Interviews on Faith-Based Initiatives-Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy

As part of its mission to produce a fuller and more informed debate on the issue of faith-based social services, the Roundtable regularly interviewed leading policymakers, scholars, researchers and stakeholders involved in the Faith-Based and Community Initiative and other government partnerships with religious charities. You can access those interviews here.

Interview Archives

Interviewee	Date
Q&A on the Legacy of the Bush Administration’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative	11/25/2008	Read Interview
Q&A on Building the Capacity of Faith-Based Organizations	11/04/2008	Read Interview
Q&A on Guidance and Monitoring of Faith-Based Organizations That Receive Government Funds	10/14/2008	Read Interview
Q&A on the Hiring Rights of Tax-Funded Religious Organizations	09/23/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Jay Hein, former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	09/09/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Cheryl Magee and Mary Ambrose of the United Way for Greater New Orleans Faith-Based Initiative	08/26/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Rabbi Steve Gutow of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs	08/12/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with John Ford, Plaintiff in Dismissed Lawsuit Targeting Christian Teen Home	07/29/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Lynn Portnoff, on the closing of Breachmenders Ministries	07/15/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Chip Lupu and Bob Tuttle on Changes in Rules Governing the Faith-Based and Community Initiative	07/01/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Cheryl Hill of the Maryland Office of Community Initiatives	06/17/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Eric Levine of United Jewish Communities	06/03/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with U.S. Representative Mark Edward Souder	05/20/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Robert Zachritz of World Vision on the Global Food Crisis	05/06/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with James Clyburn of the House Democrats' Faith Working Group	04/22/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Joseph Wingo of Angel Food Ministries	04/08/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Dr. Shaukat Ashai of the Muslim Community Center Medical Clinic	03/25/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Harris Wofford	03/11/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Rabbi David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism	02/26/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Chaplain Gary Friedman of Jewish Prisoner Services International	02/12/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. on the Amachi mentoring program	01/29/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with David Campbell on the California Community and Faith-Based Initiative	01/15/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Jack Calhoun, author of	01/02/2008	Read Interview
An Interview with Rob Keithan of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	12/18/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Chip Lupu and Bob Tuttle on Legal Changes Affecting Church and State in 2007	12/04/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Tulin Ozdeger of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty	11/20/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with John DiIulio	11/06/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Dr. Robert P. Jones of The Third Way Culture Program	10/23/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Glenn Palmberg of the Evangelical Covenant Church on SCHIP	10/09/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Susan Foster of CASA	09/25/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Salam Al-Marayati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council	09/11/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Bruce Davenport of St. John #5 Faith Church, New Orleans	08/28/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Bob Jaeger of Partners for Sacred Places	08/14/2007	Read Interview
Candy S. Hill of Catholic Charities USA	07/31/2007	Read Interview
Jim French of Oxfam America	07/17/2007	Read Interview
Jason Davies-Kildea of the Salvation Army in Australia	07/02/2007	Read Interview
Ethel Ware Carter of the Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta	06/12/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Dr. Fred Lucas of the Faith Center for Community Development	05/29/2007	Read Interview
Rev. Michael L. Latham, Indiana Family & Social Services Chaplain	05/15/2007	Read Interview
John Podesta of the Center for American Progress	05/01/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Jim Gambone, developer of "A Soldier’s Coming Home"	04/17/2007	Read Interview
John Bridgeland, CEO of Civic Enterprises and Malaria No More	04/03/2007	Read Interview
Steven T. McFarland, of the Justice Department's Faith-Based Office	03/13/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Eric W. Treene, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice	02/27/2007	Read Interview
Professor Bob Wineburg, author of "Faith-Based Inefficiency: The Follies of Bush's Initiatives."	02/13/2007	Read Interview
Diane Sollee, director of the Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education	01/29/2007	Read Interview
Robert L. Woodson Sr. of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Washington, D.C.	01/16/2007	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. William Blake Rider, Rector for Christ Episcopal Church in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	01/02/2007	Read Interview
Jannah Scott, Policy Advisor on Faith and Community Initiatives, Arizona	12/19/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with the Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar of the National Council of Churches	11/28/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with John Green of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life	11/14/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Healthy Families - Nampa	10/31/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with David Kuo, author of "Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction"	10/17/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Terri Ann Schroeder, Senior Lobbyist for the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office in Washington, D.C.	10/03/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies	09/19/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Jay Hein, Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	09/05/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Mark Earley, President and CEO of Prison Fellowship	08/22/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Wade Horn of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services	08/08/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Shepherd Smith of Institute for Youth Development	07/25/2006	Read Interview
