Ministry leaders often navigate the tension between respecting an individual’s agency and upholding absolute truth, particularly when guiding those in poverty toward wise and moral choices. Effective mentorship requires balancing encouragement and accountability—listening first, celebrating progress, pointing to biblical absolutes, and respecting lived experience—all while allowing individuals to take ownership of their decisions.
When Helping Hurts is a rallying cry for the Church that simultaneously convicts and compels. Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert set out to awaken American Christians to the stark contrast between their beach vacations and the grinding poverty in foreign slums.
The evolution of neighborhoods from working class to higher income is often an occasion for alarm among advocates for the poor. However, the best evidence shows gentrification is a net positive for the poor and a harm to far fewer than most believe.
Justice is a hot topic with wildly divergent interpretations. Charity is an enigmatic and even questionable virtue to many. This article cuts through the modern moral cacophony and outlines a clear, essential role for both in poverty resolution.
A good mission statement should serve as a brief, inspirational action guide for your organization. It’s important to get it right. This simple framework will help you maximize the impact of this crucial component of your brand and strategy.
Empowering programs should ask people to contribute as well as receive. But to someone unfamiliar with that model, it can appear as if the person in need is being exploited. This article explores eight concrete action steps that will help your programs remain above reproach.
While “no-strings-attached” federal funds are alluring, watch out for seven common constraints that are hidden from view.
Nathan Mayo shares the benefits of partnering with attorneys as a church or faith-based nonprofit. He also spotlights Alliance Defending Freedom, a valued Business Partner, that aims to empower organizations to operate within their beliefs.
Ian Rowe’s Agency champions a national game plan to help young people find the path to a flourishing life by overcoming the false narratives of victimhood and victim-blaming.
The War on Poverty has not gone well–which begs the questions, ‘What went wrong?’ and ‘What lessons can we learn?’ TC’s Nathan Mayo offers his thoughts on how the government’s failure creates a singular window of opportunity for civil society.
