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  Africa and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  Christianity is spreading quickly in Africa since colonizers have pulled out and indigenous Christianity, or African Christianity is beginning to operate full stride. These resources speak specifically to African concerns with theology of poverty and will be helpful in working either in the African venue, or in understanding African migrants in other countries.

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  Asia and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  These resources touch base on Asian theology of poverty.

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  Christianity and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  These resources apply to historical response to Christianity and theology of poverty. These materials contain a wide range of Christian responses to poverty including, Reformed, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian and others.

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  Ecclesiastical Response to Hunger

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  These resources guide churches, pastor and laity in contemplating poverty and hunger issues and speak to ways in which churches have become involved in hunger and poverty advocacy.

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  Ethics, Justice, and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  Poverty results from injustices, systemic dysfunction and are embroiled in ethical concerns stemming from personal and corporate sins. These resources begin to touch upon this important subject of the ethical or moral dilemma posed by poverty.

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  Globalization and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  Issues of poverty impact every part of the world. Economic policies and procedures are no longer simply localized phenomenon, but have global implications as well. Christians need to explore the impact of globalization and poverty.

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  God is Missional

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  Understanding God as missional or Missio Dei is an important concept in exploring the function of the church and the importance of Christians to be mission-oriented. These resources can be used to teach master’s level classes or could be resources for churches to dig deeper in the area of missiology. Churches which are missional in nature are growing churches.

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  Hunger: Ethics, Theology, and Public Policy

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  These resources integrate the ethical concerns of hunger with theological ponderings when considering public policy.

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  Labor and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  These references speak to public policy concerning labor and poverty.

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  Liberation Theology and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  Examining liberation theology through those in ministry on the ground. Liberation theology speaks to the hearts of those who are poverty-stricken and examines poverty from the grassroots life experiences of those in poverty.

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  Poverty and Scripture

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  Graduate Level Resources on Scripture and Hunger

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  Poverty and the Bible

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  What does the Bible say about poverty? What does Jesus counsel about money? Did the Apostle Paul provide insights into material possessions. These resource provide insights of applying Scripture issues of poverty and how we use our resources.

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  Preaching on Hunger

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  Pastors and laity who have opportunities to preach may utilize this opportunities to remind the church that one of the main functions of the church is holistic mission to integrate social action or working to correct injustices with evangelism. These articles speak specifically to preaching on hunger issues and poverty.

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  Public Theology and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  An examination of all of life can be done through a Christian, theological lens. An examination of policies and procedures, laws, terminology, actions and deeds all have a theology. These resources provide that lens. Particularly in examining public theology and poverty.

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  World Religions and Poverty

  Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty

  In our global world, we are rubbing elbows often with those who are not Christian and who pracice one of the other major world religions. How do these world religions respond to poverty and how does that compare to Christian responses to poverty?