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PERSPECTIVES SESSION 12

Christian Community Development

Graham & Eileen HodgettsSEGMENT ONE

A review of World Need

2Challenge Verses

John 12:8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.

Deuteronomy 15:11There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.

WHAT IS POVERTY?

Generally we measure poverty as living on less thanHeres what that looks like.$1.25 per Day

% of people living on less than $1.25 per day How does the World Bank set its standard of poverty zhttp://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/0,,menuPK:336998~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:336992,00.html

HOW POVERTY IS MEASUREDPOVERTY When the level of income is insufficient to obtain the goods necessary to support a quality of life.

To maintain life at the simple I am alive and not dead level, requires BREATHINGFOODWATER SLEEPHOMEOSTASISIn a disaster situation, this might be all that a person can achieve:Most of the people who live in daily and generational poverty have reached the next stepLEVEL 1LEVEL 2SECURITY OF BODYINCOME GENERATIONSOME EDUCATIONCOMMUNITYREPRODUCTIONPERSONAL PROPERTYSMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONWhat would be a missionarys purpose and presentation at:

Level 1?Level 2?

Does Geography make a difference ?LIST OF MOST GENEROUS COUNTRIESPER CAPITA18 UNITED STATES $22.911 LUXEMBOURG $490.592 DENMARK $389.53 NORWAY $302.514 NETHERLANDS $241.395 SWEDEN $188.246 UNITED KINGDOM $176.06Africa alone receives more than $50 billion in foreign aid every year

DISCUSSION Should we give more money? If not, why not? What do we hope to achieve by giving money?

CLIMBING OUT OF POVERTYDifferent people need different things to bring them out of poverty, but most of the things cannot be purchased with money.

BREATHING FOODWATER SLEEP HOMEOSTASIS SECURITY OF BODY INCOME GENERATION SOME EDUCATION COMMUNITY REPRODUCTION PERSONAL PROPERTY

Ignorance, Disease, Apathy, Dishonesty and Dependency. FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, SEXUAL FIDELITY, SELF-ESTEEM, CONFIDENCE, RESPECT OF OTHERS, RESPECT BY OTHERS BARRIERS TO GROWTH

Class Discussion:

Which of these problems should be fixed first? Ignorance, Disease, Apathy, Dishonesty ,and Dependency.

7 minutes

POVERTY IN ACTION

PERAGIAS BABY HOME TEN MINUTE BREAKWHOOPEE!!!

WELCOME BACK SEGMENT TWO

HOW SHOULD WE HELP THE POOR? 19Any questions so far?

CHALLENGE VERSE1 John 1:17,18 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

21NOW MORE THAN EVERThe poor have no reserves to allow them to weather the global economic crisis..

Video of world food prices

FOOD PRICES ARE RISINGStrategic DevelopmentThe video we saw suggests that we need to take action in every area, especially:

Relief WorkPolitical ActionSMALL GROUP DISCUSSION: Share you experiences in these areas. How would you become involved?COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCAN INVOLVE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM MISSIONARIES HELPING THE POOR TO SUPPLY THEIR OWN NEEDS THE LOVE OF CHRIST DEMONSTRATED THROUGH US EARNING THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFER THE GIFT OF SALVATIONRECOGNIZE, ACCEPT, AND WORK WITH THE EFFECTS OF POVERTYBEFORE YOU BEGIN

GET TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY26IGNORANCENO ACCESS TO ACCURATE INFORMATIONDISEASEPHYSICAL WEAKNESS, ACCEPT AND EXPECT LOSS OF CHILDREN, NO EXPECTATION OF A GOOD MEDICAL OUTCOMEAPATHYWHATS THE POINT? NOTHING WILL GET BETTER.DISHONESTYI WILL SAY OR DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET WHAT I NEED TODAY, EVEN IF IT BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE. DEPENDENCY ITS NOT UP TO ME, ITS UP TO THE GOVERNMENT OR A FOREIGN DONOR. SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF POVERTYCLASS DISCUSSIONHow do we apply gospel teaching to affect and overcome these attitudes?Videoof Cambodian Development

SESSION 3

ANY QUESTIONS?MATTHEW 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.CHALLENGE VERSEDO MISSIONARIES DESTROY CULTURE?

ABSOLUTELY

CHRISTIANITY CARRIED BY THE APOSTLES, IS THE BASIS FOR MOST EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN CIVILIZATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNMENT AND LAW

MANY OF THE FAMOUS VICTORIAN MISSIONARIES WERE NOT, IN FACT MISSIONARIES. THEY WERE EXPLORERS AND WERE NOT SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THEY TRIED TO CONVERT ALONG THE WAY. THEY BELIEVED THAT EUROPEAN CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE WAS GODS ONLY PLAN FOR EVERY NATION.

Missionaries do good things. They feed the poor, they help build houses and schools. They give away clothing and money to the needy. SOME RANDOM NEGATIVE COMMENTSThis makes them no different from the Red Cross. What makes them more insidious is their horrific indoctrination of the masses. They take advantage of the lack of education and poverty of the people they are helping. SOME RANDOM NEGATIVE COMMENTS.cntdThe missionaries primary objective is to use works in order to indoctrinate the people. They believe they have a right to fly to other countries and tell people how they should be living. SOME RANDOM NEGATIVE COMMENTS.cntdSOME RANDOM NEGATIVE COMMENTS.cntdWhat bothers me the most is that these people come back to their church and feel good about what theyre doing while the children that really needed help are still starving.SOME RANDOM NEGATIVE COMMENTS.cntdWhy must there be strings attached? Why cant these people just travel to Africa and help the needy out of the goodness of their heart?They are really just nosey, judgmental tourists !!SOME RANDOM NEGATIVE COMMENTS.cntdCLASS DISCUSSION Do you find any truth in this? Does it matter what other people think If so, how could you change their impression ?GOOD NEWS

A successful community development?

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