In 2023, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) released “Building Bridges in Development: USAID’s Strategic Religious Engagement Religious Policy.” As the agency’s first-ever Strategic Religious Engagement (SRE) policy, it provided guidance on building bridges with religious communities and faith-based organizations, outlined foundational principles, and defined an operational framework for USAID staff. Initiated under the first Trump administration following a landmark USAID-hosted "SRE Evidence Summit," the policy was carried through to publication under the Biden administration.
