Empower your faith-based organization through organizational best practices, community engagement and public policy.
Using a holistic framework called the Three P’s, the Sacred Sector empowers leaders to integrate and embody their sacred missions in six key areas: religious staffing, government partnerships, positive engagement in the public square, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) nondiscrimination laws, advocacy and lobbying, and family-supportive workplaces.
The Three P’s framework will equip you to:
Understand and be prepared to respond to public policies that impact your faith-based work
Implement organizational best practices that advance your faith-based mission
Effectively communicate public positioning regarding how your organization positively and distinctly contributes to society
Guide your organization to live out its sacred mission in every area of its organizational life
Engage in
PUBLIC POLICY
Understand how your faith-based organization can more fully live out its sacred mission by navigating the public policy context in which your organization operates on a local, state and federal level.
Adopt Organizational Best PRACTICES
Gain the knowledge and tools necessary to adopt organizational best practices —from human resources, to fundraising, to cultivating a positive culture.
Develop Strategic
PUBLIC POSITIONING
Learn how to communicate strategically and intentionally to diverse communities about how everything your organization does is an expression of its faith-based mission.
“ Before engaging with the Sacred Sector team and their resources, I did not understand what I was allowed to do on behalf of my organization, the difference between general advocacy and lobbying, and I was not sure I even could lobby on behalf of my organization as a nonprofit. It is so amazing to know that I can participate as a citizen and so can my organizations.”
Comprehensive Resources
Leaders connected with Sacred Sector will also have direct access to the Standards for Excellence®, a national initiative that promotes ethical practices and accountability in nonprofit organizations. The Standards for Excellence code covers the following areas of nonprofit operations: Mission, Strategy and Evaluation; Leadership; Board, Staff and Volunteers; Legal Compliance and Ethics; Finance and Operations; Resource Development; and Public Awareness, Engagement and Advocacy.
Based on fundamental values of honesty, integrity, fairness, respect, trust, responsibility and accountability, the Standards describe how nonprofits should act to be ethical and accountable in their program operations, governance, human resources, financial management and fundraising.
Implementing the resources offered through Sacred Sector might include: Creating a strategic advocacy plan, revising the mission statement, developing an employee handbook, strengthening relationships with community leaders, planning for leadership transitions, or pursuing greater financial accountability.
Take the next step to empower your organization today.