From dependence to dignity : how to alleviate poverty through church-centered microfinance / Brian Fikkert, Russell Mask ; foreward by Rick Warren.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, 2015Description: 333 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780310518129
  • 0310518121
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 639 .P6 F55 2015
Contents:
Part 1. Replacing dependency with dignity. Masai missions -- What is the mission of the church? -- Integral mission: avoiding unhealthy dependencies -- Microfinance: so much less ... and so much more -- Part 2. Alleviating poverty. What is poverty?: the true nature of the problem -- A Trinitarian theory of change -- Restoring broken people: transformative ministry -- Part 3. Understanding microfinance. ROSCAs, ASCAs, and MFIs: a primer on microfinance -- The three Cs: making financial systems work -- Part 4. The three microfinance models. The provider model of microfinance -- The partnership model of microfinance -- The promotion model of microfinance -- The surprising challenges of distribution.
Summary: "This book explains the basic principles for successfully utilizing microfinance in ministry. Drawing on the best practice research and their own pioneering work with the Chalmers Center, authors Brian Fikkert and Russell Mask chart a path for churches and missionaries to pursue that minimizes the risks of harm, relies on local resources, and enables missionaries and churches to minister in powerful ways to the spiritual and economic needs of some of the poorest people on the planet."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333).

Part 1. Replacing dependency with dignity. Masai missions -- What is the mission of the church? -- Integral mission: avoiding unhealthy dependencies -- Microfinance: so much less ... and so much more -- Part 2. Alleviating poverty. What is poverty?: the true nature of the problem -- A Trinitarian theory of change -- Restoring broken people: transformative ministry -- Part 3. Understanding microfinance. ROSCAs, ASCAs, and MFIs: a primer on microfinance -- The three Cs: making financial systems work -- Part 4. The three microfinance models. The provider model of microfinance -- The partnership model of microfinance -- The promotion model of microfinance -- The surprising challenges of distribution.

"This book explains the basic principles for successfully utilizing microfinance in ministry. Drawing on the best practice research and their own pioneering work with the Chalmers Center, authors Brian Fikkert and Russell Mask chart a path for churches and missionaries to pursue that minimizes the risks of harm, relies on local resources, and enables missionaries and churches to minister in powerful ways to the spiritual and economic needs of some of the poorest people on the planet."--Back cover.

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