Community Empowerment Research

We help churches and nonprofits
measure needs of the people they serve,
set strategies to meet those needs, and
assess the impact of their work in service, evangelism, and outreach.

Doing Well at Doing Good

Presentation Made by Professor Michael E. Porter at Willow Creek Leadership Summit, August 2007

Examples of Doing Good

Within the Congregation

To Communities in Need

•  Employment opportunities

•  Employment counseling

•  Grief support

•  Divorce support

•  Financial management, support and counseling

•  Family daycare and child programming

•  Improving health and welfare

-  On site physicians

-  Immunization drives

-  HIV/AIDS counseling

-  Sexual violence counseling

•  Support of military families

•  Poverty reduction

•  Donation drives for clothing, necessities

•  Food banks

•  Homeless shelters

•  Disaster relief

-  Home building

-  Supplies

-  Monetary contributions

-  Volunteer teams

•  Health Care Delivery

-  Build and operate health clinics (community and global)

-  Addiction support / recovery

-  HIV/AIDS prevention / treatment

-  Pregnancy support

•  Environmental programs