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Caring for the Poor

Is Caring for the Poor Too Big for the Church?

By Kristin Hansen August 30, 2012 Poverty & the Church

Hands of the Poor

Part 1 in a series on Caring for the Poor

I’ve heard a thought-provoking phrase repeated this year in some Christian circles:

Caring for the poor is too big for the Church.

Is this true? How are Christians to think through this question from a sound Biblical and economic [...]

The One Choice Left Off the Table

By Kristin Hansen August 31, 2012 Faith and Work

Part 2 in a series on Caring for the Poor

I started a discussion yesterday about a phrase I’ve heard frequently this year in some Christian circles:

Caring for the poor is too big for the church.

Those wrestling with how to best address poverty alleviation [...]

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