God sets the standard for generosity. By nature, God gives. And not just enough. He gives abundantly, lavishly, extravagantly! The video content below was created by the Bible Project. Check out their other videos at BibleProject.com Why is generosity important to…
This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. By Apophia Agiresaasi, Senior Reporter The Tiny Flea Behind a Disease Outbreak in Uganda (globalpressjournal.com) SHEEMA, UGANDA — Evangelista Kanohili sits on a mat on the earthen ground outside her tin-roof…
Ministry in Paradise We used to get teased about “ministry in the Bahamas” during our fifteen years of significant involvement there. But you go where God sends you! We enjoyed the opportunities given to us and the warmth of the…
*Guest blog post reprinted from the Chalmers Center article “Why Bother with the Local Church?” Adapted from Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn’t the American Dream. Originally posted May 2019. If you’ve read or heard much from the Chalmers Center…
*Guest blog post reprinted from the Chalmers Center and adapted from Dr. Charlie Self’s book “Flourishing Churches and Communities”. A few years ago, at a restaurant near Dallas, Texas, a young cashier with Down Syndrome told a customer, “I love…
The ultimate goal of poverty alleviation and development is the restoration of people to all that God has created them to be—priests and rulers who proclaim His glory to the world and call others to worship Him. A nearer-term goal…
*Guest blog post reprinted from the Chalmers Center article “We’re All Poor” People in a middle-class community often see the materially poor as people we need to “fix.” But what if we’re affected by the same underlying brokenness that contributes to…
*Guest blog post reprinted from the Chalmers Center and adapted from When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself, 13-14, 16, 52-54, 64 Caring for the materially poor is not an optional aspect of the Christian life, but there…
John Christopher Frame, PhD, shares insight on the relationship between holiness and generosity. He’s the author of 7 Attitudes of the Helping Heart: How to Live Out Your Faith and Care for the Poor. Below is an excerpt of this…
*Guest blog post reprinted with permission from the The Chalmers Center (Bright Hope’s Hope for Tomorrow program is modeled very similarly to the below method researched by The Chalmers Center). Maria walked to the front of God’s Compassion Church of Manila and testified, “My…
*Guest blog post reprinted from Compassion International Learning about God’s attributes provides comfort in hard times and compels us to love and serve those in need. More than anything, the Bible makes it clear that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). He isn’t…
*Guest blog post reprinted with permission from the The Chalmers Center Whenever someone who has never lived in material poverty (like me!) seeks to obey God’s call to “spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed” (Isa.…