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
Expecting Little Miracles: How One Scholarship Program Encourages Hard Work, Self-Sufficiency, and Service
“What can we do so you don’t need us anymore?” Missy Hanks asks this to anyone who applies to the Expecting Little Miracles scholarship program. By encouraging those individuals to turn around and serve, one little miracle for an individual could impact generations.
Therapeutic Community: How a Residential Program Teaches Clients to Hold Each Other Accountable
Challenging, relational programs are an effective path to life transformation. The only downside to such models is that they usually require a high ratio of staff and volunteers to clients. Ascent Recovery proves that there is another way.
Therapeutic Spreadsheets: How Data Facilitate Healing at a Transitional Housing Ministry
In 2006, Jay and Julie St. Clair helped transform a ramshackle apartment complex known on the street as “The Last Resort” into an urban transitional housing program they christened “God’s Resort.” From the original few units, God’s Resort has expanded to now offer nearly 40 housing units…
Relationships and Science: A Winning Combination for an Oregon Nonprofit
The data speaks for itself: a mere 2% of adults who work full-time live in poverty. Additionally, working adults are happier and healthier than their non-working counterparts. Klamath Works, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, has taken to heart the value of work—and discovered a little-known scientific tool for getting clients into jobs that work for them.
Fuller Center for Housing: 5 Tips to Transition from Paternalism to Partnership
For Royce Nelson, Executive Director of the Fuller Center for Housing chapter located in Joplin, MO, material assistance is less about provision and more about partnership. That perspective has shaped the way Fuller Center for Housing approaches charity, inspiring meaningful exchange and quality relationships—in their view, treating their clientele as collaborators rather than charity cases is key to sustainable, development-oriented solutions for those in poverty.
Intake With Love, INC: 7 Steps to Take Your Process from Clinical to Transformational
Love, In the Name of Christ (INC) of Hillsdale County doesn’t give out a single penny, meal, or piece of furniture, but the group meets needs every day. Nestled in a small town in Michigan, this Love, INC chapter is one of 122 across the United States. Love, INC acts as a clearinghouse for their local network of churches, connecting needs to appropriate ministries. They take the time to get to know the individuals asking for assistance, and often are able to meet deeper needs than those originally presented…