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Teach a Man to Fish: Engaging the Local Church to Create Sustainable, Transformational Missions Audiobook by Charlie Vittitow


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ID: 810875

Title: Teach a Man to Fish: Engaging the Local Church to Create Sustainable, Transformational Missions

Author: Charlie Vittitow, Florence Muindi

Narrator: Brian Conover, Cynthia Kimola

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:04:58

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-24

Publisher: ONE Audiobooks

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational


Summary:

You’ve probably heard the old saying, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”

The same basic principle applies to missions work. Too many churches and other missions organizations over-emphasize Relief Aid―no-strings-attached, handouts of vital supplies given in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. While necessary and lifesaving, Relief Aid is only a temporary fix. Once the funds dry up and the ground team leaves, the impoverished community is often no better off than they were before.

In Teach a Man to Fish, the authors illustrate the benefits of “wholistic transformational development,” where―through engagement with the local church― the community is empowered to identify and carry out long-term sustainable solutions to meet its own needs. A few of the steps that “wholistic transformational development” includes are:

- Give dignity to “the least of these”

- Address the root causes of poverty to provide solutions for the affected

- Help the vulnerable to become empowered in their own communities

Filled with real-life stories from the authors’ own experiences, Teach a Man to Fish provides churches and missions organizations with a blueprint for helping people help themselves in order to create lasting change and long-term sustainability and independence.


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