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God created people as social beings. It’s how we were wired from the beginning. He designed us to be in relationships that are good, harmonious, and just. Today, our world is filled with conflict–with family members, neighbours, co-workers, and strangers. Competition and suspicion now mark our social interactions. But the good news is, reconciliation with others is possible. Through Jesus, we can overcome relational poverty to restore trust, peace, and justice.

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UGM Expeditions

Others – Homelessness

Expeditions help men to overcome homelessness and addiction through the healing power of nature.

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Dear “Justice Advocates”: You Aren’t Helping

Others – Support

Source: IJM Freedom Commons We have a problem. It may have started generations ago, but in our fast-paced, selfie-driven world, it’s gotten exponen [ read more ]

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Lucas’s Story

Others – Family

“I was never afraid of people who looked homeless, but I never really knew why this was happening. Sometimes I thought maybe they were born homeless… [ read more ]

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Step Up to the Plate: Towards a UK Food and Poverty Strategy

Others – Community Development

In this report we call for a cross-departmental government-led Food and Poverty strategy to address the underlying causes of household food insecurity [ read more ]

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Equipping the poorest of the poor to become agents of community transformation

Others – Poverty

Community transformation has cultural, political and religious dimensions. In the case of Burundi, it is ranked 188/188 on the scale of the world’s po [ read more ]

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The Episcopal Church and Domestic Poverty Alleviation

Others – Relationships

How can we help to break the cycle of poverty? How can we become a place of refuge and healing for the most vulnerable members of our society? How mig [ read more ]

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The Web of Poverty

Others – Poverty

Definitions matter. The way in which we choose to define a problem influences the solution we offer and therefore shapes our engagement with the world [ read more ]

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The role of the church in the struggle against poverty

Others – Poverty

The essence of being a church is love. The church as an organization based on love has the responsibility of loving God, his people and the world whic [ read more ]

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How to Help the Poor…and How Not To

Others – Relationships

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Measures of Social Isolation

Others – Relationships

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A Profile of Social Isolation in Canada

Others – Relationships

Social isolation is a complex concept comprised of multiple dimensions including physical, social, emotional, and psychological. It operates at the in [ read more ]

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In Search of the Root Causes of Poverty – Testing a Theological Perspective in Development Dialogues

Others – Poverty

Although there has been a significant improvement in terms of the quality of life for many South Africans since 1994, the reality for a significant po [ read more ]

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Can Religion Contribute to Development? The Road from ‘Truth’ to ‘Trust’

Others – Poverty

Religion has played a rather ambivalent role in the study of development. This can partly be attributed to the common emphasis on its role for providi [ read more ]

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