When Helping Hurts
How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
Ranked #6 in Ministry, Ranked #17 in Poverty — see more rankings.
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. Don't let this happen to you, your ministry or ministries you help fund! A must read for
anyone
who works with the poor or in missions, 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.
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Rankings by Category
When Helping Hurts is ranked in the following categories:
- #46 in Christian Leadership
- #48 in Development Economics
- #22 in Justice
- #50 in Service
- #76 in Social Work
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