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Heart and Soul Initiative

Heart and Soul is a partnership between the African-American Faith Partnership and the Arizona Black Nurses Association to improve the health of their community by establishing a health promotion program in African American churches. The initial focus is to promote health awareness of cardiovascular and lung disease and corresponding changes in lifestyles of the congregations of participating churches.

The churches are predominately located in an urban setting in the Phoenix metropolitan area with an identifiable African-American population of 67,416. Participating churches include:

Berean Baptist Church
Bethesda Community Baptist Church
Canaan Baptist Church
First Institutional Baptist Church
First New Life Baptist Church
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
Holy Trinity A.M.E. Church
Murph Community A.M.E. Church
New Hope Baptist Church
Phillips Memorial C.M.E. Church
Progressive Missionary Baptist Church
Tanner Chapel A.M.E. Church

For more information

African American Faith Partnership
Rev. Floy Scott
480-218-7944

Black Nurses Association of Greater Phoenix Area
Jackie Tolliver