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Facilitation as Reconciliation: Adult Education and Poverty Alleviation
Middle and upper-class people from Western cultural backgrounds are particularly ill-suited for the task of training people who are materially poor. [ read more ]
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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Middle and upper-class people from Western cultural backgrounds are particularly ill-suited for the task of training people who are materially poor. [ read more ]
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Stories are powerful. The stories we believe—whether true or false—shape our entire lives, telling us who we are, who we were, and who we are becoming [ read more ]
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Discipling a whole congregation to understand the biblical mandate to care for the poor and the relational nature of poverty is a big job. [ read more ]
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Because every one of us is suffering from brokenness in our foundational relationships, all of us need “poverty alleviation,” just in different ways. [ read more ]
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Can sponsorship really change lives? Hear what these former Compassion-sponsored children have to say about it. [ read more ]
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When Sylvia Anderson took an interim position at Everett Gospel Mission in Northwestern Washington, she didn't expect to still be there 20 years later [ read more ]
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Compassion is a good impulse and a gift from God! But where should we start? What’s the first step in poverty alleviation? [ read more ]
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A Mother's Day conversation featuring Allison Alley and Anu George Canjanathoppil [ read more ]