Whether you look across your street or across the ocean, it's not hard to recognize that poverty is one of the biggest problems facing our world today. When we see people living in extreme poverty, we know that’s not how God intended things to be. And we know that as Christians we should do something to help. But what? The last thing anyone wants to do is make things worse. So we often stay stuck, unsure of how to take action. We feel overwhelmed by the complexity of poverty and struggle to help in effective, biblical ways.
Through resources like the bestselling book When Helping Hurts, the Chalmers Center has helped thousands of churches and ministries around the world discover new ways of thinking about poverty, reimagine their role in the Kingdom of God, and build transformational relationships with people in poverty.
Whether you’re just starting out or have walked alongside people who are poor for years, Chalmers can help you discover a better way to love the poor—and gain the skills and confidence you need to start helping.
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Have you ever stopped to ponder the question, “What does it mean to be poor?” [ read more ]
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We don’t often connect our work in fighting poverty (and economic life more generally) with our worship of the living God. But we should. [ read more ]
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When churches try to engage in ministry to be more present in the community, connecting with others can prove to be much more complex than expected. [ read more ]
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Before the fall of humanity, God established four foundational relationships for each person: a relationship with God, self, others, and creation. [ read more ]
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One of the biggest mistakes churches can make in poverty alleviation is to introduce divisions in our work that Scripture doesn’t invite us to make. [ read more ]
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Poverty is a complex issue affecting billions of people around the world. But how we engage the issue of poverty is important. [ read more ]
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One of the most challenging elements of any poverty alleviation effort is identifying people who are truly ready to change. [ read more ]
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Because sin entered the world, our stories and practices are twisted by its effects, and both individuals and groups are broken and can do evil. [ read more ]
