“Church Burning: Using a Contemporary Issue to Teach Community Organization” by Carolyn Carter describes the distressing incidents of the burning of churches, belonging to the African American black community on the one hand, and the role and responsibilities of the community on such heinous events on the other. An overwhelming majority of the African American blacks maintains worthwhile affection with its churches, which are not only the place of the community’s distinctive worshipping traditions but also a great source of moral encouragement, communication, collective compassion, social gathering, political activities, and a solid and comprehensive platform for the solution of their problems at large. The writer has estimated how the students of social work can learn imperative reactions to such poignant events targeting the very soul of a depressed community.
The significance and need of community organization models have been discussed. The framework presented by Weil and Gamble (1995), according to the writer, is the most advantageous and comprehensive one at the eve of churches devastation, though other frameworks also have similarities with that presented by Weil and Gamble. The article describes their framework consists of eight models based on the reaction of African American community on church burning.