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  • When Helping Hurts

    How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself

    With more than 450,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation.Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • When Helping Hurts: How To Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting The Poor . . . And Yourself

    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 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Field Guide to Becoming Whole

    Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries

    This is not a how-to manual… (it’s a field guide)We all want to know, "How can I help without hurting in this specific situation?" But there’s no one answer, and there’s definitely no short cuts, but there are key principles—or ministry design principles.Think of these like the rules an improvising actor learns—the principles are crucial—but the actor must decide how to put them into practice ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Becoming Whole

    Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream

    Western Civilization is wealthier, but it isn’t happier.We are the richest people ever to walk the face of the earth, but according to research, we aren’t becoming happier. Families and communities are increasingly fragmented, loneliness is skyrocketing, and physical and mental health are on the decline. Our unprecedented wealth doesn’t seem to be doing us much good.Yet, when we try to help poor ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence

    A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People

    When a low-income person asks your church for help, what do you do next?God is extraordinarily generous, and our churches should be, too. Because poverty is complex, however, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of their poverty.But on a practical level, how do you move forward in walking with someone who approaches ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • From Dependence to Dignity

    How to Alleviate Poverty through Church-Centered Microfinance

    The church of Jesus Christ finds itself at a very unique moment in history. The average Christian living in the “economically advanced countries” enjoys a level of prosperity that has been unimaginable for most of human history. At the same time, over 2.5 billion people in the Majority World (Africa, Asia, and Latin America) live on less than $2 per day, with many of these people being Christians. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions Leader's Guide

    Leader's Guide

    With over 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short term missions.Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions**Leader’s Guide is aimed at the preparation and debriefing of short-term missionaries. Accompanying Helping Without ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions

    Participant's Guide

    When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation with over 300,000 copies in print. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short-term missions.Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Participant’s Guide aims to train and debrief team members, preparing them to do short-term missions as effectively as ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Practicing the King's Economy

    Honoring Jesus in How We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give

    The church in the West is rediscovering the fact that God cares deeply for the poor. More and more, churches and individual Christians are looking for ways to practice economic discipleship, but it's hard to make progress when we are blind to our own entanglement in our culture's idolatrous economic beliefs and practices.Practicing the King's Economy cuts through much confusion and invites ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • When Helping Hurts: The Small Group Experience

    An Online Video-Based Study on Alleviating Poverty

    Good intentions are not enough.When Helping Hurts offers a different framework for thinking about poverty and its alleviation. Rather than simply defining it as a lack of material things, the book addresses the roots of the issue: broken relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creation. Online videos included.Join together as a class or small group to explore how to help the poor ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • When Money Goes on Mission

    Fundraising and Giving in the 21st Century

    by Rob Martin ...
    Build high-trust ministry partnerships that are effective and joy-filledWe’ve all seen fundraising and giving done poorly, but how do we get it right? Rob Martin was a grant maker for over twenty years and has been in and around the world of funding for a long time. He shares all that he’s learned about fundraising and giving in today’s world, the do’s and don’t, and how it can be a mutual ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Church in Hard Places

    How the Local Church Brings Life to the Poor and Needy

    Jesus came to seek and to save the lost, paying particular attention to the downtrodden and the poor. As followers of Jesus, Christians are called to imitate his example and reach out to those who have the least. This book offers biblical guidelines and practical strategies for reaching those on the margins of our society with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The authors—both pastors with years of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD