Ngo Strategies by Christians to Change the World

Warner Woodworth Ph.D.

Description

Practical Christianity adventures along the lines of the award-winning Indian film "Slumdog Millionaire"and reflective of "City of God," depicting poverty in Brazil’s shantytowns. But with happy endings!
Want to change the world? This book shares stories and practical ways that as Christians we can help to reduce human suffering in many developing nations. It admonishes all of us, as children of God, to reduce the suffering of others, empower the poor, and take innovative actions to improve society by applying our faith and brains as well as financial resources. God anointed his Son with the Holy Spirit and power, and Jesus “went around doing good” (Acts 10:38), and we should follow his example. He didn’t merely suggest that we serve the world’s have-nots; He commanded us to do so. Utilizing the best and most impactful solutions that exist, in this book I draw on the labors-of-love carried out by many U.S. Christians to offer the world’s poor not merely a handout, but an empowering hand-up. The book inspires readers with amazing stories of washing the feet of lepers in India, aiding earthquake victims in Haiti, using microloans to help the Native American poor as Jesus would do, and laboring to assist survivors in rebuilding after the horrific Asian tsunami crisis, plus much more.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Entrepreneuriat
• Innovation
• Business
• Economics
• Poverty
• Microcredit
• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• Small Business

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 11 mai 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664291331
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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NGO STRATEGIES BY CHRISTIANS TO CHANGE THE WORLD
 
MAKING A DIFFERENCE ONE VILLAGE, ONE FAMILY, ONE PERSON AT A TIME
 
 
 
WARNER WOODWORTH, PH.D.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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ISBN: 978-1-6642-9134-8 (sc)
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023902214
 
 
 
