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Redefining Poverty

James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission - Published in The Joplin Globe, June 19, 2013 I remember meeting a man on the main road through Fond Parisien, a small community on the eastern side of Haiti.…

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Why work?

James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission Last week a couple of nice police officers approached me at the rescue mission to discuss a problem. People are hanging out at the park in downtown on Main…

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Beyond good intentions, charity requires justice

James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission - Published in The Joplin Globe August 31, 2012 A well-dressed guy showed up at our mission who wanted to help by distributing government subsidized cell phones…

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Leadership Forum 2012

From the looming deficit in Washington to the poor who remain dependent on Washington, the growing welfare state is hurting more than it’s helping. There has never been so important a moment in our history for the Church to be both a voice…

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Effective Compassion not Government’s Job

James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission - Published in The Joplin Globe I was recently contacted by the Missouri Association for Social Welfare with a request to participate in the annual point-in-time…

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Time to halt the handout

James Whitford, Executive Director Watered Gardens Gospel Rescue Mission - Published in The Joplin Globe March 4, 2012 After working diligently to connect charitable organizations and churches on-line to better steward distribution of resources,…

ARTICLES

Redefining Poverty

Why work?

Beyond good intentions, charity requires justice

Leadership Forum 2012

Effective Compassion not Government’s Job

Time to halt the handout

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