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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What is poverty? How we define poverty determines how we solve it. We need to understand the issues before we can adequately work to alleviate them. [ read more ]
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This year, we released a new book resource designed to help churches re-disciple their members around the vision of the Kingdom of God. [ read more ]
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Maurice participated in Faith & Finances at North Avenue Presbyterian Church, where he learned practical skills that helped him overcome financial [ read more ]
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When one Ohio couple called Love in the Name of Christ (Love INC), they asked for help with housing. But what they found was a supportive community. [ read more ]
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Ronnie Garcia is the senior pastor at Iglesia La Travesía, a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) church plant in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [ 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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Brian Fikkert recently sat down with our very own Laura Haley to discuss his latest book, Becoming Whole. [ read more ]
