Organizations related to religious bodies and organizations that are secular, both
aimed at meeting human needs, have become distinguished from one another in this
century. Cutting across these two types of organizations is the service delivery/
social change distinction. Insights from organizational theory are used to explore
reasons for the persistence of these distinctions.
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