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When helping hurts : how to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor-- and yourself / Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago, Illinois : Moody Publishers, (c)2009.Description: 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802457059
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV639 .W446 2009
  • BV639
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Contents:
What's the problem? -- Are we there yet? -- Not all poverty is created equal -- Give me your tired, your poor, and their assets -- McDevelopment : over 2.5 billion people not served -- Doing short-term missions without doing long-term harm -- Yes, in your backyard -- And to the ends of the earth.
Subject: Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applications. The result is an effective and holistic ministry to the poor, not a truncated gospel. A situation is assessed for whether relief, rehabilitation, or development is the best response to a situation. Efforts are characterized by an "asset based" approach rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission efforts are addressed and microenterprise development (MaineD) is explored. --from publisher description
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) G. Allen Fleece Library REFERENCE RES BV639.P6 C67 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001688239

"Foreword by John Perkins"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Why did Jesus come to earth? -- What's the problem? -- Are we there yet? -- Not all poverty is created equal -- Give me your tired, your poor, and their assets -- McDevelopment : over 2.5 billion people not served -- Doing short-term missions without doing long-term harm -- Yes, in your backyard -- And to the ends of the earth.

Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applications. The result is an effective and holistic ministry to the poor, not a truncated gospel. A situation is assessed for whether relief, rehabilitation, or development is the best response to a situation. Efforts are characterized by an "asset based" approach rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission efforts are addressed and microenterprise development (MaineD) is explored. --from publisher description

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