Poverty
Poverty is "The lack of" in simple terms. Poverty can be the lack of money or lack of stuff, lack of the essentials. like food, clothing, shelter, transportation. The lack of family or hope. Poverty is damaging to any nation becuase it take its people and makes them struggle for the next day. Takes their minds and fear if they will be fine in the futre and steals thier hope. it leads to fustration and hurt and in poverty if you dont have a strong fountion to set you view of life on you at times can only see dreed
Assist the poor
Assisting the poor is not always just giving money to people or saying " I'll pray for you". It's about showing you care through thought and action. The church provides help in finding resources to help them leave their struggling situations. Take time to know them and share the hope that Jesus offers as well as actually helping. The church is there to help the beggar off the street the best they can
Mission example: In the villages of Cote d'Ivoire church members build small P.E.A.C.E. Centers there to help be among the people there and help in whatever why they can even if its just conversion with a smile
"All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along." Galatians 2:10 (NIV)
"Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to
them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?" James 2:15-16 (NIV)