Good intentions aren’t always enough in missions. When churches and individuals go on short-term teams to communities in developing countries, they need to think carefully about the messages they send – not just verbally, but also through their actions. In this interview, Steve Corbett shares three mistakes to avoid when participating in short-term missions. Other [...]
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PU 044: Three Mistakes to Avoid in Short-term Missions
Posted in church, relief, short-term teams, tagged Christian conference, Christian development, Darryl DelHousaye, dependency, Food for the Hungry, holistic development, Mexico, mission trip, missions, outreach, poor, Sara Groves, short-term missions, short-term teams, Steve Corbett, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, When Helping Hurts on December 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
PU 036: Church Partnerships – Jun 5, 2009
Posted in Africa, Asia, Latin America, causes of poverty, church, world hunger, tagged Alisa Schmitz, audio, Bible, c2c, Christian, Christian development, church, church partnerships, dependency, Food for the Hungry, holistic, holistic development, ideas, international, ministry, mission trip, missionary, missions, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, Scripture, short-term team, transformational development, United States, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world, world hunger on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alisa Schmitz answers questions about church partnerships. When a church in the U.S. partners with a community in the developing world, life change occurs on both sides of the relationship. The overseas community can be released from poverty, and the U.S. church can also learn and grow. Ultimately, church partnerships exist to bring about the [...]
PU 022: The Pastor and the Grocery Store – Apr 9, 2008
Posted in Africa, causes of poverty, church, world hunger, worldview, tagged audio, Baptist, Bible, Burundi, Christian, Christian development, Dwight Jackson, Food for the Hungry, holistic, holistic development, international, ministry, missionary, missions, needs, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, radio, Rwanda, Scripture, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The story of how one missionary’s theology was forever changed by a grocery store in Africa. In this humorous and insightful story, Dwight Jackson describes how he came to embrace holistic ministry. Dr. Dwight Jackson works for Food for the Hungry as Country Director in Rwanda and Burundi and Regional Director of the Great Lakes [...]
PU 019: Eight Reasons to Get Personally Involved with the Poor – Feb 14, 2008
Posted in church, short-term teams, world hunger, tagged advocacy, advocate, Anne McCain, audio, Bible, Christ, Christian, Christian development, church partnerships, Food for the Hungry, giving back, holistic, holistic development, international, Matthew 25, ministry, missionary, missions, needs, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, radio, relationships, Scripture, short-term teams, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anne McCain shares eight reasons for Christians to develop personal relationships with the poor beyond reading the newspaper and sending money. Christ ministered to people personally – Mark 7:31-35 It reminds us that the masses of poor people are real people It allows those in poverty to give to us It impassions our prayers We [...]
PU 011: Equipping the Local Church – Nov 2, 2007
Posted in Latin America, church, worldview, tagged audio, Bible, Bolivia, Bolivian, Celeste Brown, Christian, Christian development, church development, church planting, church strengthening, El Alto, Food for the Hungry, holistic, holistic development, international, La Paz, local church, local pastor, ministry, missions, needs, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, radio, Scripture, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Local churches have the ability and responsibility to serve as agents of change in their communities. Celeste Brown of Food for the Hungry shares principles from the Church Strengthening Program in El Alto, Bolivia. Hunger Corps is the overseas missionary sending arm of Food for the Hungry. Biblical basis for congregations serving as agents of [...]
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