Brian Fikkert: 9 books
From Dependence to Dignity
How to Alleviate Poverty through Church-Centered Microfinance
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
The church of Jesus Christ finds itself at a very unique moment in history. The average Christian living in the “economically advanced countries” enjoys a level of prosperity that has been unimaginable for most of human history. At the same time, over 2.5 billion people in the Majority World...
Becoming Whole
Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Western Civilization is wealthier, but it isn’t happier.
We are the richest people ever to walk the face of the earth, but according to research, we aren’t becoming happier. Families and communities are increasingly fragmented, loneliness is skyrocketing, and physical and mental health...
When Helping Hurts: The Small Group Experience
An Online Video-Based Study on Alleviating Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Good intentions are not enough.
When Helping Hurts offers a different framework for thinking about poverty and its alleviation. Rather than simply defining it as a lack of material things, the book addresses the roots of the issue: broken relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of...
When Helping Hurts
How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
With more than 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation.
Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows...
Practicing the King's Economy
Honoring Jesus in How We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The church in the West is rediscovering the fact that God cares deeply for the poor. More and more, churches and individual Christians are looking for ways to practice economic discipleship, but it's hard to make progress when we are blind to our own entanglement in our culture's idolatrous economic...
Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence
A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
When a low-income person asks your church for help, what do you do next?
God is extraordinarily generous, and our churches should be, too. Because poverty is complex, however, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots...
Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions
Leader's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
With over 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short term missions.
Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions**Leader’s...
Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions
Participant's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation with over 300,000 copies in print. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short-term missions.
Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Participant’s...
by Corbett, Steve, and Fikkert
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2009
Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applications. ...