When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself by Brian Fikkert Paperback Book

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Rent When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself

Author: Brian Fikkert

Narrator: Steve Corbett

Format: Unabridged-CD

Publisher: christianaudio

Published: Feb 2010

Genre: Religion - Christian Life - Social Issues

Retail Price: $21.98

Synopsis

Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applications. The result is an effective and holistic ministry to the poor, not a truncated gospel. A situation is assessed for whether relief, rehabilitation, or development is the best response to a situation. Efforts are characterized by an "assest based" approach rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission efforts are addressed and microenterprise development (MED) is explored.

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