Extreme Poverty

It’s not a particularly artistic or perfectly composed photo. It’s even a little hard to tell what’s happening in this photo, which is probably why I

When 7-year-old Nina Tomlinson heard that fire had destroyed most of the homes and crops in the remote village of Maramara, Chad, she was heartbroken

My dad used to always say, “It’s better to build a guardrail on a curve than a hospital at the bottom of the hill.” As an adult, I’ve come to

Nine months pregnant and carrying her 2-year-old in her arms, Mary ran from her home in Unity State, South Sudan, where widespread violence has killed

This is the last of five posts covering key principles in ministry with the poor intended to help churches move from transactional to transformational

When your church helps the poor, could your actions be summarized: “See a problem; fix a problem?” Many churches work to repair what’s fractured in

This week, I've been traveling in Kenya with ExOfficio, a generous company that has outfitted our field staff with new shirts. Yesterday, we visited

She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants. She considers a field and buys it; out of

Malala Yousafzai’s tragic experience of being shot for her advocacy of girls’ rights has brought much attention to the importance of and need for