Befriend: Taking Care for Community Through Nonprofit - Paperback

by Jana Struková (Author)

Befriend narrates a personal experience of the author with the formation of a faith-based nonprofit in health services. It combines real-life examples with theories from several disciplines to describe the nature and role of nonprofit in a community. The book argues that faith-based nonprofits create spaces of hospitality and inclusion for diverse humanity. They are poised to teach practices of friendship based on the friendship of Trinity and personal awareness of how mental health can either contribute to friendships in communities or inhibit it.

Author Biography

Jana Struková is the founder and executive director of The Mary and Martha Center for Women and Community Care. She is a public scholar and professor of practical theology affiliated with different graduate schools. She is the author of Kitchen Table Youth Ministry (2010) and of the monograph A Vocational Model of Confirmation (2009).