Ministry built for the whole person, and the whole block.
For nearly three decades, Judah International Christian Center has paired direct service to our Crown Heights neighbors with hands-on technical assistance for the front-line organizations working alongside us — a wholistic model of faith in action.
A wholistic model, not a one-service pipeline.
Judah International Christian Center was founded in 1996 under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Cheryl Anthony. From the start, the church understood its calling as bigger than any single program: it would serve individual community members directly, while also strengthening the network of front-line organizations already doing that work across Brooklyn.
Nearly thirty years later, that dual commitment — direct service alongside technical assistance and capacity building — still defines how Judah shows up in Crown Heights: not as a single point of contact, but as connective tissue for the wider community.
Standing with the communityRev. Dr. Cheryl Anthony with fellow clergy at a Brooklyn church gathering — the kind of shared standing that capacity-building work is built on.
Direct services
Meeting community members where they are, with support rooted in the neighborhood.
Technical assistance
Strengthening other frontline organizations' capacity for human development work.
Faith-rooted leadership
Nearly three decades of ministry grounded in Crown Heights, led since 1996 by Rev. Dr. Cheryl Anthony.
Women of Faith Advocating Change
WFAC brings together female faith leaders from fifteen Brooklyn-based houses of worship, alongside community service providers and stakeholders, into a single coalition — one body stitched from many congregations, organized around the health of women and girls.
Fifteen congregations. One coalition. Each piece of the mosaic stands for one house of worship joined in WFAC — a tradition of congregations stitching together, the way a quilting circle turns many hands into one covering.
The coalition, in the room.
WFAC's leaders show up together — at podiums, on panels, in gymnasiums and sanctuaries across Brooklyn — carrying gender-specific, theologically grounded messages to the women and girls who need them most.
Gender-specific, theologically grounded, community-led.
WFAC's messengers are nationally recognized faith leaders who live in and serve the same New York City congregations as the women and girls they're speaking to — uniquely positioned to educate and motivate change on the health issues hitting Brooklyn's women hardest. The initial campaign targets six end-stage or disease states:
Faith leaders, working across traditions.
Mental health and illness sit alongside heart disease and cancer on WFAC's agenda — and addressing it means sitting down with leaders from every tradition represented in Crown Heights and beyond, not just one pulpit.
Moments from nearly three decades of ministry.
A wholistic model shows up in the rooms it keeps — classrooms, precincts, sanctuaries, and the street.
Meet the LeadersInvesting in the next generation of young women through mentorship and civic exposure.
Community & public safetyStanding alongside NYPD leadership — part of the coalition-building that capacity work depends on.
Interfaith & civic tiesBuilding relationships across denominations and city institutions on behalf of Crown Heights.
Backed by the leaders who represent Brooklyn.
WFAC's work addressing health disparities — and its use of the collective wisdom of female clergy leadership to find viable solutions — has drawn recognition and resourcing from current and former elected officials representing Brooklyn.
Attorney General Letitia JamesAt a Brooklyn community health forum, one of many touchpoints between WFAC and the officials who back this work.
- Letitia JamesAttorney General
- Ed TownsCongressman
- Yvette ClarkeCongresswoman
- Velmanette MontgomeryState Senator
- Annette RobinsonAssemblywoman
- Al VannCouncilmember
- Laurie CumboMajority Leader
- Domenic Recchia, Jr.Councilmember
- Eric L. AdamsBrooklyn Borough President