In this study of a grassroots political pressure group, I have assessed the role of religious motivations alongside that of the professional organizer. These organizers, affiliated with Saul Alinsky's Industrial Areas Foundation, must work to present a united coalition made up of congregational groups of diverse backgrounds. This need for coherence and organizational planning is balanced with the members' desire to constructively help the city through the empowerment of its citizens. Limited time and resources are divided between internal meetings and efforts to obtain concrete results. At the same time, there are questions of whether organizational power resides in the formal roles taken up by the group's leaders or on the periphery, being wielded by the congregational pastors
