Faith-based organizations (FBOs) provide an estimated 30-70 percent of healthcare in Africa. As the global community wrestles with human resources for health (HRH) issues, faith-based organizations (FBOs) are a vital source of health worker production and promising practices. In many countries in Africa, FBOs provide between 30-70% of the health care services. Since FBOs often continue to be grouped with private  or nongovernmental health care providers, they remain under-recognized for their immense contribution to the national health sector, accounting for between 30-80% of nonphysician health worker training in many African countries. FBOs play a critical role in addressing HRH through their long-term commitments to country programs and the extent to which they train health workers and provide direct service delivery in many countries. Therefore, including FBOs in efforts tointegrate promising HRH practices is essential.