Practitioner As someone who has a team in place and relationships with the people you desire to serve alongside, you’re ready to design a new ministry (or redesign an existing one) to empower the materially poor. But as you go about your work, you might regularly find yourself wondering, “Are we doing this right?” Using…

Relationship Builder Poverty isn’t about a lack of stuff. Rather, it’s the result of broken relationships. By walking alongside people in poverty, we can all experience the healing power of Jesus in our broken relationships. However, as society grows increasingly divided along socioeconomic lines, it’s easy to find yourself living, working, and worshipping with people…

Team Builder You desire to help those in material poverty, but you’re struggling to find others who feel as passionate about this ministry as you do. Because long-term poverty alleviation ministry is hard, it’s not something you can do alone. You need a team of people who will partner with you in this work. Over…

Getting Started We’re excited that you’re interested in learning more about helping those who are experiencing material poverty. Before you dive into helping, there are a few important principles you need to understand. Over the next few days, we’ll send you some resources to help you get started on your journey of walking alongside the…

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Feeling discouraged by the poverty you see in your community-yet not sure what you could possibly do about it? Get Trained and Equipped to Design an Effective Biblical Poverty Alleviation Ministry in 8 Weeks Drawing from best practices in community development and easy-to-use innovation and design thinking tools, Innovate equips your team with a biblical…

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Discover How To Design Poverty Alleviation Ministries That Help Without Hurting Learn our framework for developing ministries that lead to real transformation without spending lots of time or money creating programs that don’t work. “So, are we doing [this] right?” For more than two decades the Chalmers Center has been shaping the way that Christians…

Click here to edit the announcement-bar module. This text is only for editing and will disappear after you publish the changes. Take the quiz to discover your next step to helping without hurting! We help shape the way churches and Christian nonprofits think about and respond to poverty. Learn proven methods and practical next steps…

Discover a better way Innovate: Online Get trained to help your nonprofit design or redesign a ministry or program that empowers the materially poor. Register Now Address the broken relationships at the root of material poverty Apply the design thinking process and principles to your ministry Develop creative, sustainable solutions to help people “So, are…

From the creators of When Helping Hurts Helping people on the margins find and keep meaningful work Get resources and training to address poverty at the roots-and bring lasting change to your community. Get Certified Develop Your Staff Give your team the skills and confidence to help clients move out of poverty and truly flourish….

From the creators of When Helping Hurts Start financial education classes for low-income adults. Get resources and training to address poverty at the roots-and bring lasting change to your community. Get Certified Develop Your Staff Give your team the skills and confidence to help clients move out of poverty and truly flourish. Train Your Volunteers…