Faith 2.0

Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

Habitat’s bold mission, vision and principles continue to fuel our efforts to lead an affordable housing movement and build the Beloved Community locally. Our theology is clear. God is love, and we are to put that love into action by building and advocating for affordable housing.

The faith community has partnered with Habitat Greater Raleigh since our founding in 1985 and plays a integral role in our work. Hundreds of congregations partner with us each year to raise funds, send volunteers, pray for our community and advocate for affordable housing. It’s a meaningful way for people of faith to live out their values of helping their neighbors and putting faith into action through consistent and practical support.

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Construction

Join us on the construction site to work side-by-side with future homebuyers to build safe, affordable, energy-efficient homes. Most congregations participate in one of our geographic or denominational Faith Beloved Builds, raising funds and recruiting the volunteers to build with a future Habitat homeowner.

Fall Beloved Build

Spring Beloved Build

Fall Beloved Build Coalitions

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Spring Beloved Build Coalitions

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Advocacy

Habitat Greater Raleigh Advocacy Ambassadors actively engage in issue-based campaigns, meet with policymakers, and attend events to influence policy changes and promote equitable, safe and affordable housing for all.

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Our Advocacy Work

Support our ReStores

Shop, donate, volunteer and build community with Habitat ReStores! When you shop at ReStore, 100% of proceeds fund affordable housing in the Triangle. Donate gently used furniture, home decor, appliances, building materials and more. Volunteer to help receive donations, organize merchandise, assist shoppers, and support our mission.

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Habitat's Theological Foundations

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Video: Faith In Action

Booklet: 40 Years of Building the Beloved Community

Mission and Principles

Baffle Projects

A baffle is a cardboard panel painted with prayers and blessings and installed in a home's eaves to keep insulation in place. It’s a wonderful, hands-on opportunity for young volunteers to get involved and support our work.

Baffle Instructions

Video: What are Baffles?

Yes, In God's Back Yard

There is a national movement of faith communities repurposing their surplus property to meet one of the greatest needs in our country -- affordable housing. Email Rick Beech (rick.beech@habitatraleigh.org) for more information.

Rick Beech

VP of Faith Relations

919.744.2403

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Rebecca Hix

Director of Faith Relations

919.744.2446

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Faith Blog

Faith

So many ways to support Habitat!
People of faith have been supporting Habitat since our founding more than 40 years ago. We share a prophetic call to serve those in need of safe, equitable affordable housing. We would not have been able to serve the more than 1,000 families with new homes or supported 700 additional families with repairs, without your support! Unfortunately, the affordable housing crisis remains an urgent need in our community, and so we must be innovative in finding new ways to address the problem. Recently, The Catholic Community of St.
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Faith

Are we all saying the same thing?
If you attended our February 21st dedication at Old Poole Place, you heard me say that this is a holy time. This spring, I have been reminded that our various religious ancestors understood that we need regular practices of prayer, fasting, charity and loving each other; to be the people, the community, and the world, God intends us to be.
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Quilting Community at Habitat Wake
“The thing about a craft, a handmade art form, is that when you receive the piece, it has love and prayers woven into its very being. And you can’t buy that at Target.”

At Habitat Wake, we hold a longstanding tradition of gifting quilts or afghans to homebuyers when they close on their homes. These pieces are made by community partners, often members of our faith network, and each one carries a patchwork of care, intention and prayer.
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Advocacy

Maintaining Peak of Good Living: Habitat Speaks to Apex Town Council
The following is a speech from Habitat Wake founder Rick Beech, delivered to the Apex Town Council on February 10, 2026

I have lived in Apex since 1998. I love living at the “Peak of Good Living”. I was fortunate to move here when families with modest incomes, including many public servants, could afford to live here. I passionately speak tonight with the hope that Apex could again be a place where public servants can live and serve. I plead for the Town’s help so that the dream of serving and living in Apex does not stop with my generation.
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Let the Local "Yes, in God's Back Yard" Movement Begin!
April 24, 2025, may very well be the day the Yes in God’s Back Yard movement took hold in our community. After years of discernment and planning, Greenwood Forest Baptist Church received official approval from the Cary Town Council to rezone their underutilized property for their pioneering Carr Center project, making way for 62 units of affordable housing on their campus.
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40th Anniversary

40 Years of Building Together
This year Habitat Wake turns 40. In 1985, while serving as a seminary intern at Millbrook Baptist Church in Raleigh, the pastor gave me the freedom to help form a local Habitat organization as the focus of my internship.

God was already at work. Various groups were gathering to pursue a housing ministry, including a group in Wake Forest and Franklin County that was pursuing the Habitat model.
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