From Dependence to Dignity: How to Alleviate Poverty Through Church-Centered Microfinance Fikkert BrianPaperback
From Dependence to Dignity: How to Alleviate Poverty Through Church-Centered Microfinance Fikkert BrianPaperback The church of Jesus Christ finds itself at a very unique moment in history. At the…
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From Dependence to Dignity: How to Alleviate Poverty Through Church-Centered Microfinance Fikkert BrianPaperback
The church of Jesus Christ finds itself at a very unique moment in history. At the same time, over 2.5 billion people in the Majority World (Africa, Asia, and Latin America) live on less than $2 per day, with many of these people being Christians. The average Christian living in the "economically advanced countries" enjoys a level of prosperity that has been unimaginable for most of human history.
How can churches and missionaries in the Majority World effectively address the devastating poverty both inside their congregations and just outside their doors? Ironically, it is amongst the "least of these" in the Global South that the global church is experiencing the most rapid growth.All of this raises profound challenges to the global church. How can churches in the economically advanced countries effectively partner with Global South churches in this process? The very