When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert (Moody Publishers, 2009). PB
List Price: $14.99
Publisher's Description: Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applications. The result is an effective and holistic ministry to the poor, not a truncated gospel.
A situation is assessed for whether relief, rehabilitation, or development is the best response to a situation. Efforts are characterized by an "asset based" approach rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission efforts are addressed and microenterprise development (MED) is explored.
208 Pages
Published July 2009
About the Authors:Brian Fikkert is an associate professor of economics at Covenant College, and the founder and executive director of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College.
Steve Corbett is the community development specialist for the Chalmers Center for Economic Development, and an assistant professor in the department of economics and community development at Covenant College.
Recommendations:
- Mission to the World (PCA): Recommended Reading (Mercy and Justice)
- Mission to North America (PCA): Mercy Ministry Resources
I recently learned that the Spanish translation of WHH is expected to be available in early 2012.
ReplyDeleteAny updates on a Spanish translation? This book is such a must-read... I've been waiting for years to pass this out in Spanish and still cannot find a translation.
DeleteThanks.
Rich Mitchell