This chapter shifts the focus to one of the overarching questions of the book on therole of faith-based organisations (FBOs) in dealing with the plight of young peopleat the margins in the selected South African and Nordic localities. The case studiesshow that FBOs have an important supportive function for many young peopleliving on the margins of society, even though they may play only a limited rolein fighting youth marginalisation in their respective local communities. Only fewFBO activities were directed pointedly at changing the situation of marginalisedyoung people. This does not mean that the FBOs did not help young people inneed; yet how they did this differed considerably between the Nordic and SouthAfrican contexts – and between metropolitan and rural or more remote areas. FBOsfunctioned as a spiritual and social resource, or sometimes even as the last safetynet, hence meeting the most acute existential needs of young people. At the sametime, however, they were not engaged in more systematic attempts to empowermarginalised young people. These similarities, differences and tensions evinced inthe results from the six case studies demanded deeper analysis and interpretation.