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"asset-based community development" (ABCD)
Brian Fikkert • When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
How can your benevolence team minister effectively to people who have experienced trauma?
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
provided with financial education that seeks to improve their capacity for budgeting and managing their resources. In addition, there is usually training related to the asset the participant wants to purchase, such as small-business management training or home ownership courses.
Brian Fikkert • When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
A recent resource that seeks to help Christians working at this level is Advocating for Justice: An Evangelical Vision for Transforming Systems and Structures, edited by Stephen Offutt.
Kelly M. Kapic • A Field Guide to Becoming Whole: Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries
How much input are you receiving from materially poor people about your ministry?