WestBow Press rev. date: 05/10/2023
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR
Robert A. Rees
Warner Woodworth is widely recognized for his pioneering work as a global social entrepreneur. He has trained and mentored several generations of social entrepreneurs while helping to organize more than four dozen NGOs that now operate in 62 countries and raise nearly $30 million annually in donations. Every serious Christian takes seriously Jesus’s call to “feed my sheep” and to “love your neighbor as yourself,” but in a real sense we all stand condemned before one of Jesus’s last great parables, which is found in the 25th chapter of St. Matthew’s gospel. There Jesus puts himself in the place of any whom we consider “the least,” those that Mother Teresa calls “Jesus in disguise.” Although in truth he is the greatest among us, Jesus puts himself in the place of the stranger, any we consider our enemy, the person least desiring of our love or nurture, and the most wicked person we know or can think of—and then He urges us to treat that person as if he or she were Jesus himself. For over half a century, Warner Woodworth’s personal ministry has been to “the least” of our brothers and sisters throughout the world. His ministry is an invitation to all of us to take Jesus seriously.
PhD, former Professor of Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley; Poet; Author; Professor and Assistant Dean of Fine Arts, UCLA; Danforth Fellow; Claremont University Scholar; Fulbright Scholar in Lithuania; Founder of Liahona Foundation serving severely malnourished children globally
Monty Lynn
Are Christians making a difference in global development? Warner Woodworth responds with an emphatic “yes,” and he offers evidence and innovative examples as support. He is a seasoned poverty alleviation activist. In NGO Strategies by Christians to Change the World , he shares his deep experience and introduces us to a diverse array of communities and faith-based organizations collaborating for the common good. His examples and insights are rare gifts, able to inspire and instruct current and future efforts in transformational development.
PhD, Professor of Management, Abilene Christian University endowed chair; author of Development in Mission; two master’s degrees from Cornell and the University of London
Tim Stay
Father Greg Boyle, of Homeboys Industry, taught that the way to truly become a community before God is to go to those on the margins. As we go to the margins, we change and the margins are erased and we become one before God. All the great ones, such as Christ, Mohammed, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mother Teresa, among others, have done this. Warner has spent his life serving those on the margins: the poor, the disadvantaged, the disempowered, the exploited, and the disenfranchised, working toward the day when “there need be no poor people among you” (Deuteronomy 15:4) and when we will be one before God. This powerful Christian book shares efforts around the world that are working toward erasing the margins so that we can find godly kinship with those “on the other side.”
CEO, The Other Side Academy; former CEO of Unitus Global Microfinance Accelerator in 26 nations; Founder of several tech firms, and the new Other Side Village for the homeless
The Rev. Daniel Haas
Warner Woodworth continues to practice servant leadership locally and globally. As a Christian leader he understands profoundly why Jesus talks about money a great deal: True discipleship happens with your checkbook.
BCC, Pastor, Thomaskirche, Wuppertal, Germany; Studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Chaplain at Episcopal Community Services; Former Pastor at St. John’s United Church of Christ, Houston; Pastor at Community Congregational United Church of Christ ; currently Lead Staff Chaplain in U.S. Army Reserve and also at Japanese Church of Christ
Tracy M. Maylett
One of my most treasured life experiences was sitting next to Warner Woodworth in a small room in Guatemala after two weeks of planting gardens, constructing ovens, building roads, and digging village wells. I labored there with a group of Warner’s teary-eyed (and exhausted) volunteers from four universities. He lives Biblical values brilliantly, illustrating how social entrepreneurship and simple caring for our brothers and sisters blesses and improves the lives not only of those who receive, but of those who give.
E.D.; CEO of DecisionWise; university professor; social entrepreneur and board member of HELP International NGO; author of two best-selling books The Employee Experience and Engagement Magic: Five Keys for Engaging People, Leaders, and Organizations
Ronald Miller
Warner Woodworth has written extremely compelling cases that show how to succeed in accomplishing great good in difficult circumstances. Many wonder how they might contribute, what change they can accomplish, what good they can do. Woodworth not only gives insights into the success others have achieved across a wide swath of needs, along with specifics of their worthy causes, but gives a template for those who have the desire to make positive change in the world. Woodworth’s book is a wonderful examination of how good can be accomplished in our troubled world. It is inspiring, yet as a guide it is indispensable.
Perdue PhD; Lifetime Academic Scholar at Oxford University’s SAID Business School for Social Entrepre-neurship; Professor of Statistics, Woodbury School of Business
The Rev. Canon Elizabeth Hunter
Dr. Woodworth’s devout faith, belief in Christian principles, and experience with worldwide social enterprise organizations give him a unique perspective to highlight examples of successful programs, many of which he and his students have developed that continue to change the world. His life’s work in social responsibility exemplifies the teaching from Micah 6:8: “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Dr. Woodworth’s example of living his faith and his commitment to social enterprise have enlightened interfaith understanding and dialogue between diverse religious communities.
Board member of Coalition of Religious Communities (CORC); Retired Deacon at Cathedral Church of St. Mark; worked at Episcopal Diocese of Utah
Shon Hiatt
Dr. Warner Woodworth has devoted his life and career to addressing the challenges facing the poor and needy. In this latest book, he highlights numerous innovations that followers of Christ undertake while fulfilling the commandment to love God and their neighbor. These humanitarian initiatives not only provide individuals with education, health, and financial opportunities; they also change the destiny of generations.
PhD; Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Southern California and USC Center for Sustainability Solutions; former Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School; Visiting Scholar at Lisbon Catholic School of Business and Economics; author of articles in the London School of Economics Review, the Academy of Management Journal, and various Harvard Business cases
Scott Leckman
Warner has done it again! If you want to make a difference in people’s lives as an expression of your Christian values, then this book is for you. Warner provides you with examples and inspiration.
Stanford MD and general surgeon; Director at RESULTS Educational Fund in Washington, DC; informal Protestant leader; Grameen Bank NGO advisor; Rotary Foundation Chair at Rotary International
Geoff Davis
Professor Woodworth has been practicing what he preaches for decades and has inspired and mentored hundreds of people in his wake. This great book captures much of his thinking and much of what he has learned along the way, and does so in a way that is both enlightening and inspiring. The world would be a better place and we