ELTV: Family Empowerment centers of Rogers Park

Scott Manke, Executive Director, along with 2 other representatives of an Organization called Family Empowerment Centers, came on our program to share about what they do and the services they provide for the inner city.

Website: http://familyempower.org

Glorifying God, Loving Our Neighbors‚ Strengthening Urban Families

Family Empowerment Centers exists to glorify God and love our neighbors by strengthening young urban families in Christ as we create real opportunities of empowerment and care for the needs of those facing greater challenges in urban America.

It is our conviction that all people from every nation of the world are of equal value and concern before God. It is also our conviction that although mankind is of equal value before God, often the opportunities for empowerment and freedom are selective due to issues of systemic and personal injustices. Family Empowerment Centers will seek to bring a balance to these circumstances by loving our neighbors in a Christ like manner and creating opportunities for those who are disadvantaged in our urban communities to attain empowerment and freedom.

It is also our conviction that real empowerment, freedom, and holistic growth have their foundation in an individual’s experience of the love of Christ through His body. the church, and the truths found in the Scriptures. Family Empowerment Centers recognizes mankind as spiritual, physical, psychological, and social beings. By coming alongside individuals in a holistic and Christ-like fashion, we expect these individuals to have maximized opportunities of empowerment and a greater hope in the future. The element of Christian faith in what we do, how we do it in creating opportunities of empowerment, and who we do it for is what sets our organization apart from others.

Family Empowerment Centers has chosen to target urban communities on the basis that these communities tend to include people from all nations of the world and at the same time seem to be the epicenter for injustice, inequality, and issues of poverty.