How Organizations Hurt Themselves And The Poor

George is addressing the important issue of the perception of poverty in the United States at this time. She brings up many valid points about the perceptions of poverty in the United States and how nonprofit organizations perpetuate this narrow view of what poverty is in order to elicit contributions (676). Moreover, George is able to show how Habitat for Humanity while helping many people in need. Also gives the false idea that people living in poverty merely need some volunteers to build them a home and then they will be able to work their way right out of poverty (678). Given these points, Prof. George explains, the idea that people in the United States living poverty all live in squalor or are homeless does nothing but limit people’s knowledge of what true people in need actually look like (682). By the same token, when it comes to the actual individuals in need, many of them might not even realize or want to admit that they are in need themselves (682-683). One limiting factor of Prof. George’s article is that she narrowly focuses on one nonprofit organization to show how the majority of nonprofit organizations portray people in

Diana George wrote her article about non-profit organizations that try to convince the public about how there are people that really do need help. The purpose of her article is to convince people that they are hearing about people who the ones that are hearing about people who are the ones that are in need the most. Throughout the years in the media people in poverty are portrayed as either helpless victims or

The disciples were sent on their journey to carry out three duties they were; preach repention, drive out evil spirits and to anoint people with oil and heal them. The mission of the church remains the same as the mission of the twelve, many people still go out and preach. Organisation throughout the world continue to go out and care for the sick, feed the hungry, fight against injustice and preach the message along the way. Examples of these organisations are Trocaire, Red Cross and Tear fund. Many individuals go out of their way to make a difference by giving up their life to help and support those in need, an example of this type of person is the Pope who brought endeavoured to bring peace to countries and visited the sick/poor, another shining example was Mother Theresa who devoted her life to caring for the sick and under privileged in the third world.

Diana George’s article “Changing the Face of Poverty: Nonprofits and the Problem of Representation” focuses on the relation between the society and the issue of poverty. She starts by mentioning that a holiday was approaching, Thanksgiving, “...Thanksgiving is near.” (235) and that some nonprofit organizations will publicise ads to collect money from people. They will send ads via the mailbox and this is an effective way for them to communicate. She addresses some publications and the rise of poverty over the years. She presents the occurrence of poverty throughout the city of London and New York, including photographs that depict the disaster of the Great Depression.

Habitat for Humanity is a good example of a nonprofit organization that through its volunteer gathering and fundraising attempts may actually be hindering more of the people they are trying to help than actually helping them.(679,680) Habitat’s marketing gives the idea that a person in poverty that needs help wear dirty torn clothes and live in run down shack will have no home at all.(679) The idea is to put these perceptions of poverty into people’s minds in hopes that it will elicit the good in them to not only give their money but their time.(680) The problem is this gives the public the idea that poverty has one face and does not provide them with a picture of what the full spectrum of poverty looks like.(682) Another problem is, these ads perpetuate the idea that poverty is an individual issue that’s easy to spot and just as easy to fix with a little money and volunteer

With the proclamation of the Kingdom of God, Jesus seeks to bring about God’s plan for humanity through physical, spiritual, and social healing. His purpose and mission is to prepare the hearts and minds of the people so they can build new lives in God’s kingdom. Jesus often uses stories to illustrate his message

“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and the teachers to equip his people for works of service, so the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature,

In the first section, we deal with the biblical foundation of church growth, health, and evangelism. In details, he gives three main reasons why we have church in the world. Our first responsibility as a church is to glorify God’s name.

In his new book Becoming the Gospel Michael Gorman provides an interesting look at the life and letters of the apostle Paul. Gorman wants his readers to consider that more than knowing the gospel and its power to save, Paul want his recipients of his letters to live out the gospel in their lives. Thus Gorman’s central argument in this book is that “Paul wanted the communities he addressed…to become the gospel, and in so doing to participate in the very life and mission of God” (Gorman 2). Gorman explores this idea by taking the reader through a look at the letters of Paul using a “missio Dei” lens, to provide a new view of what Paul is teaching to these early Christian communities.

The beginning of the chapter tells the story of a guy named John that was stranded and helpless. John attempted to flag down some help, but was unsuccessful. That is until a good samaritan that finally stopped and went the extra mile to help. This set-up a pay-it-forward attitude in John in that he wanted to help the next ten people he seen stranded (Collins, 2). The author then suggests, like John, that we are all people helpers in that when people are struggling with their issues, they want the help of a friend, neighbor, co-worker, etc. The author then translates this into the Great Commission, where Christians are all to fulfill Jesus’s calling by means of outreach to the non-believers, making disciples and in teaching

Based on the studies this week, the Charity Organization Societies (COS) movement in 1870 is one of the most valuable historical events in the history of the human services profession because it embraced Christian stewardship as a duty for followers of Christ. “For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, you shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land” (Duet 15:11, ESV). Not only did Reverend S. Humphrey’s movement acknowledge that, as Christians, we are responsible for helping the less fortunate, but also that there should be an organized system in place in order for it to be effective and un-wasteful. (Martin, 2014, pg. 26). As unpopular as the ideology that there

Our call to show care and concern and to work with communities and individuals to develop and just and caring pattern or system reflects who God is. With a different culture context, we should reach out to the poor. To address the poor in the local community, I propose a contextualized church model with the emphasis of going to the people and bringing the people to the

These people have faith in the message God has given them, and they demonstrate their faith through telling others. Mission as love in action is demonstrated first by Jesus’ death and the forgiveness of sin he embodies. It is also demonstrated by the relationship between Jesus and believers. For Jesus, part of love was being united to better proclaim the kingdom of God. The mission of Jesus is the mission of the church.

In Evangelism, Salvation and Social Justice, Sider introduces different theologians’ (Graham, Scott, etc.) opinions on the definition of evangelism, the role it plays in the church mission, and the relationship between evangelism and the social actions. By reviewing current five viewpoints of evangelism, salvation, and social actions, Sider puts forward a sixth viewpoint by re-exploring the biblical foundations about the concepts of the Gospel, salvation, redemption, and the principalities and powers. Sider argues that evangelism and social actions are interrelated, but they are two different and equal important aspects of the mission of the church. In his idea, the Gospel is related to justification, regeneration, Jesus’s Lordship, and the church (Sider, p.256).

Furthermore, it is vitally crucial for the church leadership to clearly articulate its missional vision, which is to be embraced by the rest of the church’s community. The process of spiritual transformation starts from the invitation and continues through engagement and discipleship. This transformational process embodies the missional vision and the language for 'right now ' and 'here '. Surely, the church’s vision ought to be aligned with the missional attributes of the gospel itself, which are 'the good news is for everyone ' and 'belonging before believing '. Our witness should take place amidst relationship and listening. One principle that I consider to be exceptionally useful in my community is St. Patrick’s idea of Celtic Evangelism: establish community, engage in conversation, and invite commitment (2009, 101).