Stephen Lazarus

Director, Civitas Programs for Leadership in Faith and Public Affairs
Senior Policy Associate
 
Stephen Lazarus directs the Center's Civitas Programs and serves as Senior Policy Associate. As Policy Associate, he conducted the first national study of state implementation of Charitable Choice with Dr. Stanley Carlson-Thies. His articles have appeared in USA Today, Christianity Today, media outlets of the Religion News Service and other publications.

He is also co-author with Molly Marsh of Payne Memorial Outreach and Charitable Choice, a profile of a successful faith-based job-training program in Baltimore. In his civic education and advocacy work on Charitable Choice, Mr. Lazarus consults regularly with federal, state, and local officials and leaders of community and faith-based organizations.

He holds a Master's Degree in Political Theory from the Institute of Christian Studies in Toronto, Canada, and degrees in political science and German from Central University of Iowa. His research interests include the role of faith-based organizations in social service delivery, church-state relations, and Christian political thought. He is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, and is also a volunteer mentor and tutor at the Clay Street After-School Program in Annapolis.

Email: stephen@cpjustice.org
Phone: 410.571.6300, ext. 15