**When a low-income person asks your church for help, what do you do next?** God is extraordinarily generous, and our churches should be, too. However, because poverty is complex, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of their poverty. But on...
**When a low-income person asks your church for help, what do you do next?**
God is extraordinarily generous, and our churches should be, too. However, because poverty is complex, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of their poverty.
But on a practical level, how do you move forward in walking with someone who approaches your church for financial help?
From the authors of *When Helping Hurts* comes *Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence*, a guidebook for church staff, deacons, or volunteers who work with low-income people.
Short and to the point, this tool provides foundational principles for poverty alleviation and then addresses practical matters, like:
* How to structure and focus your benevolence work * How to respond to immediate needs while pursuing long-term solutions * How to mobilize your church to walk with low-income people
With practical stories, forms, and tools for churches to use, *Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence* is an all-in-one guide for church leaders and laypeople who want to help the poor in ways that lead to lasting change.
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**When a low-income person asks your church for help, what do you do next?** God is extraordinarily generous, and our churches should be, too. However, because poverty is complex, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of their poverty. But on...
**When a low-income person asks your church for help, what do you do next?**
God is extraordinarily generous, and our churches should be, too. However, because poverty is complex, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of their poverty.
But on a practical level, how do you move forward in walking with someone who approaches your church for financial help?
From the authors of *When Helping Hurts* comes *Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence*, a guidebook for church staff, deacons, or volunteers who work with low-income people.
Short and to the point, this tool provides foundational principles for poverty alleviation and then addresses practical matters, like:
* How to structure and focus your benevolence work * How to respond to immediate needs while pursuing long-term solutions * How to mobilize your church to walk with low-income people
With practical stories, forms, and tools for churches to use, *Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence* is an all-in-one guide for church leaders and laypeople who want to help the poor in ways that lead to lasting change.
This product is featured in the following collections:
I enjoyed the simplicity and direct points made of the mission incentives to help without hurting. I would recommend this book for students and anyone planning on a future mission trip.
