What role do church neighbors want or expect congregations to play in their communities? Even if they do not regard themselves as part of any geographic parish, adjacent communities still expect the people who use this building to be good neighbors. And when there are racial or ethnic or other cultural ties, neighbors’ expectations, as well as those of the congregations, change too. For instance, many Black church buildings sit in downtown, African American neighborhoods even though the members of those congregations have moved to the suburbs. In these cases, both the congregants and the neighbors have specific expectations about the interaction between congregation and community.