Faith and Police Together wants to see more projects like the Street Pastors initiative - which help make our streets safer.
Paul Blakey MBE is a Christian and one of the founders.
He told Premier's News Hour the group wants to promote good work the Church is already doing.
"As a Church, as Christians, we're really good at engaging with our police," he said.
"In some way we need to kind of support and celebrate and encourage and equip other faith communities to do similar things."
The new initiative has identified addiction, homelessness, youth related crime and loneliness as four priority areas to concentrate on and to encourage faith communities to engage with over the next year.
Deputy Chief Constable for Devon and Cornwall Paul Netherton said in a statement: "Often faith groups have a high motivation to help within our society but sometimes don't know how they can help or even how they talk to the police to find out what the problems are or how they can assist.
"My experience of working with groups and churches is that once you start the conversations you unlock massive social capital that can transform an area or make a real difference to a problem.
"This is a great initiative and is welcomed by the police and will lead to some transformational change to some of the most challenging social issues across the country."
Listen to Paul Blakey MBE speaking with Premier's Alex Williams:
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