Building Community at the Well

by Kevin
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By Tim Heathcote An hour before opening time the kids start arriving at Teen Bi, knocking on the door, impatient to get in. None of them wear watches, but they arrive early every day, looking forward to spending three hours at the youth club. They’re from a poor community in Dakar, Senegal’s capital city, [...] Read more »

Better Aid for the Poor

by Kevin

[Following is a great excerpt from Roger and Brooks' Blog APPLESEED TRAVEL JOURNAL] From our team leaders’ meeting in East Africa: Our discussion lasted most of one day on how best to aid the poor.  We coined the term “Organic Development” to describe a process that can literally change lives and nations [...] Read more »

The Kingdom of God is the Cause

by Kevin

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” –Jesus “Education…has come to the conclusion that if a person centers on self, the self will go to pieces. Only [...] Read more »

What You See is What You Get!

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What You See is What You Get! By Patricia Burns “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) Several years ago, Christ Community Health Services opened a primary care clinic in an area of Memphis known as Binghampton.  As he got to know [...] Read more »

“Go and announce…the Kingdom….”

by Kevin

It seems our instructions are pretty simple. In Matthew 10:7 (New Living Translation), Jesus says: “Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” Is this to be our message? Is this to be the theme of all the stories we tell? Is it as simple as the King and His Kingdom constantly [...] Read more »

Organic Church & Organic Gardens

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We are with YWAM and do training for Church Planters in the area of organic agriculture, livestock and rice farming. The goal is that the workers and the local believers will have great harvests and be free to give to the Kingdom. We teach how to make organic fertilizer so you won’t run out of [...] Read more »

Excellent Cartoon Tells the Story of One “Wholistic Community Development” Project from Start to Finish

by kagawa

http://www.youtube.com/user/briangammill#p/u/3/qKSRarit4Wg http://www.youtube.com/user/briangammill#p/u/2/bAoSvNv9cfc

Video of New York Pastor/Author Tim Keller Speaking on Wholistic Community Development

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http://www.hlic.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=97278

Some excellent “Wholistic Community Development” video links

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yveLtXqIDnU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g22Ag7xFobw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC7pUpwcUqc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3-PUuFmTtM

Some “Wholistic Community Development” Resource Links:

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Organizations that offer training in “wholistic community development” (many offer DVD’s/Webinars/Books/Other Resources on their websites): YWAM Foundations in Community Development: http://www.ywam.org/content/search?SearchText=foundations+in+community+development Global CHE Network: http://www.chenetwork.org/network_organizations.php  Neighborhood Transformation: http://www.neighborhoodtransformation.net/ Chalmers Center for Economic Development: http://www.chalmers.org/ Disciple Nations Alliance: http://www.disciplenations.org/ http://www.disciplenations.org/seed-project http://www.disciplenations.org/product?stock_code=DVD101%20   Equip Ministries: http://www.equipministries.org/ Echo: http://www.echonet.org/ H.E.A.R.T. Institute at Warner University: http://www.warner.edu/heart/ Lifewind : http://www.lifewind.org/che.htm [...] Read more »