Lupton Robert D. - Toxic Charity How Churches And Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How To Reverse It) - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to help not sabotage those whom they desire to serve. Lupton the founder of FCS Urban Ministries (Focused Community Strategies) in Atlanta the voice of the Urban Perspectives newsletter and the author of Compassion Justice and the Christian Life has been at the forefront of urban ministry activism for forty years. Now in the vein of Jeffrey Sachs's The End of Poverty Richard Stearns's The Hole in Our Gospel and Gregory Boyle's Tattoos on the Heart his groundbreaking Toxic Charity shows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting real - world change.
Title: Toxic Charity How Churches And Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How To Reverse It)
Author(s): Lupton Robert D.
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062076212
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 10/2/2012
Category: Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy