When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself

by Steve Corbett

to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Churches can provide a tremendous service to poor people by helping them to file for the EITC as part of a financial education ministry.

No single institution should seek to take on the responsibilities that God has given to other institutions.