What Would Jane Jacobs Do? Toward a New Model for Houses of Worship


under "fair use". Image Courtesy of Centre St. Jax

under "fair use". Image Courtesy of Centre St. Jax

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Cities need to prepare for a wave of declining houses of worship. While faith institutions, at least the Christian ones, have been asking WWJD (What would Jesus do?), municipalities need to get them to ask another question: WWJJD (What would Jane Jacobs do?). Doing so might lead to a new model for true community houses of worship.

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