On The Right Track
Does it encourage you when someone else has the same idea as you? It does me!!
When God, by his Holy Spirit, began to talk to me about Economic Development through churches, I had no idea He had been speaking to others in the Body about the same things. I've been confirmed, amazed, and truly encouraged to see how many ways one basic idea is being developed all over the world.
May I introduce you to some of them?
In the space of two short years, God has worked mightily through an organization called Integrated Community Develpment Int'l. (ICDI). This ministry was begun to help the absolutely destitute men and women in Central Africa have at least enough money to buy a bit of wood for a fire where they can cook the day's meager food supply. Through ICDI, wells are providing pure water and people are learning the importance of clean water for good health. They are also helping with AIDS education and orphan care. Want to know more? Go to www.icdinternational.org
Self-Sustaining Enterprises (SSE) began in the mind of a remarkable pastor in Mason, Ohio. Jeff Greer's mind, heart, and enthusiasm are truly contagious! SSE is providing employment opportunities and partnering with other creative Christian entrepreneurs from Mason to Nigeria. We began to network with SSE soon after GiA began and I'm eager to see what God has for us to do together. Their website is www.sseinc.org
Another wonderful organization is Christian Community Development Ass'n. CCDA's program in centered around "planting" Christians in needy communities in order for them to create jobs for those who need them. They have also developed a wealth of resource materials and conduct conferences, workshops, and seminars to help the Church become aware of the desperate economic needs in the US and how Christians can bring Christ to communities when they help meet these needs. Check it out at www.ccda.org.
Just yesterday, I learned of another group whose mission is "to teach Christians how to produce economic stability in their homes and neighborhoods. ...the overall objective, says Pastor Anderson, is to change the mindset of Christians in economically troubled or poverty situations so that the cycle of poverty and suffering can be broken." The "Churchpreneur" program training began this month. Their goal is to put 500 new Christian business operators into their church's surrounding community. WOW!!
Do you think the Lord's trying to tell us something? Hmmm! I think he already did when he said in James two, What good is it my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such a faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well, keep warm and well fed." but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
I think we're all on the right track! Will you praythat ICDI, SSE, CCDA, Churchpreneur, and GiA will stay on the right track?
When God, by his Holy Spirit, began to talk to me about Economic Development through churches, I had no idea He had been speaking to others in the Body about the same things. I've been confirmed, amazed, and truly encouraged to see how many ways one basic idea is being developed all over the world.
May I introduce you to some of them?
In the space of two short years, God has worked mightily through an organization called Integrated Community Develpment Int'l. (ICDI). This ministry was begun to help the absolutely destitute men and women in Central Africa have at least enough money to buy a bit of wood for a fire where they can cook the day's meager food supply. Through ICDI, wells are providing pure water and people are learning the importance of clean water for good health. They are also helping with AIDS education and orphan care. Want to know more? Go to www.icdinternational.org
Self-Sustaining Enterprises (SSE) began in the mind of a remarkable pastor in Mason, Ohio. Jeff Greer's mind, heart, and enthusiasm are truly contagious! SSE is providing employment opportunities and partnering with other creative Christian entrepreneurs from Mason to Nigeria. We began to network with SSE soon after GiA began and I'm eager to see what God has for us to do together. Their website is www.sseinc.org
Another wonderful organization is Christian Community Development Ass'n. CCDA's program in centered around "planting" Christians in needy communities in order for them to create jobs for those who need them. They have also developed a wealth of resource materials and conduct conferences, workshops, and seminars to help the Church become aware of the desperate economic needs in the US and how Christians can bring Christ to communities when they help meet these needs. Check it out at www.ccda.org.
Just yesterday, I learned of another group whose mission is "to teach Christians how to produce economic stability in their homes and neighborhoods. ...the overall objective, says Pastor Anderson, is to change the mindset of Christians in economically troubled or poverty situations so that the cycle of poverty and suffering can be broken." The "Churchpreneur" program training began this month. Their goal is to put 500 new Christian business operators into their church's surrounding community. WOW!!
Do you think the Lord's trying to tell us something? Hmmm! I think he already did when he said in James two, What good is it my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such a faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well, keep warm and well fed." but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
I think we're all on the right track! Will you praythat ICDI, SSE, CCDA, Churchpreneur, and GiA will stay on the right track?
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