Poverty

Local Work on a National Problem

Duane Shank 5-01-1998
Communities pitch in to help people out of poverty.
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Keeping Service in the Zone

Carol Fennelly 5-01-1998
An effort to protect churches' public ministries.
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Cashing in on Crisis

Carol Welch 5-01-1998
Who profits from the Asia bailouts?
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For a Dignified Life

Marie Dennis 5-01-1998
The worldwide movement for debt relief is rooted in Jubilee.
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Is Welfare Reform Working?

Barbara Howell 3-01-1998
The rolls are down, but hunger is up.
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Into High Gear

Duane Shank 3-01-1998
Building a movement to overcome poverty.
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A Time To Act

Jim Wallis 1-01-1998

Several notes and e-mails commented on the mention of my then wife-to-be in my column last month.

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Pray, Teach, and Share

Duane Shank, Carol Fennelly 1-01-1998
How will your community participate in the second annual "Pentecost to Overcome Poverty"?
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A Partnership Against Poverty

Jim Rice 12-01-1994
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Welfare Reform: Helping Whom?

Vicki Kemper 12-01-1988

Ponder for a moment the following factsabout poverty in our world today. 

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Tired Feet and Conventional Wisdom

Jim Wallis 11-01-1988

The so-called economic recovery has been painfully selective.

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The Policy is Still Wrong

Jim Wallis 10-01-1987

The Iran-contra hearings have provided a summer-long opportunity for Reagan administration spokespersons to make their case for the contras on national television.

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A Whisper in Our Hearts

John Dear 8-01-1987

What you hear in the whispers, proclaim from the housetops.
--Matthew 10:27

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The Children Are Our Future

Kevin Johnson, USA Today 11-01-1986

The children really are our future.

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'You Shall Not Afflict ...'

Joyce Hollyday 3-01-1986

A biblical perspective on women and poverty.

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Second Letter to the People of God

The Taize Community 5-01-1977

A call from the Taize community: make the church a parable of sharing and it will play its part in healing the wounds of the human family.

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The Acts Connection

Clark H. Pinnock 5-01-1974

Our text draws an important connection between the fullness of the Spirit and the impulse to minister to the poor and unfortunate. This is the Acts connection.

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