Name/Title
When helping hurts :how to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor... and yourself /Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert.Description
Foreword-- 2009 /Dr. John Perkins, Founder and President Emeritus of the Christian Community Development Association --Foreword-- 2012 /David Platt, Pastor, Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, AL and author --Preface -- Opening exercise -- Introduction . -- Part 1. Foundational concepts for helping withour hurting. 1.Why did Jesus come to earth? --2.What's the problem? --3.Are we there yet? --Part 2. General principals for helping without hurting. 4.Not all poverty is created equal --5.Give me your tired, your poor, and their assets --6.McDevelopment : over 2.5 billion people not served. --Part 3. Practical strategies for helping without hurting. 7.Doing short-term missions without doing long-term harm --8.Yes, in your backyard --9.And to the ends of the earth. --Part 4. Getting started on helping without hurting. 10.Excuse me, can you spare some change? --11.On your mark, get set, go! --A final word : the most important step. --Appendix:The community organizing process in North America --Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Acknowledgments.
274 pages :illustrations ;23 cmBook Details
Author
Corbett, Steveauthor.Publication Subjects
Church work with the poor.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Church work with the poor.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00861115
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01074123Call No.
BV639 .P6 C67 2012ISBN
9780802409980, 0802409989Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271).
Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier
Media type: unmediatednrdamedia
Date: [2012]