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Wrestling with World-sized issues: Christian Responses to Global Poverty and Oppression

Wrestling with World-sized issues: Christian Responses to Global Poverty and Oppression. Grace Chapel Spring 2012. Announcements. Yellow cards Treat sign-up Soul care mini-retreat. Week 4 agenda. Table discussion (Job 29:12-17)

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Wrestling with World-sized issues: Christian Responses to Global Poverty and Oppression

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  1. Wrestling with World-sized issues:Christian Responses to Global Poverty and Oppression Grace Chapel Spring 2012

  2. Announcements • Yellow cards • Treat sign-up • Soul care mini-retreat

  3. Week 4 agenda • Table discussion (Job 29:12-17) • What challenges do Christians in poverty reduction and development work face? • Virtual visit with Bruce and CherithRydbeck

  4. Table discussion of Job 29:12-17 • What groups of people does Job mention here, and what did he do or accomplish in the lives of people in each group? • How would you describe the goals or standards that seem to guide Job in his interactions with hurting or needy people? • What actions might Job have taken to accomplish all that he did for these people?

  5. Hearts singing

  6. Hearts singing

  7. Hearts singing http://worldrelief.org/page.aspx?pid=1843

  8. Hearts singing http://www.worldvision.org

  9. More generally • Poverty reduction and development efforts by governments and NGOs have indeed achieved great success over the last 50 years.

  10. More generally • Development organizations are also getting better at evaluating impact, learning and doing their work better

  11. Of possible interest • Bruce Wydick, “Cost-Effective Compassion: The 10 Most Popular Strategies for Helping the Poor,” Christianity Today, Feb. 2012. • http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/february/popular-strategies-helping-the-poor.html • Notes: • The title is misleading. • We could debate many of the details, but the article’s larger points are important.

  12. What challenges do Christians in poverty reduction and development work face? • Good poverty reduction work requires long-term investment in relationships, learning from people, careful thought, many skills

  13. Clean drinking water system example • It is easy to think that clean drinking water system work is just a matter of engineering, technology, pipes and pumps. • But what is the goal? • Goal 1: Build a drinking water system • Goal 2: Improve the lives of everyone in the community and in a sustained way through water system development • What more might be involved if you are pursuing goal 2?

  14. Visit with Bruce and CherithRydbeck • The videos will be posted on the class web page. • The class web page may be found at www.grace.org/adultdiscipleship/article321269.htm?body=1.Alternatively, you can navigate to it by doing the following:-Go to www.grace.org/adultdiscipleship-Select "Winter/Spring Courses 2012"-Click on the "World-Sized Issues" link

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