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- A Resurgence of Republicanism: Seizing the Opportunity to Reclaim Self-governance
- Partnering with Landlords for Affordable Housing
- Forgotten Faces: A Call for the Church to Engage the Elderly
- What’s Justice Got to Do With It? How Justice Works With Charity to Uplift the Poor
- After The Storm: How to Shape Our Mercy Ministries for Long-term Success
- Second Chances: Helping Returning Citizens Reintegrate
- Is Healing From Childhood Adversity Possible? A Review of the Book Created to Heal.
- Is Your Mission Statement B.I.G. Enough?
- How to Locally Support Refugees
- How Do I Truly Help Panhandlers?
Low-Cost Health Care with Dignity
When Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett went bankrupt in 2005, they knew they’d have to make some changes to their free clinic model. Dr. Greg Lang, Executive Director, explains, “As a healthcare center, we have to use highly-educated, licensed providers. We can’t rely on volunteers, like many other nonprofits are able to do. Charging for services became a financial necessity.”
A Multilayered Problem: Homelessness Is a Crisis That More Houses Won’t Fix
Simply providing a house doesn’t solve homelessness-no, it’s not that easy. It requires address the root causes. TCI’s Nathan Mayo responds to the premise of the book ‘Homelessness is a housing problem in this article, originally published in WORLD Magazine.
Carrying One Another’s Burdens
What is our role in working with those in need? Are we responsible for or to them? Understanding the difference between those two prepositions is vital in preventing dependency and nurturing individuals’ capacity. Guest contributor Doug Gamble explains.
3 Stumbling Blocks to Church-Nonprofit Collaboration: Perspectives from a Pastor and Nonprofit Director
There’s great potential in collaboration among churches and nonprofits, but many times this partnership doesn’t occur. Guest contributor Kevin Peyton, who serves in both capacities simultaneously (Joshua’s Place and The Village Church), provides an explanation for why this is and suggestions on how to forge these relationships.
Confessions of a Social Worker: Three Things I Wish I’d Known 20 Years Ago
“You don’t know what you don’t know.” TCI’s Amanda Fisher reflects on her years of experience serving people in poverty and how this perennial saying describes her recent effective charity awakening.
For Those Living in Poverty, Social Distance Is Not a New Problem
“Human touch is so important,” says Jocelyn Brisson, shelter manager at Watered Gardens Rescue Mission in southwest Missouri. While many of us sorely feel the lack of human contact during the pandemic, most homeless individuals have experienced this relational loss for years…