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Make Poverty Personal (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith): Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does
Make Poverty Personal (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith): Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does
Make Poverty Personal (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith): Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does
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Poverty is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. But poverty is not new. And neither is God's deep concern for the poor--it is a theme deeply woven throughout the Bible. Yet sadly, churches and individual Christians have too often been blind to this emphasis, or they have been paralyzed into inaction by feelings of helplessness.

In this urgent, provocative book, Ash Barker offers both challenge and hope. Pulling out and reflecting on significant passages from both testaments, he reveals what the Bible says about both the nature of poverty and about how God calls his people to respond. These studies, ideal for either individual or small group use, are interlaced with personal reflections--first-hand accounts from fifteen years of ministry among the poor.
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Release dateFeb 1, 2009
ISBN9781441203878
Make Poverty Personal (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith): Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does
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Ash Barker

Ash Barker has served the poor for nearly twenty years. He is the founding director of Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH), a missionary order founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1993 to work among the poor. Since 2002, Ash and his family have been involved with planting UNOH's first overseas community in Klong Toey, the largest slum in Bangkok, Thailand.

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