savings from law and order and prisons for community development, and national infrastructure and education as well. But will not happen because the 1% are profiting from the status quo. Until the concept of the "undeserving poor" is regarded as a the blasphemy it is, this will not happen.
RICK DALBEY
Heavens, we wouldn’t want anyone thinking this new initative to save the black community is “right wing Republican”. 50 years ago the southern Democrats were wearing white robes and hoods. When they traded those robes for the robes of paternalistic, compassionate socialism they did infinitely more damage to the black community. 84% of black births in Richmond are now unwed? Can this ship even be turned? Black unemployment under Bush was 9%. Under Clinton 10%. Under Obama 17%! What a disaster. Probably the most succesful destroyer of the black community is Eugenecist Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood who was dertermined to reduce the number of minorities. She won. 10 million black babies aborted since 1973. Abortion is the number one cause of death in the black community. We need revival. We also need a conservative revolution. "Forty years of public policy around poverty and the war on drugs have sent the black community to hell." We need jobs, Jesus and stable families.