Brian Fikkert, author of When Helping Hurts, Professor of Economics & Community Development at Covenant College, and Executive Director of The Chalmers Center, answers the question: “How can we make solid, contextualised, biblical resources more affordable for people across the world?”
Brian Fikkert, author of When Helping Hurts, Professor of Economics & Community Development at Covenant College, and Executive Director of The Chalmers Center, answers the question: “Why are there so few evangelical, gospel-centred churches in some of the West's more difficult communities?”
Brian Fikkert, author of When Helping Hurts, Professor of Economics & Community Development at Covenant College, and Executive Director of The Chalmers Center, answers the question: “How can we make ministry training and gospel conferences more accessible for people from poorer communities?”
Brian Fikkert, author of When Helping Hurts, Professor of Economics & Community Development at Covenant College, and Executive Director of The Chalmers Center, answers the question: “Is there a way for rich churches to partner better with churches and church plants in poor communities for the long haul?”
Brian Fikkert, author of When Helping Hurts, Professor of Economics & Community Development at Covenant College, and Executive Director of The Chalmers Center, answers the question: “What is the greatest challenge facing the church when it comes to evangelism and discipleship in deprived communities?”
The Bible is a big book. For a lot of our people within the schemes it is a VERY big book. Within its pages we find lots of different kinds of literature: poetry, prophecy, history, narrative, letters, and apocalyptic writings. It’s hardcore. Understanding it correctly is not easy, but it is certainly not impossible. So, […]
“As with persons in any other helping profession, sometimes the motivation to enter the ministry is to gain the appreciation, attention, and acceptance which is personally needed but which is not being supplied elsewhere. Sometimes it is the unconscious desire to dominate others and in effect to become little popes, which is an easy goal […]
Listen to Paul speaking to a church dividing on ethnic and social lines in Ephesians 2:14–17: “For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was […]
Poverty can be a tricky thing to get your mind around. Our church’s ministry brings me (Mike) into contact with different kinds of people in need. In one suburb nearby, we distribute food to Latin American immigrants who may not have the legal standing to pursue government assistance. In another suburb, we work with people […]