I am beginning a new series of seven essays tomorrow. These essays will consider the church’s historical and theological response to poverty and intend to make five proposals to the church regarding its response to poverty. The schedule for this series will be one essay every second Friday.
November 18 – Introduction
December 2 – Proposal # 1: A Christian understanding to poverty acknowledges that the church must respond to poverty.
December 16 – Proposal # 2: A Christian response to poverty must include meeting immediate needs via almsgiving.
December 30 – Proposal # 3: Development work by the church must be alongside the oppressed to create transformative justice.
January 13 – Proposal #4: The church’s response to poverty is in the context of worship and evangelism. This response is the whole of neither, however.
January 27 – Proposal #5: When the church takes action to address poverty, it must act within its God-ordained in society.
February 10 – Concluding Thoughts
These essays are a modified version of my final project for earning my degree at Regent College, which was submitted to Dr. Craig Gay. The most significant change is the elimination of the literature review (a series of 14 book reviews). I also made some adjustments that affect readability, the length, the change of medium, and the change of intended audience. There are a few changes of content that reflect my evolving opinion. The bibliography for this series is listed below. Due to the increased size of this bibliography and greater complexity of this series of essays versus previous essays on this blog, I will be utilizing a more formalized referencing system throughout the series. The references will direct you to the books and articles listed below.
Bibliography
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