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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. Because poverty is complex, however, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of... More

With over 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short term missions. Helping Without Hurting: Short Term MissionsLeader&’s Guide is... More

With more than 450,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation.Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how s... More

When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation with over 300,000 copies in print. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of  that book specifically to short-term missions. Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Participant&’... More

Good intentions are not enough.When Helping Hurts offers a different framework for thinking about poverty and its alleviation. Rather than simply defining it as a lack of material things, the book addresses the roots of the issue: broken relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creat... More

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. Because poverty is complex, however, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of... More

With over 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short term missions. Helping Without Hurting: Short Term MissionsLeader&’s Guide is... More

With more than 450,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation.Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how s... More

When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation with over 300,000 copies in print. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of  that book specifically to short-term missions. Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Participant&’... More

Good intentions are not enough.When Helping Hurts offers a different framework for thinking about poverty and its alleviation. Rather than simply defining it as a lack of material things, the book addresses the roots of the issue: broken relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creat... More

Western Civilization is wealthier, but it isn&’t happier.We are the richest people ever to walk the face of the earth, but according to research, we aren&’t becoming happier. Families and communities are increasingly fragmented, loneliness is skyrocketing, and physical and mental health are on th... More

This is not a how-to manual… (it&’s a field guide)We all want to know, "How can I help without hurting in this specific situation?" But there&’s no one answer, and there&’s definitely no short cuts, but there are key principles—or ministry design principles. Think of these like the rules an impr... More

This is not a how-to manual… (it&’s a field guide)We all want to know, "How can I help without hurting in this specific situation?" But there&’s no one answer, and there&’s definitely no short cuts, but there are key principles—or ministry design principles. Think of these like the rules an impr... More

Western Civilization is wealthier, but it isn&’t happier.We are the richest people ever to walk the face of the earth, but according to research, we aren&’t becoming happier. Families and communities are increasingly fragmented, loneliness is skyrocketing, and physical and mental health are on th... More

The church of Jesus Christ finds itself at a very unique moment in history. The average Christian living in the “economically advanced countries” enjoys a level of prosperity that has been unimaginable for most of human history. At the same time, over 2.5 billion people in the Majority World (Afric... More

With more than 225,000 copies sold, "When Helping Hurts" is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation and ministry to those in need. Emphasizing the poverty of both heart and society, this book exposes the need that every person has and how it can be filled. The... More