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Enjoyed the conversation today! You can subscribe to an excellent ongoing source of updates on poverty at www.spotlightonpoverty.org [try ]
The 12 'steps to cut poverty in half' from the Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty:
1. Raise…
The input posted on 11/24 is encouraging. A holistic approach requires addressing root causes. Moving from charity (very important!) to transformational ministry and sustainability means that we've got to wrestle with public and private systems. Som…
Also from Becky Smith:
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Urban Team Strategic Plan
Identity
We are a collaboration of Christian leaders engaged in ministry with the poor and disadvantaged in urban settings.
Mission Statement
We strive to be the pres…
This also from Becky Smith on how the Urban Team makes its ministry location selections:
Criteria for Site Selection
Criteria for site selection will reflect our mission statement and invite others to join us in its implementation.
• Our focus is…
Becky Smith polled CBF field personnel on the question of root causes. Here's her summary of their responses:
•Together for Hope: Jeremy says he will continue to think about it - short answer is that they have focused around literacy but the large…
Here is the ongoing list of assets within the broader Fellowship movement available to develope a national framework to address poverty in the U.S. PLEASE ADD YOUR OWN SUGGESTIONS!
Together for Hope
CBF Global Missions Urban Team
KidsHeart partne…
At the October Coordinating Council, the new Interacting With the World Community group began discussing ways to add capacity in all three of the priority areas that make up this topic. Attached are the notes.
At the last monthly meeting of the Interacting With the World Community Collaborative, we decided we needed to answer these five questions before proceeding with work on our priority of developing a national framework to address poverty in the U.S.…
For those who teach and lead missions in congregations. Join in the conversation about bringing new life into your church's process of missional formation. Share creative ideas, resources, and teacher suggestions for Form, Spark, Ignite, and Affect.
Join this group and be apart of alleviating and addressing systemic causes of poverty. Dialogue and meet others interested and participating in this ministry.
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