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When helping hurts : how to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor-- and yourself / Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago, IL : Moody Publishers, [2012]Edition: [Expanded ed.]Description: 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802457066
  • 0802457061
  • 9780802409980
  • 0802409989
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV639.P6 C67 2012
Contents:
pt. 1. Foundational concepts for helping without hurting -- Why did Jesus come to earth? -- What's the problem? -- Are we there yet? -- pt. 2. General principles for helping without hurting -- Not all poverty is created equal -- Give me your tired, your poor, and their assets -- McDevelopment : over 2.5 billion people not served -- pt. 3. Practical strategies for helping without hurting -- Doing short-term missions without doing long-term harm -- Yes, in your backyard -- And to the ends of the earth -- pt. 4. Getting started on helping without hurting -- Excuse me, can you spare some change? -- On your mark, get set, go -- A final word : the most important step.
Summary: 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 "asset based" approach rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission efforts are addressed and microenterprise development (MED) is explored. --from publisher description.
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"Foreword by John Perkins and David Platt"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271).

pt. 1. Foundational concepts for helping without hurting -- Why did Jesus come to earth? -- What's the problem? -- Are we there yet? -- pt. 2. General principles for helping without hurting -- Not all poverty is created equal -- Give me your tired, your poor, and their assets -- McDevelopment : over 2.5 billion people not served -- pt. 3. Practical strategies for helping without hurting -- Doing short-term missions without doing long-term harm -- Yes, in your backyard -- And to the ends of the earth -- pt. 4. Getting started on helping without hurting -- Excuse me, can you spare some change? -- On your mark, get set, go -- A final word : the most important step.

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 "asset based" approach rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission efforts are addressed and microenterprise development (MED) is explored. --from publisher description.