Christians are commanded in Luke 10:27 to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love their neighbors as themselves. If we love our neighbors as ourselves, we will truly be concerned with their welfare, both physically and spiritually. We will want to help our neighbors live more abundant, meaningful lives…
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What Wholistic Means
Let’s talk about wholistic and what it means to us. We spell wholistic with a ‘W’ because it keeps ever in front of us the idea that we need to deal with the whole person, all aspects of their life, and the whole community or neighborhood, meaning all sectors in that place. Some people and…
Biblical Perspective to Transformation
This past week I read with great interest Dela Adadevoh’s new book “Personal Life Transformation” in a Biblical Perspective 2013, International Leadership Foundation, Orlando FL. Dela was my supervisor as Africa Director of Affairs in 1988 when we were on staff with Campus Crusade in Nairobi and developing CHE. Currently Dela is the Global VP…
What is Transformation
TRANSFORMATION DEFINITIONS Let us look at seven definitions of Transformation as used by different organizations A definition given by Bryant Myers of World Vision International in his book Walking With the Poor: “I use the term transformational development to reflect my concern for seeking positive change in the whole of human life materially, socially and…
What Is Your Passion? Mine is Transformation
I am beginning a series of blogs on Wholistic Transformation of which this Blog being the Introduction to a series of eight more posts which will cover: • What is Transformation • What Wholistic Means • Biblical Basis of Wholistic Transformation • Why is Wholistic Transformation Important • Transformation Requires More than Doing Things for…
Examples of Improved Ways to Do things For Others
I will be writing several blogs on examples of activities that build peoples self esteem or move them forward to beginning to do things for themselves through the coaching of others. Christmas Gift Store Many churches use an Angel Tree approach for Christmas gifts for poor children. But instead of doing it that way they…
A Great Way to Start to Get to Know Your Neighbors
Efforts to rebuild the neighborhoods are hampered by the fact that new residents moving in, whether tenants or homeowners, do not know each other and have no knowledge of past revitalization efforts. “Many work two or three jobs to get by,” notes Nelson Butten, “and others work and go to school. They have no time…
Question and Answer About Urban Society
Question When one looks at the social issues surrounding us right here in the United States—poverty, crime, lack of solid educational and job opportunities… It is easy to become overwhelmed and intimidated. What could one person, what could I, do as a Christian? My first impulse is to close my eyes to the outside world,…
More on Knowing Your Neighbor
What better time to talk about relationships then during this Christmas Season when our Reedemer was born. First lets Review Whats Needed to Build Good Relationships ** Respect for each other. ** Spend time together. ** Can have open and honest conversations with each other. ** Are able to talk about things that are important…
Do You Know Your Neighbors
If you live in a city; • Can name all the people living in the six houses or apartments closest to you? • Of those who answered the first question, who can share something about each families life which is not visible from the outside their house? • Of those who answered the first and…