An interview with Rev. Dr. Albert Sampson, Pastor of Fernwood United Methodist Church	07/11/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson of BOND	06/27/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Luis Cortes of Nueva Esperanza	06/13/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Joan E. Hemenway of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education	05/30/2006	Read Interview
An Interview With Amy Sherman of FASTEN	05/23/2006	Read Interview
Keith Rothfus, Director of the DHS Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives	05/08/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Stanley W. Carlson-Thies	04/25/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Samuel Rodriguez, Jr. of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference	04/11/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Ronald Sider of Evangelicals for Social Action	03/28/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Stephen Jordan of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce	03/14/2006	Read Interview
Law Professor Robert W. Tuttle Discusses the Settlement of the Silver Ring Thing Case	03/07/2006	Read Interview
Candy Hill of Catholic Charities USA	02/28/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Mary Langley of the Morehouse School of Medicine	02/14/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Adam Taylor on "The State of Our Values" Campaign	01/31/2006	Read Interview
Interviews with Jay Sekulow and Barry Lynn on the Nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court	01/17/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Andrea Kane and Bill Albert of the Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy	01/03/2006	Read Interview
An Interview with Robert Sprinkle of the Interfaith Health Program at Emory University	12/19/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Louisiana Faith-Based Liaison Johnny G. Anderson	11/29/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation	11/15/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Celeste Bagley	11/01/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Alton Chapman of the Chattanooga FBCI Office	10/18/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Suzie Harvey, parish administrator at the Christus Victor Lutheran Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi	10/04/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Stephanie Wheeler of the Alaska Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	09/20/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with John Berglund of the Salvation Army	09/06/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Henry Lozano of CNCS	08/30/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Quanah Crossland Stamps of the Administration for Native Americans	08/15/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. John Richmond of Youth For Christ	08/02/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Trey Childress and Senator Doug Stoner	07/19/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Law Professor Robert Tuttle on the Retirement of Justice O'Connor	07/05/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Christine Marquez, director of consulting and capacity building for JVA Consulting	06/20/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Karen Woods, Director of the Center for Effective Compassion	06/06/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Annie Britt-Berry	05/23/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Krista Sisterhen of the Ohio Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	05/09/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Bert Goldberg of the Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies	04/25/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Brad Yarbrough, Director of the Oklahoma Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	04/11/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Terri Hasdorff, Executive Director of the Alabama Governor's Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives	03/29/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Marc Stern Assistant Executive Director of the American Jewish Congress and Co-Director of its Commission on Law and Social Action	03/14/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Professor of Religion, Charles Marsh	02/28/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Dianna Durham-McLoud, President and CEO for the Illiana Coalition for Family and Community Restoration	02/15/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Joseph T. Jones, Jr. Founder of the Center For Fathers	01/31/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Executive Director of MentorKids USA, Daryl Reese	01/18/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Professor Fred De Jong of Calvin College	01/04/2005	Read Interview
An Interview with Marvin Olasky of the University of Texas at Austin	12/20/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Hyepin Im of Korean Churches for Community Development	11/30/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Patricia Talton of the Northwest Leadership Foundation	11/16/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Johnathan F. Austin of the Center for Urban Missions	11/01/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Reverend Alvin Burke Deer of The United Methodist Church	10/18/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Professor John Green of the University of Akron and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life	10/04/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Ronald B. Mincy of Columbia University	09/20/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Robert M. Franklin Jr. of Emory University	09/06/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Jim Lindsay of the Catholic Network of Volunteer Service	08/23/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Ned