Kind of surprising

Few Black Churches Get Funds
Small Percentage Participate in Bush's Faith-Based Initiative
By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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Black churches in the Northeast and those with self-identified progressive congregations and liberal theologies were most likely to be taking part in the program, a finding that surprised the researchers, who concluded that the White House has not used the program as a political tool as some critics have suspected.

But not really:

"The thing is that the churches that are most likely to actually do social outreach or social ministry are liberal churches, they are not conservative churches," said David A. Bositis, a senior research associate at the center who conducted the study.