God and the Inner City (2003)

Sub-Genres - Biography, Religions & Belief Systems, Social Issues  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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This survey of faith-based social work focuses on an inner-city Pentacostal minister in Boston, a drug-rehabilitation program in Maryland and a mentoring program for children of prisoners in Philadelphia. They represent "a second civil-rights movement," says John DiIulio, President Bush's former director of faith-based initiatives. At Teen Challenge, a live-in program near D.C., Rev. Mike Zello doesn't go easy on those he helps, but, he says, "If you have the will, God has the power."

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challenge, church, community, faith, God, inner-city, movement [social change], neglect, religious-leader, social-worker, transformation, unemployment, urban-problems, welfare [govt. aid], youth