IMPACT (Interfaith Movement Promoting Action by Congregations Together) is a grassroots initiative with a mission to bring a greater degree of justice and fairness to the Charlottesville and Albemarle area.30 IMPACT congregations come together to work on the root causes of community problems. IMPACT congregations range in size from 20 to 5,000 people and include predominantly black and predominantly white congregations as well as Protestant, Catholic, Unitarian, Jewish and Muslim congregations.
IMPACT addresses and achieves solutions to community problems through the basic organizing processes of listening/networking, research, and direct action meetings. Through coming together we build our power and ability to successfully live out God’s call.
IMPACT congregations began planning in 2003 to create this congregation based community organizing effort and in 2006, IMPACT held the Covenant Assembly to launch its efforts. IMPACT is part of the DART (Direct Action and Research Training) Network and is modeled on similar organizations in other cities.
Current members:
Charlottesville Mennonite Church
Charlottesville Society of Friends, Quakers
Church of the Incarnation Roman Catholic
Congregation Beth Israel
Evergreen Ministries
Faith, Hope and Love International Healing and Deliverance Center
First Presbyterian Church
First United Methodist Church
Holy Comforter Catholic Church
Holy Temple Church of God in Christ
Islamic Society of Central Virginia
Ivy Creek United Methodist
Living Waters Christian Center
New Covenant Pentecostal Church
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Peace Lutheran Church
P'nai Yisrael Chavurah
South Plains Presbyterian Church
St. Mark Lutheran Church
St. Paul Memorial Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Ivy Episcopal Church
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Unitarian Universalist
Transformation Ministries/First Baptist Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Union Run Baptist Church
University Baptist Church
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Zion Baptist North Garden
