Tag: Vulnerable Communities

Am I a 127 Advocate?

Merriam-Webster defines advocate as “one who supports or promotes the interests of a cause or group.” If you’ve given financially to 127, traveled to visit

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Join God At Work

This video does an excellent job of introducing how a commitment to human dignity informs the way Christians see material need and address physical poverty.

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5 Steps to Serving Others Well

A distinctive of 127 Worldwide is that we believe all relationships are mutually-edifying. We are not the experts with knowledge or wisdom to impart, but

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Handling Handouts

We’ve all driven past a homeless person holding a sign at an intersection or been asked by a stranger for money while visiting a big

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Resist Simplistic Solutions

Western do-gooders need to resist the allure of ‘exotic problems’ This article published in The Guardian hits us where it hurts. Most of us can

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Paternalism

When Helping Hurts, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, has shaped much of the way 127 Worldwide interacts with vulnerable communities. We recommend their book

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Stages of Poverty Relief

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to helping the poor. To truly help people, we need to understand the root causes of their poverty. Further, we have

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What is Poverty?

WHAT IS POVERTY? The Chalmers Center, an organization that equips the local church to address the broken relationships at the root of material poverty, created

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Championing Local Leaders

Pippa Biddle, a well-intentioned, multiple time short-term missions-tripper, witnessed firsthand some of the drawbacks of mission projects and came face to face with her own

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