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

by Steve Corbett

there are likely to be financial education programs in the community already, but the existing programs may not teach financial stewardship principles from a biblical perspective, thereby failing to address the underlying worldview issues that are often at the root of people’s broken relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creation.

do its utmost to connect to and support those ministries rather than starting something redundant.

resources of the Communities First Association (http://communitiesfirstassociation.org

prayer; financial support; words of encouragement; helping to conduct asset mapping exercises; supplying mentoring teams for low-income households; providing jobs to residents of the community; linking community members to their networks; serving on the board of Jubilee; and providing counsel—when asked—to the Jubilee Center and the community partnership.