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Transformation and Flourishing with ππ―π―π°π·π’π΅π¦: ππ°π€π’π
Chalmers is taking an exciting step in our partnership with the Free Methodist Church (FMC) in Latin America as we equip them to implement and scale Innovate: Local. This training prepares local churches and para-church ministries in the Majority World to use their own talents and resources to develop holistic poverty-alleviation ministries that meet the unique needs of their communities. Empowering participants to create and launch their own solutions helps ensure local commitment to long-term change.
Innovation is Looking for Shalom
In a video recorded as part of our Innovate:Online training, Director of Innovation, Tabitha Kapic shares that seeking Shalom is at the heart of innovation. Shalom refers to a sense of completeness, including the flourishing of creation and perfect relational peace. Shalom is the goal of poverty alleviation. As you watch, consider how you might use innovation to foster Shalom, both for yourself and those you seek to serve.
Ukrainian Churches Utilize Innovation Tools To Love Their Communities
When two Chalmers staff members connected with two churches in Ukraine over Zoom, they began by telling us: βFirst you need to know that the war has been going on since 2014, not since 2022. (2022 was significant as it was when the war moved into Ukrainian territory).βΒ
Weaving Ministry Design Principles into Their DNA
Branch15 is a ministry in Oklahoma City that serves women in critical, life-controlling situations. They provide their clients with transitional housing and robust rehabilitation classes. Through contextualized programs centered around connection, care, authenticity, and empowerment, they fulfill their mission of fostering healing and restoration in the lives of their clientsβthat every woman who enters Branch15 might experience βfresh starts, pure hope, and amazing grace.β
How Innovate Helped Restore OKC Strengthen Their Existing Programs
Restore OKC is a community development organization in Oklahoma City. Theyβre βfocused on the restoration of health, environment, reconciliation, and equity with neighbors in Northeast Oklahoma City.β For the past 6 years, Restore OKC has been committed to building relationships with the people in their community and working alongside them to bring about transformation.