Dolejsi of the California Catholic Conference	08/09/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Rhett Power and Kathleen Moore of Habitat for Humanity, Washington DC	07/26/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Ron Hoellein and Faith Geer of St. Paul's United Methodist Chruch	07/12/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Elaine Walters of Eastern Star Church	06/28/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Reverend Dion Evans of Chosen Vessels Christian Church	06/15/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with George Young, Pastor of Holy Baptist Church and Senior Advisor to the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative	05/24/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Vicki Jackson of Inland Empire Cops, Clergy, and Community Network	05/10/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Vikki Sirockman of Lydia's Place	04/26/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Liza McFadden of Volunteer Florida Foundation	04/12/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Don Winstead of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	03/29/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Linda Freeman of the Peacemaker Family Center	03/14/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. David Shaheen, Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church	03/01/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Anne Corriston of Episcopal Social Services	02/17/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Lin Hatfield Dodds of UnitingCare Australia	02/02/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Edward Bradley of Oakseed Ministries International	01/20/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Lee Baugh of the S.T.E.P. (Strategies To Elevate People) Foundation	01/05/2004	Read Interview
An Interview with Pat Marcum of Love INC	12/15/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Cynthia Hill-Frazier of the Church Resource Center	12/08/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Paul E. Miller of the University of Montana	11/24/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Lionel Louw, Shirley Moulder and Renier Koegelenberg of the National Religious Association for Social Development (NRASD)	11/17/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Jenni C. Spears, Member of the King's Pasture Congregation	11/04/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Paul McLendon of Volunteers of America's Faith-Based and Community Resource Center	10/21/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)	10/07/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Eugene Rivers of the National Ten Point Leadership Foundation	09/23/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Omar M. McRoberts of the University of Chicago	09/09/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Theodora Ooms at the Center for Law and Social Policy	08/26/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Raymond Rivera of the Latino Pastoral Action Center	08/12/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Mary Nelson of Bethel New Life	07/29/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Mark R. J. Farr of the Points of Light Foundation	07/15/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Jim Wallis of Sojourners	07/01/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Chris Pyle of Family Policy & Health	06/16/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Representative Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)	06/03/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution	05/20/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)	05/06/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Drew Smith of the Leadership Center at Morehouse College	04/22/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Steven Rathgeb Smith of the University of Washington	04/08/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with James E. Selmon, III of the U.S. Department of Agriculture	03/25/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Peter H. Dougherty of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	03/11/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with J. David Kuo, Special Assistant to the President of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	02/26/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with John F. Downing of the United Veterans of America, Inc.	02/11/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Robert L. Woodson of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise	01/28/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with K. Hollyn Hollman of the Baptist Joint Committee	01/16/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Brent Orrell of the U.S. Department of Labor	01/02/2003	Read Interview
An Interview with Patrick Austin of the Cobb Community Collaborative	12/12/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Samantha Smoot of the Texas Freedom Network	11/26/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Abdulwahab Alkebsi of the Center for Study of Islam and Democracy	11/14/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Reverend Timothy McDonald of the First Iconium Baptist Church	10/31/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Professor Stephen Goldsmith, Special Advisor to the President on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	10/17/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Feather O. Houstoun, Pennsylvania Secretary of Public Welfare	10/03/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Roundtable Researchers Lisa Montiel and Jason Scott	09/26/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)	09/25/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN)	09/04/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	08/14/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Congressman Mark Green (R-WI)	07/29/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Rev. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State	07/09/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Professors Ira C. of George Washington University Law School	06/26/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)	06/17/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with James Towey of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	06/04/2002	Read Interview
An Interview with Richard P. Nathan of the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy	05/15/2002	Read Interview