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Submitted by Sarah on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 10:53am.

The Interfaith Works site (also check their new site redesign in progress) is a great place to visit when doing a survey of local faith communities.

Here is their statement of purpose:

Interfaith Works promotes interfaith understanding, and serves the community through charitable, social and educational endeavors.

Their list of members is especially helpful. Awhile back I went through the list to see what groups were running blogs and rss feeds. Along the way I've also found other faith communities that blog.

Why blog? This post 4 Ways Blogging Can Change Your Church from a Washington DC pastor has some ideas.

Some local faith blogs include:

Local faith bloggers use their blogs for outreach, reflection, discussion, and plans for worship. If you know of a local faith community that blogs, please let us know.

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+1 Sarah

Good post.
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Thanks!

I'd been thinking on writing this up for awhile, glad I finally got to it.
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