The FC take
"Money is positively abundant compared to hope, imagination, and social cohesion."
Jeffrey Walker, Stanford Social Innovation Review
The Christian nonprofit world doesn't lack money, organizations, or passion. It lacks coordination. The same insight that Kania and Kramer brought to the social sector in 2011 applies with even more force to the faith ecosystem: isolated organizations, no matter how well-funded, cannot solve systemic problems.
What's needed are backbone organizations that serve as honest brokers between partners, shared measurement systems that let organizations learn from each other, and the humility to admit that no single ministry can do it alone.
The Open Table model proves it works. The question is whether we'll build the infrastructure to do it at scale.