Abstract
What circumstances permit churches to organize for innovative social change? A recent example of a clergy-led social movement following an industrial crisis in Youngstown, Ohio is examined utilizing a resource mobilization perspective. In this case the local community was mobilized against a predatory conglomerate, using resources from the federal government, the churches and Washington-based economic planners. The movement was able effectively to neutralize possible sources of opposition within the community and within the constituent church organizations.
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