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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Today's audio interview is brought to you by the Chalmers Center. I'm your host, Laura Haley. [ read more ]
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Trinity United Methodist Church sits on a corner in a residential neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee. [ read more ]
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Today's audio interview is brought to you by the Chalmers center. I'm your host Laura Hailey. [ read more ]
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At the Chalmers Center, we long to see people who are struggling with material poverty restored to all that God has created them to be [ read more ]
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Located in the Broadmoor neighborhood of Jackson, MS, Redeemer Church Jackson is a multiethnic church that seeks to engage with materially poor people [ read more ]
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At the heart of poverty alleviation is change—we all long to see materially poor people move from their current condition to a better one. [ read more ]
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Today's audio interview is brought to you by More in Common. [ read more ]
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If you’ve read or heard much from the Chalmers Center over the years, you know that we are deeply committed to helping the local church to minister to [ read more ]
