We do more than charity. We do opportunity because we believe local men and women are the key to their own solutions out of poverty. Water4 exists to empower local communities to transform themselves and solve their own crisis. We [...]
This is a look at the various organizations represented at the 2015 SATtalks and why it's important to not only have church leaders and ministry partners but donors and people who can help with things like metrics. It's a talk [...]
In this SATtalk Wayne McDaniel shares the transformative power of generosity and how their financial planning business has made generosity part of the DNA of their business. Their commitment to give 5% of their yearly gross revenues to philanthropy has [...]
“When we understand the dignity of the human person endowed with creative capacity and made in the image of God, it changes absolutely everything about the way we understand charity, missions, development and the poor.” WATCH THE VIDEO… [...]
Churches, along with so many other organizations, individuals and agencies, have begun to understand that much of our well-intended helping has had the unintended consequence of hurting the very people we are trying to help. But what do we do [...]
The strategies and solutions that come with Missions 3.0 include things like job creation, business start-up and homeownership, to name a few. Churches are already beginning to create initiatives around these kinds of initiatives and are discovering they have marketplace [...]
Every day we witness the impact of poverty, injustice, disaster, and disease. Our desire as followers of Christ is to respond with compassion, love, and grace. In recent years, the church has responded in an unprecedented way to the needs [...]
Desiree Monize shares how Avenue of Life is helping people through a continuum of services break the cycle of poverty in the Kansas City area. Their Equipping Center brings wrap-around services for people all under one roof and their Business [...]
Dave Geenens is the President and CFO of Fire Door Solutions as well as Associate Professor in the School of Business at Benedictine College. He’s the author of three books and serves on the board of Significant Matters. He brings [...]
The Co-Op is a faith-based initiative of Kansas City area churches working together to bring about transformation at the neighborhood level. The initiative’s strategy is based on working with community leaders within a neighborhood inside of four catalytic program areas: [...]