True Charity
- Redemptive Charity Requires More of Us
- Food Aid Should Be Linked to a Willingness to Work
- A Review of In the Shadow of Plenty: Biblical Principles for Caring for the Poor by George Grant
- Collaboration Is Overrated: Why Charities Working Together Is Not the First Step
- What It Means to Flourish like a ‘Watered Garden’
- Lessons Learned in Affordable Childcare Ministry
- Measuring a Different Kind of ROI: How Philanthropists and Churches Can Spark True Transformation
- Does A Christian Worldview Boost Economic Outcomes?
- Why Voluntary Charity Is Not Optional: A Reflection on Rights and Duties
- How to Do Redemptive Welfare Reform
Building Bridges on Firm Foundations: An Examination of Bridges Out of Poverty
For two decades, poverty fighters have turned to the framework within Bridges Out of Poverty. Bridges must be examined, though, to see if they safely deliver individuals to the intended destination. TCI’s Jeff Lofting reports on the structural soundness of this popular book.
An Overview of Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (and How to Reverse It)
This book should be read by the 90% of Americans who are either personally or financially involved in some sort of “charity,” be it local service projects, short or long-term mission trips, or volunteering at a soup kitchen.
Salvation, the American Dream, and Becoming Whole: A Sequel to When Helping Hurts
The American Dream, salvation, or becoming whole–which of these should influence our approaches to poverty alleviation? TCI’s Jeff Lofting provides highlights from Brian Fikkert’s book, Becoming Whole, the sequel to When Helping Hurts.
Kingdom Collaboration in a Competitive World: A Look at Rooting for Rivals
In their book, “Rooting for Rivals,” authors Peter Greer and Chris Horst implore non-profit leaders to link arms in pursuit of a vision beyond the boundaries of their own organization in order to see the Kingdom of Heaven advance in a strife-ridden world.
The Profitable Charity: Encouraging Nonprofits to Create Some of Their Own Funding
Have you wrestled with a growing sense that charity alone isn’t enough to solve the world’s deepest problems? Whether it’s feeding the hungry, ending human trafficking, providing clean water or translating Scripture, nonprofit leaders have been looking for ways to increase impact without creating fatigue for their financial donors.
Charity Detox by Robert Lupton
Imagine a situation in which you learned that the water that you had been drinking for some time had been revealed to be toxic – what you thought was life-giving was actually bringing harm to those who consumed it. In 2011, Robert Lupton wrote an exposé of sorts entitled Toxic Charity that revealed to many that the charity they had practiced for years could likewise be toxic. It was important to realize this, but what does one do to replace toxic practices with those that are life-giving? Robert Lupton’s Charity Detox aims to provide the groundwork and methods for purifying one’s charity.