In Episode 84, you will hear from Brian Fikkert, President of The Chalmers Center, Professor of Economics and Community Development at Covenant College, and co-author of When Helping Hurts, talking with Phil about:
- His journey to community development, teaching, and writing one of the most influential books on poverty alleviation ever written
- His work with the Chalmers Center and how you can partner with them to alleviate poverty and develop communities around the world
- The importance and necessity of collaboration, and the different levels of collaboration
- How poverty alleviation and family strengthening is part of orphan prevention and orphan care
- Several of the concepts discussed in When Helping Hurts
- Why we all need to embrace our brokenness, and how we can do so
- How we can help without hurting in short term missions and engage short term missions and child sponsorships with excellence
- Brian’s book recommendations
- And much more!
Links from the show:
- When Helping Hurts – Chalmers Center
- Faith and Finances – Chalmers Center Church Training
- Work Life – Chalmers Center Church Training
- Covenant College
- Refresh Gatherings
- Hope International
- Phil’s 5 Lessons from 2017
- Jumanji: Back to the Jungle – Movie Trailer
Books mentioned on the show:
