In recent years, groups like InnerCHANGE (founded by John Hayes), Word Made Flesh (directed by Leroy Barber), and the Simple Way (Shane Claiborne’s community) have formed to minister incarnationally in suffering communities around the nation and world. One of many wonderful things I’ve noticed about these groups is that they also embody the redistribution idea—they call people to live at the level of others in the community, so that extra resources can be shared. They’re challenging people to give up some things so they’re able to better share their lives and their wealth with people who need
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