Family Policy Institute was founded with the single minded objective of making the restoration of marriage and the family the cornerstone of South African social policy. Founded in 2007, Family Policy Institute is a non-profit research and educational organization dedicated to articulating and advancing a family-centered philosophy of public life. In addition to providing policy research and analysis for the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the national government, FPI seeks to inform the news media, the academic community, business leaders, and the general public about family issues that affect the nation.
Mission Statement
Family Policy Institute believes marriage and the family is the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society. FPI endeavors to shape public debate and formulate public policy that values human life and upholds the institutions of marriage and the family. Believing that God is the author of life, liberty, and the family, FPI promotes the Judeo-Christian worldview as the basis for a just, free, and stable society.
Strategy
Our strategy is four-fold. First, we begin with policy research, using the most up to date social science data available to demonstrate the vital link between the family and a healthy society. Second, we promote family-friendly policies and ideas in the public square, framing arguments in a variety of publications and through major media outlets. Third we advance these ideas within our National Parliament, Provincial Legislatures, City Councils, and the general public.
While the first three efforts function on both a short-term and long-term basis, Family Policy Institute’s Development Academy has a much more far-reaching and sustainable objective by helping talented young collegians nurture a calling to public service. By fostering greater appreciation for the family in public life and by developing future leaders committed to that goal, Family Policy Institute is building a stronger South Africa.
Purpose
Family Policy Institute was chartered to represent the common shared values of the Christian community in South Africa to Parliament, the media, and the greater social community. Furthermore, FPI exists to stop the forces, refute the arguments, and reverse the government policies that undermine the stability and health of families.
Family Policy Institute is committed to restoring and upholding marriage as a one-man, one-woman institution, defending the sanctity of human life, protecting religious liberty, fighting for family tax relief, and combating judicial activism that leads to court rulings that harm the family.
Family Policy Institute (FPI) is a registered section 21 non-profit organization in the Republic of South Africa. It is positioned as an independent non-politically aligned public policy think tank that endeavors to spark cultural renewal by developing and articulating pro-life pro-family public policy in South Africa and, by way of communications outreach, throughout the Continent of Africa.
FPI will vigorously promote the ideal of policy founded on principle, through government, media and social institutions, and will represent all those who share these values. It will endeavor as its main priority to encourage and equip citizens representing the Christian community in South Africa to actively participate in the political and public policy arena through education, information and inspiration, via print and electronic communications.
