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Margaret Thatcher on Business as Mission
Margaret Thatcher on Business as Mission

Business as Mission is a relatively new term. But the concept is not, nor is the practice. But we can witness a renewed understanding of Biblical concepts of work and…

Salt and Light: Christians’ Role in Combating Corruption
Salt and Light: Christians’ Role in Combating Corruption

 What part does corruption play in your life? That may seem a strange question to ask an audience such as this. Many may answer that, of course, as Christians, we…

Wealth, Poverty and Power - The Hole in our Gospel
Wealth, Poverty and Power - The Hole in our Gospel

The churches in the more prosperous northern hemisphere, in particular, need to return to the gospel of Christ. That gospel is not just about individual salvation, but a life transformation…

Wealth, Poverty and Power - Active Involvement
Wealth, Poverty and Power - Active Involvement

Corina Villacorta asserts that as Jesus acknowledged the sorrow around him and acted in response to needs, so Christians must take an active role in government, society and organizations. We should…

Wealth, Poverty and Power - Empowerment
Wealth, Poverty and Power - Empowerment

Dr Ravi Jayakaran suggests participatory learning is an effective way to support and empower poor communities to define and work on their own solutions to problems. Download Options PC users:…

Our God of prosperity NOW and NOT YET... Just a matter of time!
Our God of prosperity NOW and NOT YET... Just a matter of time!

In my part of the world, it seems sometimes that we have lost faith in God. Our religion is a nice story but we have forgotten to take the WHOLE…

The Science of Global Climate Change. Facing the Issues. What are the Issues?
The Science of Global Climate Change. Facing the Issues. What are the Issues?

Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by John Houghton as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “The Environmental…

Full Session: Poverty, Prosperity and the Gospel Multiplex
Full Session: Poverty, Prosperity and the Gospel Multiplex

Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order.  Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session…

Full Session: Wealth, Poverty and Power Multiplex
Full Session: Wealth, Poverty and Power Multiplex

Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order.  Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session…

Prosperity Gospel through Adopted African Eyes
Prosperity Gospel through Adopted African Eyes

This morning I received an email from a good friend in the US who asked me two or three questions about the way the prosperity gospel is presented and perceived…

Loving the Poor without Hating the Wealthy
Loving the Poor without Hating the Wealthy

The title to this blog purposes to grab one’s attention. However, it will likely have another effect, that of subtly communicating something that I don’t want to intimate. Perhaps some…

danger of a hidden prosperity gospel
danger of a hidden prosperity gospel

While reading through articles and commentaries regarding the so called "gospel of prosperity" I recognize 2 different reactions in my heart: - yes, a "prosperity gospel" is dangerous and wrong.…

The Gospel of God as the Key to Wealth Inequity
The Gospel of God as the Key to Wealth Inequity

On the verge of teenage-hood I remember pouring over a book of cartoons that dealt with the great North-South divide, politics of power, and wealth discrepancies.  Brazil, in particular, featured…

Vulnerable Mission - a biblical approach
Vulnerable Mission - a biblical approach

In doing ministry in rural Africa over an extended period (1988 to date), I have seen a lot of problems arising from the way the western missionary force carries out…

KINGDOM VALUES AND ECONOMIC MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT: FACING THE ISSUE OF POVERTY AND WEALTH
KINGDOM VALUES AND ECONOMIC MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT: FACING THE ISSUE OF POVERTY AND WEALTH

I see that the overall logic of the discussions about overcoming poverty assumes, or is framed within, the logic of free market economics.  Reading some papers and reactions to them,…

KINGDOM VALUES AND ECONOMIC MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT: FACING THE ISSUE OF POVERTY AND WEALTH
KINGDOM VALUES AND ECONOMIC MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT: FACING THE ISSUE OF POVERTY AND WEALTH

  I see that the overall logic of the discussions about overcoming poverty assumes, or is framed within, the logic of free market economics.  Reading some papers and reactions to…

DOING BUSINESS TO OVERCOME POVERTY AND TO ADVANCE MISSION
DOING BUSINESS TO OVERCOME POVERTY AND TO ADVANCE MISSION

If our interest is that economic activity or business should help to overcome poverty at the same time that  mission is fostered, then we must prioritize aspects which are related…

Representing the Poor
Representing the Poor

One aspect of globalisation is what some scholars call cosmopolitanism. This refers to the supposed creation of a highly integrated, mobile, and transnational culture where people around the world interact…

The Wealth of the Poor:  Women and the Savings Movement in Africa
The Wealth of the Poor: Women and the Savings Movement in Africa

Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Stephan Bauman, Wendy Wellman and Megan Laughlin as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the…

Shaping the ‘Hidden’ Curriculum for Engaging Power, Poverty and Wealth in Africa: A Case Study from Scott Theological College, Kenya
Shaping the ‘Hidden’ Curriculum for Engaging Power, Poverty and Wealth in Africa: A Case Study from Scott Theological College, Kenya

Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Jacob Kibor, Gregg A. Okesson and Kimberly Okesson as an overview of the topic to be discussed at…

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